Massive Hands Emerge From Canals for Venice Biennale

To celebrate this year's Venice Biennale, artist Lorenzo Quinn has erected a sculpture of two hands arising from the city's famous Grand Canal. The limbs rest against the Ca' Sagredo Hotel, dually using the walls as a support system while also appearing powerful enough to dismantle it. The artwork serves as a harrowing visual reminder of the rising sea levels caused by climate change. Fabricated off-site, the hands had to be loaded onto a canal boat and carefully installed into place. "I wanted ...