It’s Art! It’s Marketing! It’s Publicity!: Inside the Art and Fashion and Billionaire Bonanza at the Venice Biennale 2022

On Wednesday on the Piazza San Marco, a few dozen well-heeled cultural figures in town for the 59th Venice Biennale were whisked into a secret entrance of the Palazzo Ducale and led up to the terrace overlooking perhaps the most famous pigeon-dotted town square on earth. Sneaking onto the terrace, the most serene place in the Most Serene Republic, is usually a big no-no for visitors who make their way into the Ducale, built in the 14th century as the home of the ruling Doges and the seat of power in the Republic of Venice for centuries. And yet guests… Read Full Article