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DON'T MISS
CHIESA DI SAN SEBASTIANO
www.chorusvenezia.org
; Campo San Sebastiano 1687; admission €3, with Chorus Pass free;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat) was covered by Paolo Veronese with floor-to-ceiling masterpieces. Veronese's
horses rear over the frames of the coffered ceiling; the organ doors are covered with vivid Veronese
masterworks; and in Veronese's
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
near the altar, the bound saint defiantly
stares down his tormentors amid a Venetian crowd of socialites, turbaned traders and Veronese's sig-
nature frisky spaniel. Pay respects to Veronese, who chose to be buried here among his masterpieces,
but don't miss Titian's
San Niccolo
and the Tintorettos in the glowing, newly restored sacristry.
Palazzo Mocenigo
MUSEUM
( 041 72 17 98;
http://mocenigo.visitmuve.it
; Salizada di San Stae 1992, Santa Croce; adult/reduced €5/
3.50; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct, to 4pm Nov-Mar; San Stae)
From 18th-century duchess
andrienne
(hip-extending dresses) to Anne Hathaway's megaruffled Versace Venice Film
Festival ball gown, Palazzo Mocenigo's head-turning fashion will leave you feeling glam-
orous by association. Costume dramas unfold across the piano nobile of this swanky
Grand Canal palace, much as they did at 18th-century A-list Venetian parties held here.
Necklines plunge in the
Red Living Room
, lethal corsets come undone in the
Contessa's Bed-
room
and men's paisley knee-breeches reveal some leg in the
Dining Room
.
Ca' Pesaro
MUSEUM
(Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna e Museo d'Arte Orientale; 041 72 11 27;
www.visitmuve.it
;
Fondamenta di Ca' Pesaro 2070, Santa Croce; adult/reduced €8/5.50; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct, to
5pm Nov-Mar; San Stae)
Like a Carnevale costume built for two, the stately exteri-
or of this Baldassare Longhena-designed 1710
palazzo
(mansion) hides two quirky mu-
seums:
Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna
and
Museo d'Arte Orientale
. The former high-
lights Venice's role in modern-art history, while the latter holds treasures from Prince En-
rico di Borbone's epic 1887-89 shopping spree across Asia.
The modern art collection begins with flag-waving early Biennales, showcasing Vene-
tian landscapes and Venetian socialites by Venetian painters (notably Giacomo Favretto).
Savvy Venice Biennale organisers soon diversified, showcasing Gustav Klimt's 1909
Judith II (Salome)
and Marc Chagall's
Rabbi of Vitebsk
(1914-22). The 1961 De Lisi
