May You Live in Interesting Times is the name of the 2019 edition of La Biennale Arte in Venice [0]: ‘The 58th International Art Exhibition, titled May You Liv

May You Live in Interesting Times is the name of the 2019 edition of La Biennale Arte in Venice [0]: ‘The 58th International Art Exhibition, titled May You Live In Interesting Times, takes place from 11th May to 24th November 2019. The title is a phrase of English invention that has long been mistakenly cited as an ancient Chinese curse that invokes periods of uncertainty, crisis and turmoil; "interesting times", exactly as the ones we live in today.’ Not withstanding the discussion what the origin of this years phrase is, I can highly recommend La Biennale Arte di Venice as a bi-yearly reflection on the zeitgeist. Besides the main exhibition, the 78 participating countries are represented with an exhibition by their finest artists, eg in 2011 the US pavilion featured a military tank turned upside down with a treadmill on top [1] Venice can be reached from Paris by sleeper train [2] and from many other european destinations by train & air. [0] https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019 https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019 [1] https://youtu.be/-0Dmptetj1s https://youtu.be/-0Dmptetj1s [2] https://www.seat61.com/thello-train-from-paris-to-italy.htm https://www.seat61.com/thello-train-from-paris-to-italy.htm