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Venice: The Staircase of the Giants and Veronese’s “The Rape of Europa” Are Being Restored at the Doge’s Palace

Two of the main symbols of the Doge’s Palace in Venice are at the center of two conservation projects that combine scientific research, restoration, and heritage enhancement. Work is currently underway on the monumental Scala dei Giganti and Pa...
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Venice: Live Restoration of Paolo Veronese’s *The Rape of Europa* at the Doge’s Palace

In Venice’s Doge’s Palace, just before the Hall of the Great Council, the Liagò workshop is home to the restoration of *The Rape of Europa*, one of Paolo Veronese’s most famous paintings. The restoration site is exceptionally open to the publi...
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Venice: The Giorgio Cini Foundation’s Borges Labyrinth Has Been Restored; It Reopens More Accessible and Refreshed

The Giorgio Cini Foundation has announced the completion of the restoration of the Borges Labyrinth, one of the most famous siteson the Island of San Giorgio in Venice, dedicated to the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, the 40th anniversary of whos...
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An exhibition at the Zani Foundation exploring the relationship between art and fashion in 18th-century Venetian painting

From September 12 to December 6, 2026, the Paolo and Carolina Zani Foundation in Cellatica (Brescia) presents *Magnifica Eleganza*. Tiepolo, Longhi, and Guardi: Art and Fashion, an exhibition that offers an original interpretation of 18th-century Ven...
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Ocean Space Venice Launches an Open Call for Artistic Research and Environmental Engagement in the Lagoon

Ocean Space Venice is launching the first edition of the Tentacular Fellowship, a new open call dedicated to artistic research and ecological engagement in the Venice Lagoon. The program is sponsored by TBA21–Academy in collaboration with the N...
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Who is Paolo Romor, Venice’s first culture commissioner in 11 years?

After eleven years, Venice once again has a councilor in charge of culture. In the new city council presented at Ca’ Farsetti by Mayor Simone Venturini, the position has been entrusted to Paolo Romor, a Venetian civil lawyer who will oversee a ...
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Venice: The Borges Labyrinth reopens to the public on July 10 following maintenance work

The Borges Labyrinthon the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice is preparing to reopen to the public following a major conservation restoration project sponsored by the Giorgio Cini Foundation and supported by PwC Italy. One of the most fascinati...
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Franco Maria Ricci opens first store outside the Labirinto della Masone in Venice

Franco Maria Ricci Editore is opening a new store in Venice inside the Bottega Cini, marking the first opening outside the Labirinto della Masone in Fontanellato, in the province of Parma. The initiative is in the context of the 61st Venice Art Bienn...
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