10 Days Part IV: 53rd Venice Biennale

Actually, we just stumbled upon the Biennale. I didn't know exactly what it was, and Dad even less so - I don't even think he'd heard of the Venice Biennale. So the idea was sort of bouncing around in my head, but I wasn't intent on seeing it. We happened upon a doorway in a very plain-looking square one day, and dad went through it into a small courtyard and started talking to the lady at the desk. It turned out to be not only an art exhibition, but one affiliated with the Biennale, so we took a pamphlet and a map of all the other exhibitions, which led us on a voluntary scavenger hunt all over Venice to small galleries and venues - most of which were in really old buildings with beautiful architecture! We ultimately ended up at Giardini, which is a huge garden at the south-eastern tip of Venice, and probably the largest concentration of artwork in the Biennale. Here is some of what we saw (not quite in chronological order):