Lovely Lido #Venice #RealTime

Vogalonga, the world’s most pleasant boat race, takes place today, May 24, 2026 in Venice. Same as it ever was. Post from 2017-> www.venicegazette.com/2017/06/veni...

Lunch! Castraure (artichokes) from the island of Sant’Erasmo in the Venice lagoon. A seasonal treat at La Palanca on the Giudecca

Homo Faber 2026
An Island of Light takes place in Venice from Sept 1 to 30. Alberto Cavalli, General Director of Michelangelo Foundation: “Homo Faber is not a fair, it's not a show, but a celebration of beauty.”

On a clear day… Salute & Dogano seen from the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore #Venice

A breath of greenery… Pathway on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore #Venice #RealTime

Moving forward: The curators of #BiennaleArchitettura2026 bring Chinese energy to Venice—Wang Shu & Lu Wenyu. Now we have 3 official Biennale languages: Italian, English & Chinese. Message? Most beautiful architecture is the Chinese garden, which requires peace to create. Gardens resist war.

Happy 849th Wedding Anniversary, Venice! Updated post from 2017: “it would be as if President Donald Trump prostrated himself in front of Pope Leo XIV here in Venice & Pope Leo gave Mayor Luigi Brugnaro his blessing and told him to keep up the good work"-> www.venicegazette.com/2017/05/the-...

A break in the rain #Venice #RealTime

The Mystical Garden of the Discalced Carmelite Order is the magical setting of The Holy See’s “The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul.” I will come back again & again to sooth my soul & watch the garden grow✨ #Venice #Biennale

The painted sheets of “Marea” (Tide) by Melissa McGill celebrate the vitality of the Venice community of Corte Nova & Via Garibaldi down in Castello, resilient in the face of invasive tourism, climate change & whatever comes their way.

Venice Biennale Japan Pavilion May 8, 2026

Some pavilions at Venice Biennale are closed today, May 8. Details in NY Times, which is getting sloppy with its coverage & clickbait headlines. I was inside Egypt this AM & Japan is open but the babies are on strike. Protest today at 4:30-> www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/a...

Venice Yacht Watch: PrivateGG, Kathryn, Maraya, OM & Emerald Kaia, a new luxury cruise yacht holding 128 guests, are in the lagoon #Biennale

So, what happened to those 4 giant coffee cups floating down the Giudecca Canal? #BiennaleArte2026 #Venice #RealTime

It’s uplifting💫 During Jubilee 2025, across Northeastern Italy, visitors were asked to sign sheets of paper, which became part of Lore Bert’s ‘Towards the Light’ in Chiesa di San Fantin.

German artist Lore Bert will be 90 in July & is here in Venice for Biennale, an inspiration, still going strong. “‘Towards the Light” a statement of Hope against the wars in the world’ is at the Church of San Fantin until Oct 22. #BiennaleArte2026

LOL…even dead authors aren’t safe from AI marketing slop

Four giant coffee cups being floated down the Giudecca canal? Guess it must be Biennale time! #Venice

My dear friend Robin Saikia’s book Drink & Think Venice is featured in the New York Times because it’s that good-> www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/a... @robinsaikia.bsky.social @nytimes.com

German artist George Baselitz has left this planet🙏 but he leaves us some of his paintings here in Venice that brighten up Palazzo Grimani & always make me smile✨ Post from 2021-> www.venicegazette.com/2021/10/geor...

May 3 is the first Sunday of the month, so all State museums in Venice are free. To enter the Archaeological Museum & Marciana Library, go through the Agrippa Courtyard located in the Procuratie Nuove there on the right. Updated-> www.venicegazette.com/2024/11/6-it...

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Venice traffic control; paused due to construction

For the first time in its long history, the State Archives of Venice has opened its doors for a contemporary art exhibition: “Archivio,” by the renowned Indian photographer Dayanita Singh. New Venice Gazette post-> www.venicegazette.com/2026/04/for-...

