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Life as a Venetian
Despite what you may have heard, Venice isn't sinking - it's breaking new ground.
With the world's most artistic masterpieces per square kilometre, you'd think the city
would take it easy, maybe rest on its laurels. But between billionaire benefactors and
cutting-edge biennales, Venice's palazzi (palaces) are overflowing with new eyebrow-
raising contemporary art and architecture. In narrow calli (alleyways), you'll glimpse
artisans hammering out shoes crested like lagoon birds, cooks whipping up four-star
dishes on single-burner hotplates, and musicians lugging 18th-century cellos to
baroque concerts played with punk-rock bravado. Your timing couldn't be better: the
people who made walking on water look easy are already well into their next act.
