Studio

Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings, Palazzo Ducale, Venice

The region combines ancient and modern splendours with an eye turned ever northwards

The world’s oldest hospital celebrates its nonacentennial

A harried artist between the classical and the modern

The hidden treasures of English churches

Maps are aids and images, means and messages

The Magnificent Seven: a testament to the eclectic pomp and sometime mawkish piety of Victorian good taste

Climbing around, looking up, and zooming in: the delights of Beaux-Arts architecture in New York

A magnificent celebration of the artist who was midwife to the birth of humanism

Cecilia Alemani has produced an exceptionally intelligent and delightful Biennale