French billionaire François Pinault unveiled his contemporary-art museum Punta della Dogana at the Venice Biennale—including works by Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Cy Twombly. Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy on the meaning of it all.
A place profane and sacred. The very ancient warehouses where, in the time of Venice’s splendor, merchandise was unloaded and where taxes on goods entering the city were levied—and, praise be given to the talent of the architect Tadao Ando, a scent of crypt and cathedral.
