The Lido of the Film Festival: hotels, avenues and twentieth-century memory without the red carpet
The Lido at the Film Festival reveals an urban landscape where holidaying, cinema, and modernity converge beyond the red carpet, showing a nuanced Venice shaped by architecture and everyday life.
Punta della Dogana: from goods control to gateway to contemporary art
Punta della Dogana, once a customs hub, now serves as a striking entrance to global contemporary art, merging…
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni: why Peggy Guggenheim’s house looks cut in half
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni is distinctive for its low façade, the base of a grand palace that was never…
Peggy Guggenheim in Venice: an American collector inside a never-finished palazzo
Peggy Guggenheim’s purchase of the unfinished Palazzo Venier dei Leoni turned it into a vibrant home and…
The Feast in the House of Levi: Veronese’s trial told through an overcrowded dinner
Veronese’s huge painting initially posed problems for the Inquisition due to its lively, crowded depiction of…
Titian’s Pietà at the Accademia: the last light of a painter before death
Titian’s Pietà stands as a profound meditation on death and salvation, revealing a raw, unfinished beauty…
Carpaccio’s Stories of Saint Ursula: a painted tale to follow like a Venetian novel
Carpaccio’s Stories of Saint Ursula unfold like a Venetian novel, transforming a medieval legend into a…
