The vendor, part of the exhibit, roamed in front of a plate-glass window with mannequins depicting black characters from famous paintings in museums throughout Venice.
Step into the Ark's ground-level, wildlife-viewing room and you may find yourself within steps of a black rhino, easily photographable through the thick window.
Paint is a two-tone finish with blue gloss on the snub-nose body and glossy black for the windshield pillar, the two roof sections and the rear window area.
Even if you left your Amex black card at home, it is worth going to see the artfully designed window displays, which change seasonally and get more spectacular each year.
Carrie Mae Weems does nothing to hide the operatic stage machinery behind "When and Where I Enter-Ancient Rome, " her 2008 black-and-white photograph of a woman in a long gown silhouetted at a picture window.