Founded in 2022 by Michele Barbati, an Italian raised in close contact with the arts, Barbati Gallery has brought a fresh cultural space to the lagoon city. Open to the public year-round, the gallery hosts exhibitions that spark dialogue between established contemporary artists and emerging talents from around the world. We spoke with Michele Barbati to learn more about his gallery and the story behind it.Can you tell us about the history of Barbati Gallery and why you chose Venice? The choice...
The Great Festivals of Venice and Veneto: A Journey into the Cultural Excellence of One of Italy's Most Beautiful RegionsThere are many things that make Veneto famous worldwide. The first is undoubtedly the city of Venice, but also Verona with its Arena, the stunning Dolomites with its jewel, Cortina, and other smaller and sometimes lesser-known treasures. In addition to its natural and artistic beauties, this region also offers a rich array of cultural events and festivals throughout the year, which...
Everything You Need to Know About the Most Anticipated Event of 2026: The Milano-Cortina Olympic GamesAfter the 1956 edition, the Winter Olympics are set to return to Cortina: the countdown to Milano-Cortina 2026 has officially begun. The world’s most beautiful and widely attended sporting event returns to Italy after 20 years (the last time the Games were held in Italy was in Torino). The decision to unite two cities, Milan and Cortina, in two different regions will offer spectators the chance to...
MARTA SPAGNOLI Born in 1994, Marta Spagnoli is an artist who lives and works in Venice. Originally from Verona, not far from the lagoon city, she chose to settle here after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts. With its water and suspended time, the city seems to reflect not only the buildings but also her intimacy. Chosen by the prestigious Galleria Continua – with locations in San Gimignano, Beijing, Les Moulins, Havana, Rome, Sao Paulo, and Paris – Marta Spagnoli is the author of the painting...
With historical roots dating back almost a millennium, the Venice Carnival is not only a staple for local life in the city, but an event that brings in tourists and partygoers from around the world. These 10 days of festivities, typically held at the beginning of February, bring out the true colors of Venice, animating the streets and squares with music, shows, parades, and world-class parties.The Flight of the Angel, or Il Volo dell’Angelo in Italian, is one of the public highlights of the Carnevale...
Gothic cathedrals were pushed high into the skies in search of a symbolic encounter with God. Modern skyscrapers are set as challenges to each other as they rise floor by floor determining skylines that are ever more spectacular and majestic. In times of yore, Venice, the Serenissima, an urge to point skywards was intended literally to demonstrate the desire to “touch the sky with you finger-tips”, and thus seek a sensation of entire happiness and beauty. Venice is magical from each and every point...
The districts of Venice are six, which is why they are called "sestieri" (the Italian word for 'sixth' is ‘sesto.’) However, the historic center of the lagoon city, as we know, does not end with its large island that, seen from above, resembles the shape of a fish: there are also Giudecca, Lido, Pellestrina, as well as the islands of Murano, Sant'Erasmo, Torcello, Burano, and many more. But staying with the "fish" theme, the six districts in which the city is divided are: Santa Croce, San Polo, Dorsoduro,...
There are some places that are intrinsically linked to the name of a person. Without these associations, these places would still retain their natural beauty, but they would undoubtedly be less captivating. In Veneto, in the province of Treviso, the town of Possagno is one of these places. It is here that Antonio Canova, one of Italy's most famous sculptors and certainly the most significant figure of Neoclassicism, was born. He was active between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Metropolitan...
Carlo Alberto Scarpa, famous and important Venetian architect of the 20th century Italy, was born and studied in Venice at the Accademia. He began a flourishing activity as a designer at the Venini furnace, taking on its artistic direction in 1932. The beautiful Murrini, beautiful glass vases shaped by combining bright colors and minute geometric shapes, are born from the partnership with the Murano furnace.Throughout his career and since its beginnings, Scarpa frequented the artistic and intellectual...
Read the article published by Forbes, ''Live La Dolce Vita In These Sumptuous Venetian Villas'' written by the contributor Kitty Finstad Forbes Global Properties. ''Think of the history of Venice and grand canal-side palazzi come to mind. But from the 16th century to the fall of the Serenissima (the French-occupied Venetian Republic) in 1797, noble families would decamp from these palatial dwellings in the summertime, journeying by river on luxurious canopied floating vessels called burchielli....
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