Most of Venice's art is viewed in vivo, i.e., you see the painting in
the building for which it was commissioned. However, every city needs to have an
art warehouse and the Accademia is Venice's. Many of the city's best works are on
display here and they are beginning to translate the Italian signs into English
as well.
The first time I was in Venice, I didn't feel that I had enough time to see this collection of modern art. The second time, it was closed from January 8 to February 3, 1996. It is supposed to be nice.