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The fluidity that characterises Venice and its art continues into the 21st century, with
new art galleries in San Marco and Giudecca showing a range of landscapes, abstraction,
video and installation art. Yet of all the laws posted at Venetian
vaporetto
stops - includ-
ing admonitions against strutting about town bare-breasted - the one most strictly ob-
served by Venetians is against graffiti. Since solvents to remove graffiti damage Venice's
brick foundations and pollute its waters, Venetians save graffiti art for indoor spaces like
Osteria all'Alba, and appreciate visitors who take photos or paint pictures instead of defa-
cing ancient walls. When (not if) artistic inspiration strikes, canvases are readily available
at Arcobaleno for you to jump-start the next Venetian art movement.
