The artwork, by US sculptor Charles Ray, will be replaced by a lamp-post at the tip of the Punta della Dogana.

BBC: Venice removes Charles Ray Boy with Frog statue

Just inside the doorway, a besuited gentleman tries out an old leather armchair while a couple in vintage Ray-Bans chats animatedly about the aesthetic merits of an angle-poise lamp.

BBC: Stockholm��s enduring style