Julie Mehretu: Ensemble at the Palazzo Grassi
I rejoiced when I read that the Palazzo Grassi would organize a large Julie Mehretu exhibition as one of the collateral events of the Venice Biennale 2024.
Berlinde De Bruyckere: City of Refuge III
"City of Refuge III" by Berlinde de Bruyckere at the magnificent church of San Giorgio Maggiore is one of the highlights of the 2024 Venice Biennale.
William Kentridge: Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot
The premiere of William Kentridge’s "Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot" was one of the highlights of this year’s Venice Biennale. It is a celebration of the creative process and a love letter to art and the power of the imagination.
Venice Biennale 2024
There was a lot to see at the 2024 Venice Biennale, but very little that stopped me in my tracks. The best country pavilion by a mile was the Australian pavilion.
Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia
For some reason I must have skipped the Gallerie dell’Accademia when I first visited Venice. I’m glad I finally had an opportunity to visit it. It has an outstanding collection.
Uffizi Gallery
I finally had a chance to visit the Uffizi Gallery. Included here is a pick of some of my personal favorites.
Utopias and Reality at the Villa Bardini
OltreCittà at the Villa Bardini in Florence is a fascinating exhibition which showcases how artists have imagined the city in the 20th and 21st century.
Renaissance Florence Reimagined
Laurent Binet's "Perspective(s)" and Maggie O’Farrell’s "The Marriage Portrait" are a joy to read and make for a perfect travel companion on a trip to Florence.
Edward Burtynsky: Extraction/Abstraction
Extraction/Abstraction is the largest survey of Edward Burtynsky’s work so far and features photographs from his entire forty-year career.
Further Reading
The unraveling of space-time. The largest ever brain map of the fruit fly. What finance is for. Depression. Death of the department store. Flow. Pierre Huyghe. Michel Houellebecq. Richard Powers. And more.
Highlights from the Spring 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collections
Some of my favorite designs from the Spring 2025 ready-to-wear collections.
John Vaillant: Fire Weather. A True Story From a Hotter World
In "Fire Weather. A True Story From a Hotter World" John Vaillant tells the harrowing story of the 2016 wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, Alberta. It is a sobering read that serves as both a compelling disaster story and an urgent warning about our climate future.