Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has visited one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world, the Venice Biennale in Italy.
The biggest event in the international architectural calendar has been curated this year by two Irish women.
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, from Grafton Architects in Dublin, gave Mr Varadkar a guided tour of the exhibition, which is titled FREESPACE.
It is the first time in the event's history that Irish architects have been invited to curate the exhibition.
Taoiseach @campaignforleo arrives at the Biennale in Venice. He is being given a tour by curators of the exhibition Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara of @graftonarchs pic.twitter.com/sNmnqK0bl2
— Ailbhe Conneely (@AilbheConneely) July 25, 2018
Tomorrow, Mr Varadkar will meet the new Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Rome.
Mr Vardakar is visiting several European countries this week to discuss the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
He met Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb on Monday, before travelling to Bucharest for meetings with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Viorica Dãncilã and President of the Chamber of Deputies, Liviu Dragnea.
Curators Shelley and Yvonne explain who has supported Irish curation of this year’s Venice Biennale pic.twitter.com/2axcNiC6LN
— Leo Varadkar (@campaignforleo) July 25, 2018
