2025年，恰逢英国浪漫主义大师威廉·特纳诞辰二百五十周年，第三届威尼斯国际水彩节以此为主题，于10月11日在意大利特雷维索的特累森托宫（Palazzo dei Trecento）正式开幕。特累森托宫是一座建于中世纪的历史建筑，坐落于特雷维索市中心，曾是当地议会的议事厅，至今仍是威尼托大区最具代表性的文化展览场所之一，其厚重的历史底蕴与水彩艺术的古典气质相得益彰。
本届展览汇聚了来自世界各地的入围水彩作品，由独立特纳协会（英国）、意大利文化艺术协会与盛鑫煜艺术（中国）联合主办，并在意大利特雷维索市政厅的督办下举行。展览的意义不仅在于向特纳致敬——这位被约翰·拉斯金称为"现代艺术之父"的画家，曾三度造访威尼斯并在此找到了光与色彩的终极表达——更在于将水彩这一古老媒介重新带回国际艺术舞台的中心，为全球艺术家提供一个跨越文化与语言的对话空间。
2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Turner, the great master of British Romanticism. The 3rd Venice International Watercolour Festival, themed around this milestone, officially opened on October 11 at the Palazzo dei Trecento in Treviso, Italy, running through October 25.The Palazzo dei Trecento is a medieval landmark at the heart of Treviso's city centre. Once the seat of the local council, it remains one of the most iconic cultural exhibition venues in the Veneto region — its deep historical character a natural complement to the classical spirit of watercolour art.
The exhibition brought together shortlisted watercolour works from artists around the world, co-organised by the Independent Turner Society (UK), the Italian Association for Cultural and Artistic Exchange, and Shengxinyu Art (China), under the supervision of the Municipality of Treviso. Its significance goes beyond a tribute to Turner — the painter whom John Ruskin called "the father of modern art," who visited Venice three times and found there his ultimate expression of light and colour. More broadly, the exhibition returns watercolour as an ancient medium to the centre of the international art stage, offering artists from across the globe a shared space for dialogue that transcends culture and language.
