nº90 / ANNA PETER BRETON / PARIS
Updated: Jul 25
Paris-based artist Anna Peter Breton opens her first solo exhibition in Venice, during the 61st Venice Biennale, at La Scuola Grande dei Carmini. “The Seven Celestial Spheres”, curated by Roberta Semeraro, marks a new chapter in the artist’s life.
Review by Zoltan Alexander
THE
LIGHT
MAKER º
OF VENICE Anna Peter Breton opens The Seven Celestial Spheres at the
magical La Scuola Grande dei Carmini, in Venice
At dawn, we were wandering through the narrow pedestrian alleys, the calli of Dorsoduro, in Venice, and stopped at La Scuola Grande dei Carmini. The confraternity, founded in 1594, is located at the corner of Campo del Carmini and the Campo Santa Margherita. At this hour, there was nobody on the streets, and the loud crowd of the Venice Biennale was yet far away. The confraternity still retains some of the original decorations, the monumental baroque façade, the rich stucco ceilings, the Archive Room, and the large marble sculptures in the shadow of Tiepolo’s painting, in a typical Venetian school tradition, most of which were stripped away during the Napoleonic edicts.
For a moment, it was the angels’ silence.
Back in Paris, a kind invitation awaited us from Anna Peter Breton to visit her artist studio in the heart of Saint-Germain, just a few days before her next exhibition opening at Galerie Sarto. The daylight cut through the large rooms of her atelier, filled with the irresistible smell of turpentine, leading us to a magnificent back garden. We sat down for tea and had a glimpse of her exhibition in Venice.
Currently, at La Scuola Grande dei Carmini, there are 14 large-scale oil paintings altogether, in the exact shape and proportions of the windows, covering the lights in the church, and casting a temporary shadow over the masterpieces. Through her oil paintings, she rebuilt the space with her own light.
Anna invites us to a slower living, maybe even closing our eyes for a moment, for a deeper understanding. In semi-obscurity, silence fills the space once again for an inner journey.
PHOTOS / Portrait of Anna Peter Breton / Photo (right) © Courtesy of Raphaëlle Duroselle / Photo (left) Zoltan Alexander
Who is Anna Peter Breton?
With a mixed Hungarian-Kyrgyz background, she settles in Paris in 2009. She spends over seven years with LVMH with her company in fashion & luxury, where her perfectionism is deeply rooted, juxtaposing with design and interior aesthetics. With her film producer husband, she travels around the world and throws the seeds of memories at various locations to provide a niche for her family. She establishes a culture hub in Budapest, a hidden location in Corsica, and a palazzo in Venice, overlooking the Isola di San Michele.
These places inspire her to buy her first Back Book for travel notes and sketches, where, under the shadows of the intruding sunlight, she puts, for the first time, her watercolours on paper.
After hundreds of sketches and intimate moments, she decides to bring her stories to light with her husband’s, Pascal’s, Proustian words, and the books on Corsica, Japan, and Italy were born. Throughout the beloved Voyage Amoureux, her memories are immortalised.
The artist tells us all during her interview.
INTERVIEWVIDEO
VIDEO / Interview by THE INSTIGATOR / ARTIST STUDIO / ANNA PETER BRETON in her Parisian studio
Directed by Zoltan Alexander
Produced by ZOLTAN+MEDIA Paris
Produced by THE INSTIGATOR Paris
PHOTO / "The Seven Celestial Spheres” by Anna Peter Breton / Photos © Courtesy of Zoltan Alexander
PHOTO / During the preparation of "The Seven Celestial Spheres” by Anna Peter Breton
/ Photo © Courtesy of Zoltan Alexander
Based on her multicultural background and extensive travels, the sketches grew up and turned into large-scale colour visions and gradient lights, employing a watercolour-like technique, reconstructed with oil and acrylic paints. Each piece creates a space for quiet introspection, offering deep meditation and inviting a renewed vision for transient beauty. The core structure of her practice is defined by the colour palette she employs and the blurred, organic forms of landscapes.
At the 61st Biennale di Venezia Arte, under the roof of La Scuola Grande dei Carmini, her work comes alive again by blocking the lights in the confraternity and replacing them with her own.
PHOTOS / "The Seven Celestial Spheres” by Anna Peter Breton / Photos © Courtesy of Adriano Mura
INDEX
COVER
“The Seven Celestial Spheres” by Anna Peter Breton
Photo © Courtesy of Adriano Mura
Cover Design © ZOLTAN+MEDIA Paris
EXHIBITION
“The Seven Celestial Spheres” by Anna Peter Breton
61st Venice Biennale
La Scuola Grande dei Carmini / Venice (Italy)
6 May - 22 November 2026
PHOTOGRAPHERS
© Raphaëlle Duroselle
© Adriano Mura
© Zoltan Alexander
VIDEO
© Directed by Zoltan Alexander
Edited by Anton Richer at ZOLTAN+MEDIA Paris
Produced by ZOLTAN+MEDIA Paris
Produced by THE INSTIGATOR Paris
VISUALS & WEBDESIGN
© Zoltan Alexander ZOLTAN+MEDIA Paris
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