The Spiders and the Bees is a survey exhibition by French-Canadian, Venice based artist François Xavier Saint-Pierre, including his most recent body of work following a residency at the Villa Medici in Rome.

A siren is a mysterious coastal bird/woman who, like the mermaid, is known to seafaring folk for her mesmerizing call and beguiling beauty. Her song is an exquisite beacon and a spellbinding lure.