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Venice City of Art

The Venice Biennale is a celebration of the arts that has been running since 1895.

Artists, collectors, owners of mo] poo] and over half a

million art lovers come to see one of the most important e] of

contemporary art.

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attend every year,

past and present.

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.. The Venice Art Biennale was first established to exhibit Italian (9p

and sculptures, but soon expanded to include work by other artists.

After World War Il, it introduced ao] art and Pop Art to a wider public.

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enjoyed by audiences along the canals and in the medieval streets

The o] Festival, which top movie stars and e]

, started in the 1930s. Canals turn into floating red carpets at the

taking pictures as they step off their taxi boats. Venice also hosts an

unusually large number of permanent art po 7] and some of the world's

most famous Renaissance art is displayed in beautiful palazzos and “Im

. Venice - the city of art - continues to be an inspiration to artists,