Cat Bauer in Venice

I liked it here❤️ You mean on YouTube? I tried. I don’t know if it worked…

I quite enjoyed that!

Anonymity - Venice Carnival at Piazza San Marco

Elegant in emerald - Venice Carnival at Piazza San Marco

Venice Carnival, Piazza San Marco

The dark Devil & his Angel sidekick make an appearance at the Venice Carnival at Rialto

Venice Carnival in the Ghetto

I’m afraid to start reading her! I’ve got so much to catch up on. But you’re tempting me…

Make another one of Venice for 2026! Like so many European novelists, I’m afraid Scottish writers like Dorothy Dunnett aren’t well known in the States.

That’s a wonderful advent calendar! I love it! But I’m confused. Did you create it?

I control my algorithm & focus on Venice, art & culture. No politics. I copy & paste the same content on X, Bsky & FB. The Buccaneers at Florian photo has 75 likes on X & only 3 on Bsky. I’ve had no social media problems since the Stranieri Cabal left X😃

Casanova & Friends - A Venice Carnival Seduction The Venice Gazette by Cat Bauer: Venice's top blog for art, culture & hidden gems. Tips from Venetian Cat, the original Venice Insider since 1998

What would Venice Carnival be without Casanova? You can still see ‘Casanova & Europe’ at Fondazione Cini on San Giorgio Maggiore & ‘Casanova & Venice’ at Palazzo Cini in Dorsoduro until March 2. Here’s my 2018 post about his infamous orgy at Do Spade-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2018/02/casa...

Poem: ‘Appropriation; Lines on the Circular Motifs on the Façade of the Ca’Dario, Venice’. Cairo: a giant astrolabe revolving in the sun;The skies are chimed and charmed with minarets,Thin, insistent tuning forks struck by light.Here the ambassador, Giovanni Dario, arrives With gifts and…

Poem: 'Appropriation', a meditation on the circular motifs on the façade of the #PalazzoDario in #Venice. Painting from 'The Unwritten Book' by Katia Margolis.

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Bsky should update their system. Even FB can now distinguish Old Masters from porn. I’m still on TwiX. Only problem I had over there was with some stranieri who had never lived in Venice but tried to control the narrative(!) They moved to Bsky & now X is much more pleasant. I like different POVs😁

YouTube video by Cat Bauer Magic moments from the Carnival of Venice - Carnevale di Venezia by Cat Bauer

I made this Venice Carnival clip some years ago. Not much has changed-> youtu.be/4dDbfw3Zxnw?...

I thought Bsky was supposed to be educated. What a bunch of unsophisticated dorks🙃

Oh for godssake! PrudeSky put labels on Tintoretto! Tintoretto already edited out the nude bits himself! Here’s a detail in ‘Original Sin’ I found fascinating

Oh for godssake! PrudeSky put labels on Tintoretto! Tintoretto already edited out the nude bits himself! Here’s a detail in ‘Original Sin’ I found fascinating

Together again! Over 2 centuries ago “Tintoretto Depicts Genesis” cycle was divided. Now you can see 4 of 5 paintings at Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice until June 7
Creation of Animals
Adam & Eve Before Eternal (from Uffizi in Florence)
Original Sin
Cain Kills Abel
(no Creation of Eve-private)

Buccaneers at Caffè Florian
#Venice #Carnival

Gayton McKenzie makes moves to replace artist Gabriel Goliath’s Elegy at the Venice Biennale Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie moved to replace Gabrielle Goliath’s Venice Biennale artwork, Elegy, citing political concerns, but missed court deadlines. Email evidence shows attempts to r...

Ongoing Venice Biennale drama: “McKenzie, who leads the right-wing Patriotic Alliance and is a self-proclaimed Zionist, said it came as a “total surprise” when he was informed of Elegy’s selection on 22 December” -> www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Rialto Morning, Venice, Italy

It’s been like this for awhile. A drizzly or cloudy morning with a quick blast of sun in the afternoon just to tease us, then back to cloudy

Another grey morning in Venice
#CampoSantaMargherita
#RealTime

Venice Carnevale brightens up the boat on a cloudy Tuesday morning

Italy swoops to buy rare masterpiece by Antonello da Messina before auction Italy has purchased Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo, which Sotheby's had offered to the highest bidder last week, the Italian culture ministry confirmed.

Italy’s culture ministry swoops in to buy a rare masterpiece by Antonello da Messina, hours before New York auction, in a major victory for Italian cultural heritage.

I love it the Ministry of Culture does that! That’s how Palazzo Grimani in Venice ended up with Luca Giordano’s Samaritan Woman at the Well. After the Carabinieri found it at an auction, they bought it.

Sunday stroll during Venice Carnevale

Little Red Riding Hood has got the Big Bad Wolf on a chain
#Venice #Carnival
#CarnevaleVenezia2026

“There’s a story behind every picture,” said Filippo Romano. His 17 photos tell different stories in ‘Archivio Naturale’ at IKONA VENEZIA gallery in Venice, curated by Ziva Kraus & Federico Piccaluga. My favorite? A migrant bird held by a 9 year old child on the island of Linosa. Feb 8-Apr 12.