The Biennale, her Muses and the tremors of History.
125 years of history. Two world conflicts, social and political upheavals such as the ones during 1968, the collapse of
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In copertina
Venice and the Biennale, an indissoluble bond
If Venice is the Biennale. It is equally true that the Biennale is Venice. Indeed, there is no doubt. If,
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Venice, the “Redeemer”, and the events in town
A gondola sliding lightly amongst ancient gateways, once elegant entrances for noble palaces. The faint murmuring of the water, slightly
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Palazzo Ducale di Venezia a luglio aumenta i giorni di apertura
Il Palazzo Ducale di Venezia da luglio aumenta i giorni di apertura. È infatti, oltre che al venerdì il sabato
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Si ripARTE – la Collezione Peggy Guggenheim riapre le porte di Palazzo Venier dei Leoni
Martedì 2 giugno, Festa della Repubblica Italiana, la Collezione Peggy Guggenheim riapre la porte al pubblico con ingresso gratuito dalle
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The city, the Eighteenth century and its museums
The outline of an ancient doorway and a fondamenta with its scenes of lifeÉ a gondola with its felze hood,
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February with love, fun and a bit of folly…
Here is February, and with it, inevitably, so is Carnival too. It has always been so, in Venice. At one
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Venetian winter
Ancient stones, colonnades, marbles and friezes smoothed by time… A sumptuous portal bearing the symbols of an ancient power, linking
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The city… and its Christmas
An image of a festive Venice is opening this December issue: it is the end-of-year concert which the city, represented
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From Flemish masterpieces to the Fête of Health
There are some paintings which vanish into the vicissitudes of history and then resurface after centuries. Often, however, research by
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Peggy Guggenheim and… October in Venice
A palace in white Istrian stone nestling on the water… Its vertical development seems to have been disrupted, or rather, it has always been like this. It is Ca’ Venier dei Leoni, for everybody, Peggy Guggenheim’s palace. Its ever-unmistakeable image has become iconic by now, just like that of its last owner, the eccentric American collector, the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim (who died on the Titanic in 1912).
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September in Venice
An extraordinary month, such as few cities worldwide are able to offer, to be wholly discovered and experienced: it is September in Venice. This is the most sought-after period of the year, not only due to the mildness of its climate, favouring a pleasant stay in the lagoon, but also to the important series of events traditionally featured now in town for its Guests. We shall begin as usual with the Venice international Film Festival or, more correctly, with the Mostra internazionale d’Arte cinematografica di Venezia, at the moment, one of the most awaited events within its ambit.
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Islands, among the city treasures
Distinguished by a social fabric still full of the spontaneity often erased by extensive tourist footfall, Burano, like the other islands in the lagoon, is a pleasant and relaxing destination nowadays. Its throbbing heart is the Baldassare Galuppi Square (named after a well-known composer born on the is-land) where the church and characteristic leaning bell-tower may be found, and from where little crafts shops and enticing trattorias spread outwards. Once the visit is over, one may embark in the direction of another true gem of the lagoon, the island of Torcello, once the ancient capital of the lagoon. Here, one may admire the relics of what used to be a large town and of the last buildings that have withstood the brunt of history: the cathedral, the church of Santa Fosca, the mediaeval tower, the Devil’s bridge and finally, what legend has handed down to us as Attila’s throne. On Ferragosto day (15 August), the Assumption Fête, the most important event of the year, takes place in Torcello.
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July, among traditions, art and entertainment…
Summer, the full season, has finally arrived. A festive, holidaying desire, is perceived in the air, just as that feeling
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June with the Biennale, but not only…
“May you live in interesting times”… is how the Biennale is inviting us, or perhaps, even better, wishing us to
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Days of Art…
…“So, along with the contemporaneity of what exists, there is the contemporaneity of what has existed and continues to live.”
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Come April, the grand Venetian season
A stylised red rosebud on the paving in Saint Mark’s Square. It is the symbolic image we have chosen for
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Carnival’s coming!
Two masks are posing on Saint Mark’s quay, with the basin and the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the background. Carnivals worldwide are many, but Venice’s is unique and unmistakeable. And there is no need to explain it, its history in the first place and then the scenery it takes place in, a city, quite simply, which time has not changed.
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Venice in the winter
This too is Venice: a sprinkle of snow along the quay of Saint Mark, the reflection of a languid ray
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Christmas Atmospheres
Venice, as we know, was born and lives on water, a symbiosis that makes her appear a unique city worldwide.
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