Fresh air after the morning rain #Venice #RealTime

Enjoyable panel on "Don't Look Now" at #VeniceNoir, with Sir Ian Rankin, Lisa Hilton, John Bleasdale and Philip Gwynne Jones (oh, and me).

Remembering the candlelight vigil in Piazza San Marco in Venice for Valeria Solesin, killed in the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015 -> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2015/11/cand...

Venice Noir panel for “Don’t Look Now” right now at the Ateneo Veneto: @gregorydowling.bsky.social, @ianrankin1.bsky.social, @www.johnbleasdale.com, Lisa Hilton, @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social

It’s a dual opening. Also Gastone Novelli at #CaPesaro in Venice until March 1, 2026-> capesaro.visitmuve.it/en/mostre-en...

Ah, paradise!✨ Breakfast on the terrace of @CaPesaroVe on the Grand Canal, Venice’s museum of modern art. Getting ready to see the Terry Atkinson exhibit “The Artist Is a Generator of Meaning-> capesaro.visitmuve.it/it/mostre/mo... #RealTime

I stopped by the Vert de Venise art gallery & was captured by this stunning mixed media work by Katia Margolis, “Renaissance.” Part of the ‘A Woman Is an Island’ series (click image for full effect)-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Happy Saint Martin's Day from #Venice - For the first time in 20 years, I'm not making San Martino dessert at home, and I feel guilty. #aphotoofveniceaday #askmeaboutvenice #venicetalks #venicepodcast #veniceconsultant #tripplanning #베니스 #venicephotos #venicecolors

Detail of the staircase of Palazzo Grimani, Venice #MosaicMonday

Here’s a proper article from The Independent about Mimmo, Venice’s resident dolphin-> www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e....

Venetian cat deep in thought on an ancient well #Caturday

Autumn evening, S. Elena. #Venice #Venezia

Don’t feed the dolphin! UPDATE: Venice’s resident dolphin, now known as Mimmo isn’t leaving. He’s been out to sea, but always comes back & seems to prefer the Bacino. We don’t know why. So, Luca Mizzan, head of Venice’s Museum of Natural History, gives some rules: www.facebook.com/reel/6844301...

Venice residents! Starting tomorrow we can book to visit the Guggenheim from Nov 19-23 for free when we’re in the area to celebrate Madonna della Salute. I thought the Lucio Fontano Manu-Facture exhibit was great-> www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/whats-on/...

The bridge across the lagoon to San Michele, Venice’s cemetery island, is still bustling through this weekend. As of yesterday, about had 50,000 visited the ancestors. Still checking on Dante’s Barque, but we think it’s being restored-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2019/11/hono...

Massimo Cacciari spoke about Wars & Peace last evening at a full house at Ca’ Giustinian, La Biennale headquarters in Venice. I told our former mayor who is about to get married at age 81, “Massimo, you’ve given new hope for love” & he smiled & tweaked my chin (Photo w/ Patriarch Francesco Moraglia)

Enjoying the Grand Canal in Venice from the Rialto Bridge. A peaceful pause on a beautiful day, just because I was in the zone💫

Exquisite place to pause & catch one’s breath: on the landing of the majestic staircase of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice #MosaicMonday

New in Nov. in 6 Free State Museums in Venice on First Sunday is “ArcheoMateria” by Michela Cattai, contemporary glass amongst the ancient marble at Archeological Musem til Nov 30-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2024/11/6-it...

Hee, hee! George Washington in the Nude edited for prude Bluesky🙈-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2014/11/subl...

Antonio Canova, the renowned sculptor, was born in the Veneto on Nov 1, 1757 in Possagno. #VeniceBlog post from 2014: “George Washington in the Nude - Sublime Canova” -> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2014/11/subl...

Today the sky was the color of a solar eclipse as thousands walked across the floating bridge in the Venice lagoon to the Island of San Michele to visit the ancestors on All Saints Day. From 2019 (Dante’s Barque is still sunk)-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2019/11/hono...

There is a touch of the divine about the Olivetti shop in Venice designed by Carlo Scarpa. ‘Water’s Soul,’ 17 Murano glass sculptures by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, blend in beautifully. Curated by Jean Blanchaert, To Jan 6, 2026 #PiazzaSanMarco

Piazza San Marco, Venice #RealTime

Local Venice news: Massismo Cacciari, Venice’s former (playboy) mayor, is finally getting married at age 81: www.facebook.com/share/19gohv...

