I went in 2015, and it was INCREDIBLE! What a city!

Exactly! I've recently realized I enjoy better reading the process and the meaning behind artworks that I see. That is why I get quite upset when some galleries do not take the time to explain artworks on display.

You can do whatever you wish to. Cheers.

If KZfaq videos had blurbs like books do on their covers, I'd want this comment to be one of them :)

That's very sweet.

So cool! Very glad to hear this. I sometimes feel uneasy about advertising these places with exhibitions and installations that are always changing (and are in fact frequently gone by the time we post about them!). But you make a fine point that the places we usually feature have consistently excellent programming and are always worth a visit. Thanks for watching!

Oh I know! It's is a tragedy of epic proportions. For those who may use this in planning a visit, this is referring to the temporary exhibition at Palazzo Fortuny, curated by Axel Vervoordt and Daniela Ferretti. For sure worth a visit!

I used to worry about John making videos while we are making videos, but then I stopped because there's we do indeed always focus on different things. I admit I have held back from on-site commentary, in some cases, so he doesn't steal my interpretations!

The Art Assignment In this case it worked beautifully, you covered the art and he talked about the place and his thoughts. I hope you both also had a chance to put down the cameras and just enjoy yourselves and experience the art.

Even after 3 full days of art viewing there, we still missed a ton. Greatly regretting that we didn't see this Tehching Hsieh show: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJ2gZtpe25_SnJ8.html

That show is amazing. When I was visiting the Biennale for my Curatorship studies we were lucky enough to speak the curator of Hsieh's exhibition. His stories were personal and insightful and gave a great look at how to work with an artist like Tehching Hsieh.

Twist the knife! ;)

Or: People in galleries taking pictures with a fancy camera of people taking pictures with their phone. Eh? ;)

Here is an article about Khadija's work and untimely death: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/17/khadija-saye-artist-was-on-cusp-of-recognition-when-she-died-in-grenfell

WOW

I did indeed see her work at the Biennale, and it is really wonderful. Thanks for mentioning it here.

I'm really glad you were able to see Khadija's work. Here is a link to the photographs currently on show at the Biennale: www.sayephotography.co.uk/dwelling#0

It changes all the time! I could come up with a list sure, but I'm too curious about what other people's are. What are yours?

Because it's literally impossible to go there and not think about tourism a good portion of the time you are walking about. I considered not mentioning it as a kind of experiment, but it would have been disingenuous.

I lived in Venice and am for capping the number of tourists. Almost impossible to live and move as you would normally without tourists around, all the shops have become for tourists and the prices are high, it's also flooded with people selling counterfeit goods (usually bags) and selfie sticks at every turn. Venice is small, spaces for walking are small, if I need to go from point A to B it takes me twice the time trying to avoid slow tourists that go left-right while looking up [pro tip, always look down in venice, it's full of dog poop], I almost never take the Vaporetto, too crowded. In the morning the place is full of litter in some squares, and the birds add to the litter chaos ripping the thrash bags, and drunk people have to be rescued from trying to swim in the canals (or pee in the canals) and jump from the bridges... [canals are nasty, you don't want to catch something - when the water rises and it's high tide there are rats everywhere, my apartment also had small scorpions.] tldr, tourist tax and fixed number per week.