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Can Venice Be Saved from Rising Sea Levels?

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World Monuments Fund

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Partner:: World Monuments Fund
Location:: Morgan Library
New York, NY
Event Date:: 02.15.13
Speaker:: Anna Somers Cocks
Tags:: italy; tourism; preservation; sea; water

Summary: For the 2013 Paul Mellon Lecture, Anna Somers Cocks will consider the future of Venice. Will it be inhabitable in 2100, and what can be done to ensure its future?

Each year since 2003, the World Monuments Fund Paul Mellon Lecture has been presented in New York and London by leading scholars or specialists in the field of historic preservation. Supported by The Paul Mellon Education Fund, the Mellon lectures often focus on specific monuments, their relation to our contemporary world, and the many ways in which monuments define and enhance our lives.

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Anna Somers Cocks

As Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, from 2000 through 2012, Anna Somers Cocks helped fund research into the problems facing Venice, including flooding, tourism, and demographic change. Venice in Peril was created after the floods of 1966 in Venice and Florence to restore the city's great monuments and works of art. Born in Rome and educated at Oxford University and The Courtauld Institute in London, Somers Cocks founded The Art Newspaper, served as its Editor until 2003, and is now Chief Executive Officer. Previously, she was a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, specializing in medieval, Renaissance, and seventeenth-century goldsmiths' work and jewelry. Anna Somers Cocks is the recipient of numerous honors for her contributions to the arts, including the 2011 Advocate Award from the International Institute of Conservation, the 2006 European Women of Achievement Award, and the 1992 National Art Collections Fund annual prize for her work at The Art Newspaper. She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2011, and Commendatore della Stella di Solidarietà Italiana by the President of Italy in 2004.

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01.: Introduction

05 min 30 sec

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02.: Governing Bodies of Venice

03 min 11 sec

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03.: Geography of Venice

01 min 39 sec

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04.: World Heritage Site Status and Management Plan

00 min 52 sec

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05.: Cruise Ship Problems

11 min 05 sec

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06.: Tourism Above Capacity

06 min 03 sec

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07.: Sea Level Rise

07 min 22 sec

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08.: Barriers Between the Lagoon and the Sea

03 min 21 sec

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09.: Predictions for Rising Water

04 min 37 sec

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10.: Other Water Barriers in the World

03 min 02 sec

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11.: Venice Needs New Governance

04 min 24 sec

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Why Cruise Ships Are Ruining the City of Venice

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Anna Somers Cocks, CEO of the Art Newspaper and former Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, addresses the damage from cruise ships in the Venice lagoon. Cruise planning is overlooked by the current management plan.
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