EGYPT. Journey to Immortality - Photo: Cat Bauer (Venice, Italy) Thought-provoking. That is how I would describe the EGYPT. Journey to Immortality exhibition at Palazzo Sarcinell… Read More
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Cat Bauer - The Venice Insider. A blog featuring contemporary life, culture, art and history of Venice.
One to One: John & Yoko - Directed by Kevin Macdonald(Venice, Italy) I am always amazed at how many people's lives John Lennon impacted, mine included. His talent, courage, a… Read More
(Image: Matteo Borrini)Note: September 28, 2024 - This old Vampires in Venice post from March 6, 2009, recently became one of my Top 10 Popular Posts, and I wondered why. It turns out that 1… Read More
George Clooney & Brad Pitt at photocall for WolfsPhoto: Giorgio Zucchiatti - La Biennale di Venezia ASAC(Venice, Italy) After the dearth of movie stars at last year's film festival due t… Read More
Courtyard of the Giudecca Women's Detention Home, Venice - Photo: Marco Cremascoli(Venice, Italy) Have you ever been inside a prison? I hadn't, and certainly not a women's prison. At first… Read More
Titizé - A Venetian Dream - Photo: ©Viviana Cangialosi, Compagnia Finzi Pasca(Venice, Italy) The historic Goldoni Theater, which was recently revitalized with a 2 million euro ni… Read More
Silent Woods II - Inspiration Dvorak by Li Chevalier - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) On Friday morning, I climbed the grand staircase to the top floor of Ca' Pesaro, yet another vast palac… Read More
Selva by Eva Jospin - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) I arrived just a few minutes before the press conference for Selva started. I was eager to see it. The invitation to the exhibitio… Read More
The Yellow Sweater (Le chandail jaune) by Pablo Picasso (1939)Photo: Cat BauerYou are in for a shock when you enter Sala I of the Gallerie dell'Accademia. The first thing you see are not the… Read More
Le Roi et la reine entourés de nus vites (The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes), May 1912Oil on canvas - 114.6 × 128.9 cmPhiladelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walte… Read More
Photographers photographing the photographer Joan Foncuberta at Palazzo Fortuny(Venice, Italy) "What is the most decayed photographic material you have?" asked Joan Fontcuberta (Barcelona, 1… Read More
Winged Lion of Venice in Piazza San Marco - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) The mysterious winged Lion of Venice on the top of the column next to Palazzo Ducale in Piazza San Marco is a symb… Read More
Basilica di San Marco, Venice - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) If you want to witness the golden spirit of Venice, attend Vespers on Christmas Day inside Saint Mark's Basilica. Vespers is E… Read More
Venice, Italy, 1950 © David Seymour/Magnum Photos(Venice, Italy) The exhibition, David "Chim" Seymour - The World and Venice 1936-56, at Palazzo Grimani is poignant and haunting, especi… Read More
Caffè Florian (detail) by Italico Brass (1912)(Venice, Italy) Italico Brass is the most delightful painter of Venice that many people probably have never heard of. That's all about to… Read More
Now that's a car! Sleek Italian Police Maserati outside the red carpet during the Venice Film Festival award ceremonyA gift from Maserati so the Polizia can transport human organs -- fastThe… Read More
Emma Stone & Kathryn Hunter in Poor Things(Venice, Italy) How to describe Poor Things? An R-rated Frankengirl coming-of-age "Lucy in the Skies with Diamonds" happy acid trip? Barbie on s… Read More
Lady Gaga on the Red Carpet - Venice Film Festival 2018 Photo: La Biennale di Venezia (ASAC)In anticipation of the 80th Venice Film Festival that starts this Wednesday, August 30, 2023, the… Read More
At Lino Tagliapietra's InGalleria on Murano Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Lino Tagliapietra will be on 89-years-old on August 10, 2023. He is a Leo, a fire sign, ruled by the Sun, an… Read More
Cleopatra by Artemisia Gentileschi (c.1620)Private Collection Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi (Venice, Italy) More than four hundred years ago, Artemisia Gentileschi rocked the world with h… Read More
Lesley Lokko, Curator & Demas Nwoko, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement AwardPhoto: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Blue. Blue is the first thing you see when you enter "The Laboratory of the… Read More
A Rose for Venice - April 25, Feast of Saint Mark - View from the ground in Piazza San Marco Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) There was a deluge on the morning of April 25, 2023, the Feast of… Read More
Traghetto Canal Grande - Venezia, 2022 by Nikos Aliagas - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) I am happy that the insightful and delightful Nikos Aliagas photography exhibition at Fondazione del… Read More
Simon Berger Pushes Glass To Its Breaking Point: "Shattering Beauty" On The Island Of Murano, Venice
Shattered Glass Lion by Simon Berger - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Swiss artist Simon Berger uses a hammer as a paintbrush. His canvas is glass. He paints with the blows of a hammer. The… Read More