Local Venice news: Lucio Orsoni of Orsoni Mosaics died on Oct 28 at age 86-> www.facebook.com/share/p/1R7U...

Waiting for the San Tomà traghetto Grand Canal, Venice

Gondolier & laundry. An ordinary day in Venice

“Il Bagno” (The Bath) by 2 modern Venetian giants, Carlo Scarpa & Mario De Luigi, exhibited at the 18th Venice Biennale in 1932. You can see it as part of ‘1932-1942 Murano Glass & the Venice Biennale’ at Le Stanze del Vetro to Nov 23-> lestanzedelvetro.org/en/home/ #MosaicMonday

More antics of Clodio, Venice’s feisty resident dolphin/-> youtube.com/shorts/GwRR6...

Pablo Picasso was born #OTD Oct 25, 1881. Post from 2017: “Pablo Picasso On the Beach & Peggy’s Granddaughter, Karole Vail, Steps Into the Spotlight at the Guggenheim in Venice”-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2017/08/pica...

A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments. #medievalsky www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...

The Grande Scuola di San Rocco in Venice. A truly grand venue for the Paolo Rizzi Prize, this year awarded to Monica Maggioni (Journalism), Stefano Mancuso (Culture, Society & Environment) & Alessandra Necci (Art)-> paolorizzi.it/index.html

Campo Santa Maria Nuova in the rain #Venice #RealTime

Great story! We need more Americans like Alexander Gabrovsky in Venice-> ‘I Fulfilled My Dream of Buying a Centuries-Old Apartment in Venice—and Restored It to Its Former Glory’ -> www.realtor.com/news/first-p...

Ever since Rosa Salva did goodie bags for the Venice Bezos wedding, I’ve been longing for their nibbles. Tonight my dream came true at the Querini Stampalia international preview of Noor Riyadh 2025, ‘In the Blink of An Eye.’ To Nov 23-> riyadhart.sa/en/noor-riya...

Beautiful day for Venice Hospitality Challenge 2025, the sailing yacht regatta in Bacino of San Marco. The playful leaps of Venice’s resident dolphin added extra moves🐬

Still & sparkling water, Venice

“You won’t see an exhibition. You’ll be given a lantern.” What happens when the Cini Foundation & Teatro La Fenice combine forces? Alchemy! Wander thru a set design of mystical 18th-century. ‘Casanova & Europe’ captures the essence of Venice as only true keepers of her soul can.

Pretty bird posing on the ancient well in Campo Santi Apostoli #Venice #RealTime

We’re so fortunate to have been on the planet at the same time as Diane Keaton, who gave us so much joy🙏

Sweet calico cat, a colorful member of the community that lives in freedom, wandering the grounds of Venice’s hospital (meals included) #Caturday

Buongiorno! On a sunshiny day from the terrace of the Guggenheim, one of the most beautiful venues in Venice for a press conference (& decadently healthy breakfast). Lucio Fontana in ceramic like you’ve never seen him. “Manu-Facture” to March 2, 2026-> www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/whats-on/...

Happy Birthday John Lennon! Who would have been 85 #OTD if he hadn’t been assassinated. He inspired Harley, Like a Person. Now’s a good time to stream One to One: John & Yoko, which premiered last year at the Venice Film Festival. I loved it-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2024/10/imag...

View of Venice from the Calatrava, a bridge that makes you march to a different drum

St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child inside the sweet neo-medieval Church of San Cristoforo on the Island of San Michele, where Venice buries her dead #MosaicMonday

More than 700 rarely opened historic sites in Italy will open for free next weekend.

Free State museums in Venice this Sunday, Oct 5! You can see the new Pietro Bellotti exhibit at the Accademia and catch the last day of the Cabinet of Wonders at @PalazzoGrimani for free. UPDATED: “Free Museums First Sunday Venice”-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2024/11/6-it...

There really IS a dolphin in the Bacino of San Marco in Venice!❤️🙏 #RayOfHope t.co/36Sv4FhCcr