Cat Bauer in Venice

Both Luigi Brugnaro, Mayor of Venice & Alessandro Giuli, Italian Minister of Culture were on time(!) for the opening of Etruscans & Veneti: Waters, Cults & Sanctuaries at Palazzo Ducale with 700+ artifacts that stretch back millennia. palazzoducale.visitmuve.it/en/exhibitio...

Today in Venice we celebrate another lusty hometown boy, Antonio Vivaldi born #OTD March 4, 1678. Just think—Vivaldi was 47 when Casanova was born in 1725. From 2009, ‘The Flaming Red Priest’-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2009/04/anto...

When Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco spoke of “the baffo furbo di Gurdjieff,” he startled me out of my slumber. New post: “Venice Is the Center of Gravity - Koyo Kouoh’s ‘In Minor Keys for #BiennaleArte2026 venetiancat.blogspot.com/2026/03/veni...

Saul Leiter: An Impressionist With A Camera The American photographer and painter - or should I say: painting photographer?

Letters from Europe
Feb 2026
#Substack

National museums in Italy are free for all the first Sunday of each month. ‘Domenica al Museo’ is tomorrow, March 1st. Which 6 State museums are in the historic center of Venice? Updated-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2024/11/6-it...

Humans – not Mimmo the dolphin – need managing in Venice lagoon, say scientists Researchers say solitary bottlenose has adapted well to city waters, but tighter controls on boat traffic and human behaviour are needed Italian scientists monitoring the movements of a dolphin in the Venice lagoon have said humans are the ones who need managing, rather than wildlife. Known as Mimmo, the bottlenose dolphin has been spotted on several occasions since it made its first appearance in June last year, prompting a research team from the University of Padova to spring into action. Continue reading...

Humans – not Mimmo the dolphin – need managing in Venice lagoon, say scientists

Silhouette in the sun (finally!)
#Venice

You can watch the live streaming presentation of La Biennale Arte, Koyo Kouoh’s poignant “In Minor Keys”-> www.labiennale.org/en/news/bien...

Venice is rich with churches. One of the loveliest is Santa Maria dei Miracoli💫 Photo by Cat Bauer

Venice is rich with churches. One of the loveliest is Santa Maria dei Miracoli💫

Instead of mosaics this #MosaicMonday, the intricate patterned 3D marble floor in the choir of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, designed by Palladio

Grey Day, Long Exposure

#Venezia #Italia #Venice

Not just fashion! Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice is brimming with more than 400 works of German-American photographer Horst P. Horst, including the vintage Vogue cover from May 15, 1941. “The Geometry of Grace” runs to July 5.

She’s gorgeous & has the right qualities. In 2007, I was the first straniera on the Marie jury & got a lot of backlash (before social media). But not from Venetians—from other expats (French, Brits, etc) who thought THEY should be the first. Back then, I had only lived in Venice for a mere 9 years😁

The Campanile in Venice from the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore on another gray day
#RealTime

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😁

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