Inge Morath, Venezia, 1955 ©Fotohof archiv/Inge Morath/Magnum Photos(Venice, Italy) The pioneer female Austrian photographer, Inge Morath, was one of the first girls to play with the bo… Read More
Palazzo Polignac far right; Salute Church far left - Photo: Cat Bauer from Accademia Brid(Venice, Italy) It has become a happy tradition to kick off the New Year in Venice with a late mornin… Read More
Christmas in Venice 2022 - Photo by Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Venice is full of light this Christmas. From the twinkling lights in Piazza San Marco to the sparkly smiles of the locals as we g… Read More
Burial Monument of Antonio Canova inside the Frari - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Antonio Canova was considered the greatest sculptor of his time. When he died in Venice just before his 6… Read More
Good Morning from the Venice Film Festival on the Lido - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) The 79th Venice International Film Festival, which took place on August 31 through September 10, 2022… Read More
Cate Blanchett on the Red Carpet for TàrPhoto courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia ASAC - Giorgio Zuchiatti(Venice, Italy) One of my fantasy careers has always been to be the conductor… Read More
Palazzo Reale, percorso delle Sale Reali: Enfilade dallo Studio dell'Imperatore d'Austria Francesco Giuseppe Foto: Massimo Listri ©(Venice, Italy) For years, the doorway to Emperor F… Read More
Carlo Scarpa Entrance to Faculty of Literature & Philosophy of IUAV Venice (before) Photo: Masegni & Nizioleti Associazione ONLUS(Venice, Italy) One of the masterpieces designed by t… Read More
Alchemy by Lori Weitzner - Photo: Cat Bauer"So pervasive is the association of gold with beauty, warmth, worth and nobility that it has become both a substance and a symbol in our everyday l… Read More
Claudine Drai - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Claudine Drai has been sculpting angelic beings out of tissue paper since she was a child, reaching through the ether to tug heavenly creature… Read More
The enchanted setting of Homo Faber Event in the Venice lagoon Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island of San Giorgio MaggiorePhoto: ©Michelangelo Foundation “I will embroider the w… Read More
Illuminated Mirror by Max Ingrand (1955) - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Designs from legendary FontanaArte in Milan, the company that elevated industrial plate glass to coveted home decor… Read More
1950. Venezia, Italia © Sabine Weiss(Venice, Italy) Sabine Weiss died last year on December 28th at the age of 97, as the tumultuous year of 2021 came to a close. Till the very end, she… Read More
Il Ridotto (The Foyer) by Francesco Guardi (1755)(Venice, Italy) A sleek, black gondola glides up the Grand Canal and docks in front of a 15th century Gothic palace blazing with candles. A m… Read More
Venice through a window inside the Giorgio Cini Foundation - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) The Queen of the Adriatic is ready to welcome visitors. In April, Venice will be the center of th… Read More
The Grand Canal from the Accademia Bridge - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) On the last day of the year 2021, Venice wrapped herself in a cloak of caigo, that thick fog that nestles the city… Read More
Glass Tooth (Untitled) 2021 by Tony Cragg - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) The British sculptor Sir Tony Cragg marvels that the human body forms teeth, creating natural sculptures made out… Read More
Anish Kapoor & Taco Dibbets at Gallerie dell'Accademia Background painting: Madonna of the Treasuers by Tintoretto (1567) Photo: Cat Bauer (Venice, Italy) "I'm going to a… Read More
Jimmy Page on the Red Carpet for Becoming Led ZeppelinPhoto: La Biennale di Venezia - ASAC by A. Avezzù(Venice, Italy) The Sala Grande on the Lido is one of my favorite cinemas in whi… Read More
Archinto by Georg Baselitz at Palazzo Grimani - Photo: Cat Bauer (Venice, Italy) Georg Baselitz, the renowned German artist who flips life upside down on its head, has two major install… Read More
Jimmy Page on the Red Carpet for Becoming Led ZeppelinPhoto: La Biennale di Venezia - ASAC by A. Avezzù(Venice, Italy) The Sala Grande on the Lido is one of my favorite cinemas to scr… Read More
The Adriatic Sea seen from the roof terrace of Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido - Photo: Cat Bauer (Venice, Italy) It seems like every cultural organization in Venice schedules events and… Read More
House to Watch the Sunset by Not Vital (2021) - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) House to Watch the Sunset by Not Vital, the Swiss artist with the very cool name, shimmers inside the 16th-cen… Read More
"Burano is a neverland, but it exists." From Semplice Determinazione by Andrea Bettini(Venice, Italy) On Friday evening, July 30, 2021, I was whisked across the waters of the Venice lagoon t… Read More
Ismael Ivo(Venice, Italy) On the evening of July 22nd, here in Venice we celebrated the life of Ismael Ivo, the dynamic and much-loved Brazilian dancer, choreographer and director of Biennal… Read More
Kae Tempest at Teatro Goldini in Venice - Photo: Cat Bauer(Venice, Italy) Kae Tempest is a wordsmith wizard who spins thoughts into gold. Tempest's performance of The Book of Traps & Les… Read More