UNEDITED.
Three days in Venice for women who’ve built extraordinary lives — and are ready for more.
Art. Adventure. Desire. Shameless joy. And a few naked men.
November 4–8, 2026.
UNEDITED.
Three days in Venice for women who’ve built extraordinary lives — and are ready for more.
Art. Adventure. Desire. Shameless joy. And a few naked men.
November 4–8, 2026.
Welcome to UNEDITED.
UNEDITED is three days in Venice for women who have built beautiful, successful lives and are ready to find themselves in them again.
Somewhere between raising the children, building the career, being there for everyone and becoming the woman who can handle almost anything, it’s surprisingly easy to lose sight of yourself, and perhaps you’ve started wondering what you actually want from the next chapter.
Because even when you have so much to be grateful for, you can still find yourself awake at 3am with that strange feeling that something is missing.
What if the person who’s been missing from this beautiful life you created is you?
UNEDITED is a chance to step away from your normal life and all the outside influences for three days, to let your hair down, let your guard down and spend time with a small group of extraordinary women who understand what it’s like to have a life that looks wonderful and still want more — more adventure, more joy, more creativity, and more experiences that make you feel truly alive.
There’ll be art and naked men, gondolas and Murano, wine and wonderful food, laughter and conversations around the table, with plenty of time to talk, share, enjoy yourself and experience the rare luxury of not having to organise everything or look after anyone else.
And somewhere amongst all of that — away from the noise of your everyday life, having fun, trying new things and being surrounded by women who are doing the same — you start seeing yourself again.
Not the woman you used to be, and not some new woman you need to become, but you, now — with dreams and desires of your own, a life still to be lived and perhaps far more possibility ahead of you than you’ve allowed yourself to imagine.
UNEDITED is an invitation to put yourself back into your own life and discover what you want from the life that comes next.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
ECCOMI — Welcome Dinner
THE VENETIAN HOUR — Gondolas, golden light & Venice from the water
THE ALCHEMY OF MURANO — Fire, beauty & Venetian glass
RINASCITA — Final Night Celebrations
THE MALE GAZE ART TOUR: Through the Eyes of Titian, Tintoretto & Tiepolo
A privately curated journey through some of Venice’s most breathtaking art and an introduction to the male gaze through the legendary Three T’s.
THE UNEDITED LIFE DRAWING EXPERIENCE
An intimate life-drawing session with a live male model — provocative, playful and unlike any life-drawing class you’ve experienced before. All artist materials provided; no drawing experience necessary.
THREE VENETIAN LUNCHES: Three lunches together in some of my favourite local spots — time to eat, talk, laugh, share what’s unfolding and get to know the women around the table. No choosing, booking or organising required. Just turn up and enjoy.
Early bird Price $4997 Pay in full before 1st October
Full Price: $5997 (NB: This is a beta offer, and will be $10-15K going forward)
CONCIERGE $8997,
(includes 4 nights accommodation, riva boat transfers from
Marco Polo airport).
12 spaces.
What’s Not Included:
Flights
Accomodation
Transfers from the Airport
(I CAN PROVIDE A LIST OF Accommodation and transfer RECOMMENDATIONS)
WHAT PAST PARTICIPANTS HAVE SAID..
"I’m running out of words of gratitude. You took me on a journey. This was truly the most extraordinary retreat I’ve ever been on. There's a magic to Venice, there's a magic about the art in Venice. And Michelle knows her stuff, she showed me things I would never have seen. I’m talking about the details, and the stories and then I drew a naked man! And actually after the first 5 mins I loved it! And the drawing aspect was so powerful because then I looked at famous paintings with a completely different mind."
"The circles that Michelle held, we explored vulnerability, permission, coming into our own power, I have to say I feel completely transformed. It was truly and utterly amazing!"
"I never thought that Drawing a naked man was going to be part of my story! Seeing the art with an expert was very powerful. But putting all of it together, was exceptional because when Michelle held the space for us to talk about what we were going through, to talk about our fears, talk about what was happening. And she held a great space. We went so deep. But beautifully so. And we also we had the best food, we had the best time We were in Venice, for goodness sake!"
"This has been a truly remarkable few days. I haven't drawn since I was 16!"
READY TO JOIN US IN VENICE?
UNEDITED is a small, intimate group, and because of the nature of the experience, I want to personally connect with every woman before she joins us and make sure it feels like the right fit for both of us.
If you already know this is calling you I Invite you to book a conversation with me.
There’s no complicated sales process. It’s simply a chance for us to meet, talk about what you want from these three days and make sure you’ll love the women, the experience and everything I’m creating in Venice.
MEET YOUR GUIDE
About Michelle Dovey
Michelle Dovey is an internationally exhibiting artist, bestselling author, speaker and creator of The Naked Man Project, whose pioneering work lives in the the intersection of art, shame, desire and the female gaze.
A graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts, Michelle was represented for 15 years by acclaimed London gallery Gimpel Fils, establishing an international career as a contemporary artist before a deeply personal experiment took her work in a radical new direction.
During her divorce, while drawing a male nude in Florence, Michelle realised she had unconsciously left the genitals blank. She had literally edited what she was looking at. That single moment led to The Naked Man Project, a year-long exploration in which she drew 100 naked men to investigate shame, permission, desire and what happens when we stop looking away.
What began as an art project became a pioneering body of work exploring the ways shame quietly shapes what women allow themselves to see, want, ask for and ultimately experience in their lives. At the heart of Michelle’s work is the shameless ask — the ability to know what you want, trust yourself enough to name it, and have the courage to go after it.
Her work has since expanded across art, writing, speaking, transformational experiences and The Shameless Experiment podcast, creating spaces in which women can question the rules they have unconsciously lived by and discover what becomes possible when they stop editing themselves.
Today, Michelle works with successful women who have created extraordinary lives but know there is more they want to experience, create and become. UNEDITED brings together more than three decades of artistic practice and Michelle’s groundbreaking exploration of shame, desire and the gaze in an immersive experience unlike anything else.
Having hosted her first transformational experience in Venice in 2025, Michelle returns in 2026 with UNEDITED — an invitation to step away from the beautiful life everyone else sees and discover the unlived life still that you haven't lived yet.
Drawing naked men was Michelle’s medicine. It may not be yours.
But what it revealed is universal:
"When shame begins to dissolve, what emerges is nothing short of a revelation—desire unshackled from shame becomes a compass for truth, vitality, and liberation."
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