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We Were Warned
Last May, the street artist(s) known as Banksy unveiled a dramatic mural near Campo Santa Margherita in Venice. It featured a child refugee clad in a lifevest and holding a neon pink flare. Over the...
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the days slip by
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ezra Pound, Venice 1971 And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass. Ezra Pound, “And The...
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Strolling Cities
Strolling Cities is a trippy project by Italian artist, designer and researcher, Mauro Martino, that uses AI to generate visual poetry. The AI model trained with millions of photos of nine Italian...
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Venice, Violin, and Vivaldi
On Saturday tourists were treated to the spectacle of an enormous violin floating down the canals of Venice carrying a live string quartet. The cruising instrument, “Noah’s Violin,” was created by...
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Travel can be shattering
At one time or another even the most veteran travelers can feel a little fragmented by the experience. Sculptor Bruno Catalano masterfully captures those feeling of disruption many of us feel during...
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How Does Venice Work
Venice is a romantic and intriguing destination, but its unique situation and history make for a myriad of challenges. The canals, the sewers, the buildings, the bridges and the rest of the Venice’s...
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A Window on the World
Windows of the World – Porto, Noerte, Portugal, Europe The Portuguese photographer André Vicente Gonçalves has created a stunning project titled “Windows of the World.” The impressive collection of...
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Venice Through The Eyes of Monet
Claude Monet first discovered Venice in 1908 when he was 68 years old. The two months Monet spent there are documented in letters he and his wife Alice sent to friends and family in France. They tell...
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Mainly Miscellany
You should check out Postcard Past: A site collecting contemporary photo recreations of scenes from old postcards, which neatly contrast the stylized presentation of the often-future-seeming...
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Venice fights back and I say bravo
I count myself lucky to have visited Venice for the first time nearly half a century ago. In that distant halcyon era of European travel, Venice was gloriously free of massive cruise ships and mobs of...
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