Venice Bienale 2011

 

This is my last post on Venice, I promise.

Now, I’m not going to claim to know a lot about art, however I do enjoy a little dabble now and then. So when we were in Venice I couldn’t help but feel drawn to the Bienale as it was art that was right up my street, bright colourful and largely interactive. It was really nice to see art from across the world all in one place, I loved the experience of visiting each country’s offing in their own pavilion. My stand out favourites were from Korea, France and USA (I can’t say the UK, that would just be biased). We didn’t have a great deal of time to soak up all the offerings of the Bienale as we were only in Venice for 24 hours, however I think we got a really good feel for it and I would love to come back one day to see more (maybe when it’s not so hot). The Bienale is now in it’s 54th year and this time around it was curated and directed by the art historian and critic Bice Curiger. For anyone thinking of going I would say ‘go!’ because its a lot of fun and not at all reserved for those in the know about art. I love colourful things and tied to pick out the most colourful things that caught my eye at the Beinale – I couldn’t even tell you want they all are!

Aside from art, this week I’ve been spending a lot of time ogling over all the lovely new autumn winter collections out there. I say this from my air conditioned office, however outside it’s 30 degrees today – I’m almost wishing it code again so I can wear all the yummy things I’ve seen. I’ve also been buying a lot of shoes for the new season (this is odd as I’m not a shoe person at all). Interestingly I’ve seen lots of autumn/winter catalogs and promotional shoots all shot in Venice! I’m off to the rather swanky Ledbury for dinner tonight, I’m beyond excited! I’ll let you know how it measures up – have a great day.