A team of scientists are digitally mapping the entire island of San Giorgio in a mission to preserve the sinking city as combinations of 0 and 1

Polls show that Venetians are about to re-elect a populist mayor who promises to bring back all the tourists—but none of the other eight candidates has presented a realistic alternative

Honour bestowed on four previous artistic directors of the international exhibition

Wim Wenders and Annie Leibovitz among those showing their unique interpretations of the French photographer’s own master collection at the Palazzo Grassi

Five paintings and sketches by the British artist selected from a new book

Send in your comments, to be presented to the UN General Assembly in September

With museums in Bilbao and Venice poised to reopen, while New York remains in lockdown, Richard Armstrong, Juan Ignacio Vidarte and Karole Vail talk about weathering the financial crisis

Organisers say "it is impossible to move forward within the set time limits in the realisation of such a complex and worldwide exhibition"

National spending package includes emergency support for state museums, arts organisations and cultural businesses

The fire is now under control, but the mayor warns people to stay indoors and keep their windows closed

Restoration on the Bellini workshop piece at Venice studio was halted by coronavirus outbreak

Contrary to assurances, the MSC Opera was sailing under its own power, reports the navy

He designed many prestigious buildings in Italy and internationally and led the visual arts section of the Venice Biennale twice in the 1970s

Images of clearer water and returning wildlife to the Italian city are being posted on social media

Exhibition at Galléria dell'Academia will be first time public can see artist's works using the controversial Vantablack material

The biennial's 17th edition will now only run for three months rather than six

Public and private institutions in Venice, Milan and Turin will stay closed for at least a week as more than 200 cases of Covid-2019 are confirmed

Selection committee says British Afro-Caribbean artist "has consistently probed one of society’s big questions: how do we live with difference?”

Pro-Israel arts group protested to French culture ministry about her appointment

We survey the multi-million-euro impact of the disaster on the city's cultural heritage sites—and the funds pledged for restoration so far

The High Line and Art Basel Cities curator is the first Italian woman to hold the position

Officials warn cathedral cannot take any more damage after the record-breaking floods that hit Venice in November

Following years of corruption and issues with Italian administration, an independent expert is the best bet to rescue the city from peril

Its official international role, to which Italy signed up, enables it to mobilise world expertise and funds

Most cultural institutions open to the public again today

More evidence has emerged that the flood barriers have serious technical problems

A remarkable cultural ambassador in London's art, political, and musical scene and on return visits to her native Russia. One of the founders of Venice in Peril

Belgian collector Marnix Neerman revealed as buyer as exhibition of masterpieces from Flemish collections opens at the Palazzo Ducale this week

A look back at our coverage of the contemporary art event, including interviews with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Ralph Rugoff