The acqua alta has caused the mayor to declare a state of emergency in Venice.
to bring attention to climate change for years now. But now, the biennial's 58th edition is raising awareness of the issue unintentional. Scheduled to run through November 24, the exhibition suddenly closed ahead of schedule on Wednesday due to severe flooding that's led to the city's highest water levels in half a century.
By Tuesday, the seasonal tide known as thehad wreaked so much havoc—reportedly claiming two lives and causing millions of euros' worth of damage—that the mayor of Venice, Luigi BragnaroSo far, there's been no damage to the works in the biennial's main exhibitions in Giardini and Arsenale, but the same can't be said for art and architecture elsewhere throughout the city.
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