It sounds a lot like a kind of 21st century grand tour — Venice, Tuscany, Venice, this rich and rigorous engagement with ideas and individuals.
I like that idea of IDSVA. In a little cafe far away from the Biennale we ran into this year’s Biennale director, Rob Storr. He called IDSVA the "new nomads," which I like as well.
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