Saturday, August 24, 2013

Heimo Zobernig at Ca' Rezzonico

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The blown glass lamps of Heimo Zobernig in the portego of Ca' Rezzonico; part of the A Very Light Art exhibition, which runs un...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Sarah Sze's American Sublime at the 2013 Venice Biennale

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It's easy to feel rather overwhelmed by Sarah Sze's elaborate and marvelous constructions made of every-day materials If I weren...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

A Great Painting, Both Accessible and Obscure in S. Gio Grisostomo

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Sebastiano del Piombo's Santi Giovanni Grisostomo, etc in the church by the same name It's understandable that some great paint...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Venice in Brooklyn, NY

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A view of the late 19th-century Montauk Club in Brooklyn's Park Slope Historic District I'm not sure whether you should take thi...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Restorer at Work, Ca' Rezzonico

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There's always something interesting to see, or see in a new way, at Ca' Rezzonico, but I'd never before seen any restorers a...
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Saturday, August 3, 2013

A True, Present-day Bridge of Sighs--and Lots of Dead Fish

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As I type this at 7:40 pm the temperature here in Venice is 31℃ (88℉), but with the humidity it feels like it's 38℃ (100℉). We're...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Glass Garden: Of Bees, Glassblowers & Judi Harvest's "Denatured"

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Maestro Giorgio Giuman looks on while two of his sons work at Fornace Linea Arianna Artists always hope that their new shows will genera...
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