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Venice is in danger of being largely submerged by 2150. INGV's shock study

Venice and its lagoon could face a future marked by extreme flooding if urgent measures are not taken to counter sea level rise and continued soil subsidence. This is the alarm raised by researchers from theNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcan...
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Awe, reality, enigma: Pietro Bellotti and seventeenth-century painting on display in Venice

The Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice announces the opening of the exhibition Awe, Reality, Enigma. Pietro Bellotti and Seventeenth-Century Painting in Venice, which will be on view from September 19, 2025 to January 18, 2026. Curated by Francesco Ce...
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At Venice airport, Koen Vanmechelen's Noah's Ark. It will be on display for one year

A traditional Venetian vaporetto is reinterpreted and transformed into a modern ark carrying a microcosm of our world. It is Noah's Ark, the impressive work by Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen, which has been on display for a few days at theVenice air...
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From Venice, Andrea Mantegna's St. Sebastian on loan to Mantua's Ducal Palace

From April 12, 2025, the Doge's Palace in Mantua will welcome Andrea Mantegna 's Saint Sebastian from the Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. Documented in 1506 at the heirs of the great painter, who painted it in the last years of...
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Venice, doubles access fees: more days to pay, and 10 euros for latecomers

Venice this year is increasing the days on which people will gain access by paying the entrance fee. Almost a doubling: from 28 days in 2024 (five days in April, eleven in May, eight in June and four in July) to as many as 54 days this year. So touri...
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In Venice, the Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo explores the evolution of men's fashion at the time of Casanova

From March 7 to July 27, 2025, the Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo - Centro Studi di Storia del Tessuto e del Costume in Venice, in the year dedicated to Giacomo Casanova, is hosting the exhibition Il seduttore. The renewal of the male image in Casanova's ...
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Venice, Palazzo Grassi dedicates a solo exhibition to Tatiana Trouvé. It is her first major monographic exhibition in Italy

In Venice, from April 6, 2025 to January 4, 2026, Palazzo Grassi, Pinault Collection, dedicates a solo exhibition to artist Tatiana Trouvé, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, chief curator of the Pinault Collection, and James Lingwood, independent...
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The Venice Academy of Fine Arts celebrates its 275th anniversary. The Gipsoteca refurbished.

TheVenice Academy of Fine Arts will officially open the 2024/2025 academic year with a solemn ceremony, celebrating 275 years since the institution's founding. The inaugural ceremony open to the public will be held on Friday, March 7, at 10 a.m. in t...
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