Museumtour Venice: "Palazzo Grassi"

Damien Hirst - TREASURES FROM THE WRECK OF THE UNBELIEVABLE

In my previous divingpost i asked you if you have ever dived a shipwreck? Well, i decided to make a post about my last visit in venice. There was an exhibition going on in the "Palazzo Grassi" from Damien Hirst. It was amazing to see how much effort and money was put into trying to get as close as the treasures of real ship wrecks!!

Here a little tour thru the exhibition wich I can clearly recommend visiting if by chance you are in venice.

Before you enter the Museum there is a little building also showing art. Its for sure worth a look and its for free. My two favorite shots there:

Once you enter the "Palazzo Grassi" this is what you will find. I still dont know how they managed to put this there but this statue was massive! This is the entrance hall where you buy your ticket. I think it was about 18 Euro each.

Going thru the different rooms finding sculptures like this:

The next image gives you hints that all of this was never real. The title of the exhibition finally makes sense! And Disneyland came out of the ocean ;) This is what i call fake documentary. I have also read in an article that it has raised thousands of angry tweets that all of what the artist was implicating is actually fake.

You know i love sharks so i had to take this one:

What a magic feeling taking a watertaxi over the canals in venice to this museum. As a dive enthusiast it was amazing to see how much effort they have done to make this look slightly real. There was lots of videos shown of divers picking up treasures in the ocean.

If you want to see real diving videos and wrecks i recommend you to check following posts. I would also be happy to discuss my experiences. Just leave me a comment below or contact me!

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