The Latest Breaking News from Venice

Pavlo Makov, Ukraine’s Venice Biennale artist, on why he’s standing firm in Kharkiv

This is not a war between Ukrainians and Russians, he says, but between opposing mentalities - and Ukraine has been expecting it

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2022

Alan Carr says Melanie Sykes' Venice fling saw women flock to city to find love

Comic Alan Carr said his friend Melanie Sykes is responsible for giving a boost to the tourism industry in Venice after undertaking a romantic getaway to the Italian city of Venice and prompting women to flock to the city looking for love

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2022

‘Bleak, marginal and unpopular’: Australia unveils divisive exhibition for Venice Biennale

Marco Fusinato describes his experimental noise project as ‘discordant intensities’, with his curator hoping that people who hate it will ‘hate it right away’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2022

Venice Carnival brings hope of a return to normality after Covid

Two years after the pandemic shut down celebrations, tourists and locals returned to the streets this weekend

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022

As tourists begin thinking about an overseas holiday, some destinations are wary about having too many back

As international borders reopen and people begin making holiday plans, some popular destinations are putting in measures to keep tourist numbers down, or at least make sure they stay on their best behaviour.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2022

Venice's 'Carnival of hope' kicks off as COVID worries ease

Thousands of people revelled in the start of the annual Carnival celebrations in Venice on Saturday, marking a slow return to normality after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the two previous editions.

Reuters · Feb 12, 2022

Marco Polo had previously unknown daughter before marriage, will suggests

Research by Venice student uncovers evidence explorer may have been father of woman called Agnese

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2022

Woman faked engagement with £3 ring and bagged free food, gifts, and days out

Fran Starkey admitted to faking being newly engaged on a girls' holiday to Venice in order to blag freebies on the trip. She even bought a £3 fake engagement ring off eBay for the prank

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2022

Hundreds of tents that lined Venice Beach are gone, but residents say job is far from done

LOS ANGELES — From his home across the street from a homeless shelter in Venice, Shawn Stern sometimes turns on his video camera to document a disturbance that has grabbed his attention.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 4, 2022

A painter, a writer and a refugee walk into a book …

When in Florence for the biennale where my wife’s sculptures were being shown, we had a day to ourselves. Should we visit the Venice biennale and its supposedly cutting-edge modern art, or Rome, for t

The Hindu · Jan 29, 2022