What to see in Venice

The 12th Venice Architecture Biennale opens on 29 August, under the curatorial direction of Kazuyo Sejima. This Biennial features work from 56 countries and highlights 43 projects and also features debates and dialogue on the architectural work. The 12th Venice Architecture Biennale opens on 29 August and enjoys the participation of more than 56 countries, [...]

Apart from Film Festival in Cannes, the International Film Festival in Venice (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica) is one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals. Not only that but it is the world’s oldest film festival. It was founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 and it takes place every year in late August/early September [...]

This past May 31 the art world has been in mourning, having lost one of its most eclectic and original artists who expressed her inner imagination mostly through sculpture: Louise Bourgeois. The French artist had belonged to that generation of artists who had lived in the lively artistic milieu of Paris in the 30s. [...]

Venice is more than just carnival. The 25th of April is a very important day for Italy, marking celebration of the fall of Nazism and fascism, and in Venice, it’s an even more important date. On the 25th of April every year, the city comes alive to in celebration of the Evangelist Saint Mark, [...]

She dances like Britney, sings like Beyoncé, her black makeup and her long face remind us of Amy Winehouse, she has a touch of gothic – just like P!nk -, is as provocative as Madonna, rock’ n ‘roll like Avril Lavigne, she likes the white wigs style of Gwen Stefani, but doesn’t have the [...]

Sex is a topic which can be discussed indefinitely and each one of us would like to spend hours practicing and exploring the thousands of different positions there are. But in this universe of infinite positions, there are some practices which cause more controversy than others, for example the ‘Golden Shower’. As a matter of [...]

Many artists create pieces that are only understood by them. This is not the case with Jim Hodges, an American talent who’s work catches our attention because of its simplicity, its nature poetry and its ode to fragility. This simple artistic language will move you and you have until April 5th to see it at [...]

40 years ago Venice had 120.000 inhabitants. Today, they are less than 60.000. This decrease in the population has signed the “death sentence” of the city. There are no many authentic Venetian as before. This drastic demographic change is explained by the high rents, specially for the young people, so the new generations move to [...]

Thank God that we live in the 21st century! We can be very happy about the fact that there are no limits in regard to our sexual desires and dreams. Well…almost…Because nowadays there are still certain subjects which aren’t taboos, but nevertheless they are considered to be something “strange”. That’s the case of pegging, a [...]

In the space of 15 years, American art has moved from Pop Art through Abstract Expressionism and has reached the extreme simplification with Minimalism. It is during the decade of the 60s when this abstract art trend develops – characterized by the complete elimination of any human representation. The evolution of art is tremendous: during the [...]