Charlotte Colbert's Venice exhibition Possible Landscapes hosts a special event featuring a live performance by Birdy
The "Istoria Veneticorum" from around the year 1000, is the first work in the historiography of Venice.
The director/producer and his wife, Rae, worked with AML Studio to create a midcentury-meets-bohemian residence inspired by the work of architect Ray Kappe.
A list of some of the main events of the Lombard conquest of Byzantine Venetia and other parts of Italy.
Many travellers don’t even realise that Lithuania has a coastline (Picture: Visit Neringa)
I have travelled to 28 European countries, and I’m not sure I have been rewarded with such inviting beaches, beautiful nature and consistently good food as on my recent visit to the Baltic coast of Lithuania.
A most wonderfully underrated place.
This discovery started in the UK, where I found regular…
After listing less than a month ago for $3.5 million, the Venice property where the creative visionary lived and worked for over two decades is under a contingent contract to be sold.
The "Chronicon Altinate" is one of the central medieval sources to early Venetian history, used extensively since it was written.
In Return | Ritorno, Arch Hades combines sculpture, poetry and installation to explore memory, mortality and human existence
Tracey Davies selects the best long weekends if you're going it alone.
“My parents realized that if one is to truly cultivate a passion for something, one needs to arrive at that on their own.”
The son of the art dealer Edmondo di Robilant spent years forging his own path through the art world. Now, at 30, he’s helping steer the newly independent Robilant gallery into a new era
By Jeanne Malle
When the art dealer Edmondo di Robilant co-founded Robilant…
The Kingdom of the Lombards played a major role in early Venetian history, as it was the Lombard invasion of Italy in 568 which started the formation of later Venice.
Alghero is a great base for exploring one of Italy’s most beautiful islands (Picture: Getty Images)
When you think of Italy, your mind likely wanders to Rome, Venice, or Florence.
While all are beautiful, many are struggling with overtourism.
To combat soaring visitor numbers, Rome has introduced a €2 entry fee for the Trevi Fountain. Venice has doubled its tourist tax, while Florence has…
At home in Brighton, Stanley Donwood is looking forward to looking forwards. The artist is still sorting the screeds of archive pieces that have been returned to him after January’s conclusion of ‘This Is What You Get’, Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum’s sprawling, five-month retrospective gathering his …
Venetian walls were too damp for fresco, so their largest painting were made on stretched canvas. Those giants exceed 10 m (33 feet) in their longer dimension, with the largest 22 m (72 feet).
A summary of the main primary sources for the early history of Venice, and where to find them.
Outlining their hardware plans for the modern data center, Dell has announced their EPYC and Xeon-based 18th generation PowerEdge servers, as well as a next-gen storage server, the PowerStore Elite
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The eight-bedroom property is done up in saturated jewel tones, with custom stained glass and bespoke millwork throughout.
Tabish Khan takes on nearly every national pavilion at the Venice Biennale with fast, funny and brutally concise one-sentence reviews
It's a 'little slice of Italy' perfect for a break this spring.
The "Liber Pontificalis" on how a Byzantine general invited the Lombards to come and possess Italy, if they pleased.
Why did the Lombards decide to invade Byzantine Italy in 568? A popular story was the Byzantine general Narses, who had just retaken Italy for the empire, invited them. Was Narses a traitor to the empire?
Ok, it's not quite an Aperol Spritz in St Mark's Square, but Bosham's local, The Anchor Bleu, is said to serve a mean ale.
The Lombard invasion of Byzantine Italy in 568 was a pivotal event in Venetian history, as it kicked off the movement towards a distinct Venetian society, culture and, ultimately, state.
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The 61st edition of the Venice Biennale witnessed major disruptions on May 8 after a 24-hour strike organized by the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) and several Italian activist groups prompted dozens of national pavilions to close fully or partially in solidarity with pro-Palestinian protests demanding Israel’s exclusion from the exhibition. According to organizers and […]
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CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival, the annual celebration of independent cinema on the French Riviera, kicks off on Tuesday, with John Travolta, Adam Driver and Barbra Streisand among the superstars set to walk the red carpet. Below are some facts about the event and this year’s contenders. How did it begin? Cannes is the world’s biggest […]
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The 61st Venice Biennale, one of the most celebrated events on the global art calendar, opened Saturday under the shadow of an unprecedented crisis. All five members of the international jury resigned after refusing to award prizes to Israel and Russia, dozens of artists withdrew from the competition, and some 2,000 protesters clashed with police […]
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With Aperol losing its fizz, Cynar—a faintly medicinal, artichoke-based liqueur—is suddenly on the rise
By Elena Clavarino
In 2023, a New York Times piece titled “The Martini Has Lost Its Mind” lamented how bartenders were suddenly using everything from Muscadet wine to kombu seaweed to chicken soup to make the classic cocktail. “The manic accessorizing of the martini is born not of…
Will Venice still be here in 100 years? The threat of Venice sinking into the lagoon has loomed over the city for centuries. Also sinking is the city’s population, which has shrunk from 175,000 in the city centre at its peak in 1951 to just 48,000 today. It is therefore ...
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