Impressive Gustav Klimt and friends exhibition in Venice
I attended this exhibition on 26 May 2012 with my wife and our two sons at Venice’s Correr Museum, which has hosted the exhibition to celebrate 150 years since the birth of Klimt. Venice’s hosting of the exhibition is also important due to Klimt’s search for love in the city, where he pursued Alma Schindler … Continue reading
Tourism leads job growth in the Venice province
Despite the deepening Italian recession, the number of job opportunities is doubling in the province of Venice – mostly thanks to tourism. Italy has just experienced its third consecutive financial quarter of economic contraction after two consecutive quarters of recession in the second half of 2011. This confirms that Italy has moved beyond recession towards … Continue reading
Hit team to ‘educate’ tourists in Venice
Venice City Councillor Carla Rey held a press conference at 11 am on 11 May 2012 to inaugurate a team of 15 stewards and hostesses who will ‘educate’ tourists in and near St Mark’s Square. Although the City Council press release was careful to stress that they will educate tourists and citizens, its title focused … Continue reading
Venice threatened by ‘natural’ pollution: City Council requests urgent intervention
Over the last couple of days some Venetian waters have been turning green due to an invasion of algae, as can be seen in the picture below: Algae has affected the area near the Liberty Bridge, Venice’s internal canals (including parts of the Grand Canal) and islands, especially near the beach area of the Lido. … Continue reading
America’s Cup comes to Venice, environmental “miserablism” starts
The first America’s Cup event will be held in Venice between 12 and 20 May, 2012, with a repetition planned for 2013. This is an exciting event that will bring visitors and revenue to the city, but environmental campaigners have already started protesting about extra tourists and environmental impact. These claims run contrary to Venice’s … Continue reading
Investments agreed to transform Venice’s Marghera industries
A design image for the planned Palais Lumiere in Marghera: Investments totalling €5 billion have been earmarked to transform the Marghera industrial areas bordering Venice’s lagoon. The plan to change the industrial areas was announced on 16 April 2012 and was presented by Italy’s Environment Minister Corrado Clini, the Governor of the Veneto Region Luca … Continue reading
Don’t panic about new sinking data for Venice!
As reported by CBS News on 21 March 2012, a new study has revealed a slight increase in the rates of subsidence for different parts of Venice between 2000 and 2010: City of Venice still sinking, study says The new study finds that between 2000 and 2010 the city of Venice was subsiding at the … Continue reading
Exhibition on the birth of the modern landscape
I would like to strongly recommend a current exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan which I visited today with my family and runs until 2 May 2012. The exhibition concentrates on the work of Titian, although also features many of his contemporaries including Bellini, Giorgione, Veronese, Jacopo Bassano, Marco Basaiti, Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni … Continue reading
Venice City Council approves Benetton’s conversion of a Venetian palace into a megastore
Venice City Council approved the conversion of an ancient Venetian palace into a shopping mall after a ‘marathon’ meeting late into the night of 11 March 2013. Of 28 councillors, 18 voted in favour, 7 against, 2 abstained and one did not vote. This was reported by the ANSA news agency here: Venezia:ok Comune a … Continue reading
Sustainable development plan passed by Venice City Council
After much debate and many revisions, Venice City Council voted in favour of a plan for the future development of the territory in the early hours of 1 February 2012. A majority vote in favour of the plan was achieved despite demonstrations outside the Venice City Council building and disturbances inside that led to suspensions … Continue reading
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