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Photos: How Vogue’s Elisabeth TNT Took the Venice Biennale

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    Behind every gate lies another stunning palazzo. Arriving at the Hauser & Wirth dinner.

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    Ready for the night and the Sotheby’s party at the Gritti Palace

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    A rare moment of sitting and a little detail shot of my day look.

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    Arriving in Venice, the first thing we saw was the 20-meter-tall “golden tower” by artist James Lee Byars.

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    Quick pitstop at my great friend Lola Schnabel’s beautiful show, where I arrived escorted by a bodyguard because of the jewelry I was lent for the night!

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    We boarded the train to Venice in Milan and stopped off before to see Prada Resort.

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    This giant statue at the Palazzo Grassi is part of Damien Hirst’s latest stunt, “Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable,” which very much polarized conversation in the last couple of days. It seems you either loved or hated it!

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    Beautiful African mask installation at the Arsenal

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    I snapped these two literally seen at every event from atop Erwin Wurm’s truck at the Austrian Pavilion.

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    My mother in front of one of Lola’s beautiful paintings.

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    A white falcon, a special guest during the pre-dinner and shoot for Sotheby’s inaugural White Baaz get together.

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    One of my favorite shows at Venice was at the Fondazione Prada titled “The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied” by Alexander Kluge.

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    Another work from the exhibit, this one by Thomas Demand.

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    Blue skies and diamonds. Daisy Prince, me, Tatiana Santo Domingo, Isabella Borromeo, Coco Brandolini D'Adda, Margherita Missoni, Noor Fares, and Eugenie Niarchos at the Sotheby’s White Baaz party.

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    Eugenie and Margherita having a little drink at the Gritti Palace.

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    The most stunning ceiling ever by Tintoretto at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a jewel worth visiting.