New Life For Old Mansion

CATHERINE Blanch and her husband Kevin bought the once-stately "Venezia" in Islington as a six-unit investment property in 1989.

A Fellini Cast

A reduced, more piquant Venice Biennale has the power to delight and repel, writes JOHN McDONALD. The 51st Biennale de Venezia: The Experience of Art Until November 6

The Prof's Still No Prude When It Comes To The Nude

COMEBACK Lolling nudes in the Louvre. Fast cars in Venezia. What madness is this? Ken Reinhard, 65, bad boy star of pop art in the '60s, is making a comeback. Three years into retirement, the founding faculty dean of the University of NSW College of Fine Arts has made 22 sexy, provocative pictures for his show at Robin Gibson, Darlinghurst, today.

Venezia's Vital Victory

ROME.- Filippo Maniero scored deep into injury time to give relegation-threatened Venezia a 2-1 win against 10-man Fiorentina in the Italian soccer league on Saturday, local time. Maniero took advantage of a gaping hole in the Florentine defence to stroke home a volley with the inside of his rig

Fiorentina's Form Loses Some Shine

ROME: Fiorentina moved back to the top of Serie A yesterday but their moment of triumph was marred by UEFA's decision to kick them out of the UEFA Cup. Within hours of a 4-1 victory over Venezia, which put the Florentine side one-point ahead of Juventus, European soccer's governing body decided t

A Foreign Shore Thing

We meet near Piazza Venezia and Via Della Conciliazione. Just off Lygon Street. We sit near fragments that recall another time, another place: slabs of mock frescoes, a stone tablet a la Moses and the 10 commandments inscribed with the words tavola calda, signposts to streets on the other side of th

Cold Comfort In Venice

MASTERPIECE: VENEZIA SBS, 8.30 pm VENICE is slowly sinking under the colossal weight of snobbery, arrogance and self-importance stressing its fragile foundations. The worst of Europe's idle scum has always settled on and around Venice's canals. The parasites used to gild their temples from th

Early Errors Prove Costly For Il Moro

SAN DIEGO, Wednesday: The US defender America3 scored another win to take race three of the America's Cup heats yesterday after the Italian challenger, Il Moro di Venezia, made two errors in the first few minutes of the race. One mistake was strategic, the other tactical. America3 now lead

Italians Level With Last-gasp Win

SAN DIEGO, Monday: Il Moro di Venezia's 3s win over the US defender America 3 yesterday provided not only the closest finish in an America's Cup match but one of the greatest in its 141-year history. The previous closest finish was the 26s win by US defender Weatherly over the Australian y

Italians Blow The Start, And It's 1-0 To The Us

SAN DIEGO, Sunday: America 3's 30s win over Italian challenger Il Moro di Venezia in the opening race of the America's Cup should be viewed as the first battle of a war which may go either way. The yachts were so evenly matched yesterday that the series, in which the first to win four rac

Cup Skippers See Need To Slash Costs

ON the eve of the 28th America's Cup the main participants - Paul Cayard, skippering the challenger Il Moro di Venezia for the Italians and Bill Koch heading the America 3 for the United States - were asked to put the event in an historical time frame and look to the Cup's future. The prol

Italians On Fire For Cup Challenge

SAN DIEGO, Friday: Paul Cayard and the Italian crew of Il Moro di Venezia are all fired up. Having eliminated New Zealand in the challenger series, the Italians have the psychological momentum to go on and win the America's Cup, which starts off San Diego tomorrow. The Cup defender,

Koch Fires First Salvo In Cup War Of Words

SAN DIEGO, Sunday: The usual America's Cup gamesmanship began soon after Bill Koch's America3 crossed the line here on Friday to eliminate Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes from the defender series. Would America3 beat the Italian challenger, Il Moro di Venezia, in the America's Cup which

Conner Blown Out Of Cup

DENNIS CONNER, who has four times won the America's Cup, was eliminated as US defender off San Diego on Friday with his Stars & Stripes losing her third race in a row to Bill Koch's America 3. America 3 will meet the Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia (Paul Cayard) in the America's Cup,

Italians Snatch The Right To Challenge

SAN DIEGO, Friday: Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia became the America's Cup challenger yesterday when it cruised to an easy 1min 33s win against New Zealand. The decider, which gave Il Moro the Louis Vuitton Cup by five wins to three, was an anti-climax with Il Moro faster on all the wind

Kiwis' Ploy Comes Unstuck

SAN DIEGO, Thursday: The surprise replacement of both skipper and tactician failed to save New Zealand from their third defeat in a row by the Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia in the America's Cup challenger elimination finals series yesterday. Il Moro leads the series 4-3 and needs to win

America's Cup Underdogs Now On Level Pegging

SAN DIEGO, Wednesday: The underdogs-Il Moro di Venezia in the challenger series, and Stars & Stripes in the defender series-both won their heats in the America's Cup eliminations yesterday to achieve equal points with the favourites, New Zealand and America3. The controversy over New Z

Challenger Jury Dismisses Protest: Kiwi Bowsprit Legal

SAN DIEGO, Tuesday: The international jury for the Louis Vuitton Cup-the challenger elimination series for the America's Cup-has dismissed the latest protest by Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia over its New Zealand rival's use of a bowsprit. The issue, however, still clouds not only the ch

Italian Protest Success Sees Kiwi Victory Annulled

SAN DIEGO, Sunday: Italy's Il Moro di Venezia torpedoed New Zealand's fourth win in the America's Cup elimination finals here yesterday with a successful protest over the Kiwi's use of their boat's bowsprit. The international jury found New Zealand had infringed a race condition but also f

Italians Snatch Victory By A Second

SAN DIEGO, Tuesday: The Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia scored a breathtaking win by one second over New Zealand to level the score at one race each in the America's Cup challenger elimination finals yesterday. The race showed both boats have virtually equal speed in moderate wind and wa