Below are the various national pavilions in the Giardini, pretty much in the order that I encountered them:
Biennale–Arsenale
The first day we went to the Arsenale. Apparently it is connected to old naval facilities and rope was made there at some point. The building / compound is in itself amazing and so things in there can look great as well. However I was duly impressed with the beginning of the show in this location. It was very cohesive…
Week 3: Waiblingen + Venice
After Berlin we visited my cousin in Waiblingen, which is a suburb of Stuttgart in the south of Germany. On a Sunday they took me to an arty kids’ park called Eins und Alles (One and Everything). It was founded on the idea of providing sensory experiences for all ages and the different stations / activities are designed by students…
Week 2: Berlin
Street food german style: nothing like a hot bowl of split pea soup on a cold rainy day in June. I was hoping to see more Art Nouveau residue that can be found here and there in Berlin. The Holocaust memorial; a huge grid of these blocks covers an entire city block. Not visible in the image is the descending…
Week 1: Duisburg
Paintings with ash by Zhaung Huan part of the China 8 exhibit at Kuppersmühle Museum Collaboration between artist and art history professor, parked at the Kuppersmühle Museum in Duisburg Breakfast at my aunt and uncle’s Romantic public Art in Düsseldorf