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Straight to Isola di San Giacomo and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, where we were welcomed by the family and introduced by Olga and Eugenio to an entirely new world. Everyone was working frantically to prepare for visitors, with only four days left before opening, and we felt incredibly privileged to be among the very first guests to experience it
Our first encounter was Pamela Rosenkranz’s 'Old Tree (Pink Seas)' (2026) overlooking the lagoon, a shocking pink form that immediately transformed the landscape
Another major highlight was Hugh Hayden’s functional church, 'Huff and a Puff' (2026), inspired by the children’s story 'The Three Little Pigs.' The church stands as a key work on this already intriguing island, both playful and quietly unsettling
My favourite work is the Goshka Macuga and wonderful Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo joins me for the photo moment
I’m already completely bowled over. In one of the wonderful new art buildings, Matt Copson presents a new commission featuring laser etchings on the walls and eyeball kites in the sky. Augusto, the father, waves us off, and we’re already convinced we’ve found our Venice highlight. So proud of this wonderful family!
Then we head to the Fondazione Dries Van Noten, a big highlight mixing art, glass, fashion, and design
I was immediately confronted by the porcelain work of Takuro Kuwata
Then the work of glass where Ritsue Mishima, working in Murano, created wonderful organic sculptures
The big highlight was Joseph Arzoumanov, just 24 years old, presenting an extraordinary work: ‘Le L’échiquier des Songes’ (‘The Chessboard of Dreams’), 2026. The craftsmanship of this young artist is remarkable, the piece took him four years from conception to completion
I have never seen such genius works, an arm that moves around controlled by AI consistently saving its queen
This year I decided to be more daring and take Vaporettos every where. We walked and walked, and navigated ourselves around Venice walking miles and miles. It was fine the first two days but then came the rain
We dropped into Victoria Miro Gallery for Egg by Flora Yukhnovich
Then we headed to see Marina Abramović, ‘Transforming Energy’ at the Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia, curated by Shai Baitel. So proud of him for curating this ambitious exhibition. Here is Tiffany experiencing one of Marina’s powerful interactive works
A quick pit stop to visit Nicoletta Fiorucci at her foundation, where artist Lydia Ourahmane has a show in the beautiful new space, with Stefania Bortolami also dropping by at the same time
Chris Levine’s ‘As Above, So Below’ projected a vast luminescent halo into the night sky above San Clemente Island. Behind this extraordinary presentation is our 176 alumni, Paul Luckraft, supported by Gazelli Art House