The view from here #Venice #RealTime

Venice gossip: La Fenice said it had “decided to cancel all future collaborations” with Venezi, citing her “repeated & serious public statements which were offensive and damaging to the artistic & professional reputation of the foundation & its orchestra” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/a...

High & Low. Different views of the Grand Canal April 23: Top balcony of Palazzo Pisani Moretta for “The Only True Protest Is Beauty” - to Oct 4 April 24: Roof terrace of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni for “Peggy Guggenheim in London” - to Oct 19 #Venice

Happy Festa di San Marco & Festa del Bocolo! Today, April 25, Venice celebrates her patron, Saint Mark + Rose Blossom Festival🌹 Post from 2014 when we formed a human rose: “More Venetians than Tourists in Piazza San Marco”-> www.venicegazette.com/2014/04/more...

Saturday, April 25 is a national holiday in Italy, Liberation Day, which means State museums are free to enter. (It’s also Festa of San Marco & Bocolo in Venice, with flags & roses galore🌹) Here’s the 6 museums in the historic center-> www.venicegazette.com/2024/11/6-it...

Palazzo Pisani Moretta in Venice is alive & well thanks to Fondazione Dries Van Noten. I loved it!🙏 #TheOnlyTrueProtestIsBeauty

Happy Anniversary, Fondazione Giorgio Cini! Founded in Venice 75 years ago #OTD April 20, 1951. I’ve had so many incredible experiences on that island. Here’s one from 2013: “Rolex Arts Weekend”-> www.venicegazette.com/2013/10/role...

Powerful & wise, Christ Pantokrator is my favorite image of Jesus. There’s a beauty in the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello, one of the oldest examples of Veneto-Byzantine style mosaics in Venice, more than 1,000 years old #MosaicMonday

One if the loveliest canals in Venice, the Rio di Ognissanti in Dorsoduro, aka the River of All Saints

Da Vinci’s Vetruvian Man in honor of his birthday on April 15, edited for #PrudeSky.

Happy Birthday, Leonardo da Vinci! Born #OTD April 15, 1452. From 2019-> www.venicegazette.com/2019/04/rare...

"This is a new piece, it reflects feelings of neglect, abandonment and broken promises. I call it "WHERE'S MY FUCKING DINNER '"

Stopping by Marco Polo’s old ‘hood. #Venice #RealTime

Venetian cats in a daisy patch. Lazy #Caturday in Venice

New #WriterBeware blog post: An update on the Anthropic copyright settlement, now that the deadline for filing claims has passed, including how many claims there've been and an objection to the settlement that could change everything if approved writerbeware.blog/2026/04/10/a...

Spectacular sunset to celebrate the anniversary of when I arrived in Venice, 28 years ago #OTD April 9, 1998

A splash of red in the flower bed in Campo Santa Margherita for Pasquetta on a warm sunny day in Venice #RealTime

Buona Pasqua! Happy Easter! Basilica di San Marco, Venice

Are the 6 National Museums in the historic center of Venice open for free on Easter? Yes! Updated-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2024/11/6-it...

Venice seen through the window of Ca’ Pesaro, the International Gallery of Modern Art housed in a 17th-century Baroque marble palace

La Maddalena, the “Freemasonry church” in Venice is open! The only time it was open before was for exhibitions. Now it’s a member of Chorus Churches, so you can visit when you like-> chorusvenezia.org/visita/chies...

“The-exchange-value-of-language-has-fallen-to-zero” by renowned American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth at Tre Oci in Venice requires that you think. I thought: There’d better be answers to these riddles & saw there were. Then I saw scare quotes around the word ‘ANSWERS’…

“U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, described the episode as an “unfortunate overreach already having major repercussions around the world.” Catholic Leaders Barred From Jerusalem Holy Site on Palm Sunday www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

Prized 12th-century Christ mosaic fragment on the Island of Torcello, Venice. Rare surviving example of Veneto-Byzantine art. Originally in the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, now in the Torcello Museum. #MosaicMonday

Venice through the window of Casa dei Tre Oci, home of the Berggruen Institute