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Indrabati Lahiri

The Wedding at Cana: French artist JR transforms Venice Venice hotel in latest social project

The latest project by JR, the renowned French street artist and photographer, is now on display at the Palazzo Ca’ da Mosto, otherwise known as the Venice Venice Hotel for the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale 2026.

Inspired by Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding at Cana paintingfrom 1563, the facade of the hotel has become the surface of JR’s huge temporary art installation, dubbed Il Gesto.

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