Venice

June 18, 2017
Sculptor and architectural designer Bartolomeo Ammanati was born 18 June 1511 in Settignano, a village near Florence.

June 6, 2017
Guest Contributor Exhibition Review: Love in Venice at the New York Public Library Venice has always been a mysterious and cunning lady, from her ancient origin stories (in competition with Rome), to her annual marriage to the sea (offering profitable international trade).

May 14, 2017
Free Italian art Books Available to Download from the Guggenheim Since 2012, the Guggenheim Museums and Foundation has been digitizing its massive collection of monographs, catalogs, and other art books.

May 11, 2017
Closing Soon: A Life of Seduction – Venice in the 1700s A splendid exhibition of 18th century Venetian painting, fashion, and various ephemera closes soon at the New Orleans Museum of Art .

May 7, 2017
A site-specific installation combining high-definition video projections and the buildings, public areas, and lagoon environments of Venice opens today – 7 May 2017 – in advance of the Biennale di Venezia , which gets underway later this week.

February 23, 2017
Renaissance painter Gentile Bellini died on 23 February 1507 in Venice.

February 20, 2017
Artist, dealer, collector, and critic Conte Anton Maria “Girolamo” Zanetti was born on 20 February 1680 in Venice.

January 22, 2017
The joint feast day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa, executed by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 304, and Saint Anastasius of Persia, a Christian convert killed in 628, is celebrated on 22 January.

January 19, 2017
Painter Paris Bordone died on 19 January 1571 in Venice, where he had spent the majority of his career.

January 13, 2017
Saint Mark’s Basilica Now Scaffoldless Saint Mark’s Basilica, one of Venice’s most prominent architectural and religious landmarks, can now boast a scaffold-free facade.