Melissa McGill Red Regatta

Oblong pictorial boards, 207 pages, heaviliy illustrated. McGill restages a Venetian nautical tradition and calls attention to the threats of climate change. This book documents a community art project created by artist Melissa McGill (born 1969) in 2019 that activated Venice’s lagoon and canals with four large-scale regattas of traditional sailboats hoisted with hand-painted red sails.