Built in the 18C by Giorgi Massari, this is the last of the great Venetian palaces to be built before the fall of the Venetian Republic. It was purchased in 2005 by French tycoon François Pinault, who commissioned Japanese architect Tadao Ando to remodel it with a view to holding exhibitions (two or three times a year) of his 2 000 contemporary artworks, including Arte Povera and Pop Art (Andy Warhol and Lucio Fontana), and works by up and coming young artists.