Art: Gigi Bon and her Cabinet of Marvels

We stumbled upon Gigi’s Studio D’Arte Mirabilia by accident trying to find our way to Palazzo Grassi in Venice.  Nestled near Casanova’s house and the Montenegro Pavillion this studio had us all umming and ahhing at all the beautiful things found in this treasure trove.  We had the luck to encounter the artist Gigi Bon herself and asked her a couple of questions on her art.  When asked why the Rhino featured so heavily in her art she said that she considered it a form of self portrait.  Gigi is one of the few true Venetians left. read it all