Just enough time to post these before diving in again today. This Biennale, even for one not steeped in the world of contemporary art, is nothing short of spectacular.
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Biennale Bites – Preview Day 1
Between the ground that must be covered to get your press pass and all the actual square kilometers of the Giardini gardens, the expansive Arsenale space, and endless exhibitions that take place there — a day is barely enough to get started.
A Millennium of Glass Mastery at the Correr
A brilliant exhibition of Venetian and Murano glass has just opened at the Museo Correr, and will run through April 25th. Celebrating over 1000 years of glass production, it’s the largest of its type since 1982.
Safet Zec: Powerful Painting at the Correr
Doors and drapes, boats and baskets, paints and potatoes, Venetian façades: silent, radiant objects speak volumes to viewers at the Correr until July 18th. Even though he’s acclaimed internationally, has had an atelier in Venice since 1998, and painted for decades in Sarajevo and Pocitelj (near Mostar), you still may not know the engaging, evocative…
A Documentary Project of LivingVenice.org.
On a sunny day, watch schools of fish bob by the underwater webcam of the CNR sea tower in the high Adriatic.