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Caterina Tognon, Contemporary Gallery Art, San Marco 2671
A brilliant Venetian woman is running this contemporary art gallery in Campo San Maurizio (www.caterinatognon.com).

Atelier Venetia by Antonia Sautter - Frezzeria San Marco 1286
Established in 1984 through the efforts and artistic creativity of its founder Antonia Sautter, this group of shops are a meeting point of commerce and culture. View the work of artisan masters who truly take their inspiration from Venetian tradition in the form of elaborate masks, marionettes, dolls, exclusive fabrics, dazzling costumes, and precious art objects (www.ballodeldoge.com).

Gianni Basso venetian graphic, Cannaregio 5306
An old-world printing shop that makes custom-engraved stationery. It is a place to order elegant letterpress ex libris, calling cards and stationery. He creates hand-set custom printing for writers, nobility and movie stars, namely, Hugh Grant.

Bevilacqua TEXTILE factory and shop, Campo Santa Maria del Giglio 2520
This is the oldest and most famous tapestry and silk velvet house in Venice. Arrange a visit with Mario Bevilacqua to see the original 17th-century treadle looms still in use making the most exclusive, elaborate fabrics. For an appointment, contact the show room in Campo Santa Maria del Giglio.

Massimo Micheluzzi, Dorsoduro 1071
Massimo Micheluzzi's surprising works recall the best of this century's, now classical, Venetian glass, but are defined with a new twist entirely contemporary and entirely personal. Micheluzzi, refreshingly austere and hauntingly romantic, has managed to distill new nectar from the traditional Venetian visual vocabulary. Stressing the monochromatic, Micheluzzi's vessels take on a sculptural quality that extracts the essence of Venetian light playing on water, old stones, and salt-veined brick.