Category: events
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At the Central Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale – part 1
In this post and the following, we will be sharing some of the more remarkable and intriguing works we saw at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice (Biennale Arte di Venezia, 2024). This isn’t our first time visiting it—we also attended the 56th Biennale Arte in 2015 and shared our experiences from that visit…
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Vintage posters advertising the Biennale di Venezia
Last year in September, we attended the 60th Biennale Arte in Venice, a celebration of the visual arts that concluded its six-month run on November 24, 2024. Over the coming weeks, we’ll share in a series of posts highlighting the works we saw and liked. Let’s start with some music. As a fan of posters,…
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Galerie at Bibliothèque Forney, Paris
During our extended stay in Paris, we discovered fortuitously Bibliothèque Forney on Rue du Figuier in Le Marais. This public library of the city, which specializes in the applied arts, is located in the historic Hotel de Sens. See our earlier post on Bibliothèque Forney here. In addition to its extensive collection of books and…
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Le Jules Verne, Paris
During our extended stay in Paris, we went to celebrate my birthday at Le Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower. Despite having visited Paris several times before, we’d never ventured up the tower—largely due to our aversion to waiting in long lines. Enjoy this stellar performance by Céline Dion during the Olympic games atop the…
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Wandering into The Biennale Library in Venice
This is the third post in a series on public libraries that we came across during our travels. The public libraries in the earlier posts are in Stuttgart and Melbourne. Let’s start with some music. We and IT visited Venice for the 60th Biennale Arte, which runs from April to November 2024 (since its inception…
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Our First Post After A Hiatus
Welcome ! Bienvenue ! 환영 ! 歡迎 ! If this is your first visit to this blog – Chris and Sue’s Excellent(?) Adventures: Been There … Done This, welcome! You will find here our travel stories illustrated by photographs, music and maps. Occasionally, we post lists and write-ups on the books, films, music and games…