Month: March 2016
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La Biennale di Venezia at the Arsenale venue
The 56th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, entitled “All The World’s Futures” and curated by Okwui Enwezor, was open to the public for about 6 months at the Giardini and the Arsenale venues. Posts about the exhibition at the Giardini venues are here and here. The Venice Biennale was founded in 1895 and has been…
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Cafeteria at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Venice
A short break at the La Biennale Giardini site (56th International Art Exhibition), near the shop, we found this cafeteria. We were, by that time in late afternoon, quite tired from all the walking and gawking. It was a welcoming sight even it looked totally chaotic at first. While the patrons and their snacks and coffees were discernible,…
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La Biennale di Venezia, Giardini, part 2
Let’s take a closer look at some of the work shown at the national pavillions at the Venice Biennale. Part 1 is here. Our favorite work is the mobile bonzai (as we called them) in the French pavillion. Several small trees with their roots bounded at the base move imperceptibly slowly around an open courtyard with…
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La Biennale di Venezia, Giardini, part 1
While canals, vaporettos and gondolas are really interesting (see earlier posts here, here and here), the main draw for us to go to Venice is La Biennale. The 56th International Art Exhibition ran from 9th May to 22nd November 2015. The exhibition took place at the Giardini, the Arsenale and in various locations across the city of…
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Buses, taxis & gondolas, part 3
This is the last of five posts on the Grand Canal in Venice and water transport, and it is about the gondola and water taxis. Click for Part 3 and Part 4 of the Grand Canal series. For centuries the gondola was the chief means of transportation and most common vessel within Venice. There are just over four…
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Buses, taxis & gondolas, part 2
This is Part 4 of a five-part series about the Grand Canal in Venice and the various types of vessels that we saw on the canals, beside buses, taxis and gondolas. Part 3 of the Grand Canal series is here. Music from Venice As the canals are the main thoroughfares for the city, most if not…