Clockwise from top left: Lizzie Asher; entertainers at the Royal Garden Reverie Ball; Shana Davis and Hudson Gaines-Ross; Skylar Pinchal and Caroline Byron; Karin and Peter Leidel.
SAVE VENICE’S CARNEVALE WEEKEND IN ITALY
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THE ANNUAL Save Venice masquerade ball has been
deemed the city’s new Met Gala. Before returning to New York this spring, the organization hosted a magical threeday affair in Italy to celebrate both the annual Carnevale in Venice and the organization’s upcoming 50th Anniversary in October 2021. The theme of the weekend was “All the World’s a Stage,” and more than 140 art connoisseurs showed up in their most opulent costumes. On Friday
evening, guests were encouraged to don sizzling red and pinks for Valentine’s Day at the Ex-Chiesa di Santa Chiara. For Saturday’s masquerade gala at the Royal Garden Reverie Ball in Palazzo Pisani Moretta, guests arrived by boat in regal attire, while Sunday’s evening featured a “Clash of the Centuries” ball at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in the Palazzo Pisani. In all, the weekend raised $500,000 for the preservation of art in Venice. APRIL 2020 133