Venice Biennale pre-opening 2024: all the gossip and glamour from inside the billionaire's playground
Hundreds of geed up, high-flying international art players, the odd culture minister and a couple of ciao-barking celebrities cram onto a sinking island… what could possibly go wrong?
That film played out last week as the Venice Biennale — now in its 60th year and the world’s longest running, most distinguished festival of contemporary art — opened following a Spritz-soaked preview week romp, complete with fantastic art (and the obligatory rubbish).
By way of scene, picture the but the hand-painted masks are facelifts, the fancy dress code is billionaire pinstripes and On trainers and festivities are f-off fashion parties that make Parisian ones look tame. It all plays out
