Venice
Venice Biennale 2024: all the national pavilions, artists and curators announced so far
The latest news of the key players taking part in the 60th International Art Exhibition
The Big Review: Vittore Carpaccio at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC ★★★★☆
The painter’s masterpieces show that his influences stretched beyond Venice and at times touch on the miraculous.
A sumptuous history book of Venice, reveals the ‘mythical creature’ in all her glory
From a fifth-century influx of refugees to the arrival of “grazing dinosaur” cruise ships
Venice erects glass barriers around St Mark’s basilica to fight flooding
The decision to keep the Venetian lagoon's barriers open and allow more ships into the port had left the church without protection and vulnerable to water
Immerse yourself in Venice in Paris… more crowd-pleasing multimedia shows being launched
A “behind the scenes” tour of Venice is the latest project from Grand Palais Immersif
A black chandelier of skeletons and surveillance cameras: Ai Weiwei unveils his first show of glass sculptures in Venice
The dissident artist has created the one of the world's largest suspended Murano glass artworks
Virtual reality brings convenience and practicality to art—but it is more than just a gimmick
A Doug Aitken exhibition in Venice shows how VR can be useful to the art world, but the medium has standalone merits
Venice museums send supplies to help save Ukraine’s art
As part of the Save Ukraine Art network, essential materials to protect works from bombs, fire and damp are heading to Lviv National Art Gallery
At the Venice Biennale, Bosco Sodi’s pigments spur a historical reckoning
Sodi’s muscular, primordial works form a stark contrast to a Venetian palazzo’s ostentatious elegance
Venice Biennale 2022: the worst art on show in the city
There's a lot to see in Venezia—save precious time and skip these
Remote Venetian island to be transformed into art and ecology hub by Italian collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2024
The best of the Venice Biennale: our critics’ review
Plus, artists Francis Alÿs, Sonia Boyce, Shubigi Rao and Na Chainkua Reindorf on their national pavilion shows; and a Bellini masterpiece
Bittersweet triumph at Venice Biennale of late Indigenous artist Jaider Esbell
The Brazilian painter, sculptor, activist and writer killed himself last year
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale
From a Gauguin impersonation to fire raining from the sky, here are the best exhibitions in the city's former shipyards
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini
From America's African facelift to the scents of hope and fear, here are the exhibitions we loved at the heart of the big event
Ten essential artworks to see in Venice
From the greatest stars of the Venetian School to the most mysterious painting in the city, here is our selection of unmissable masterpieces in La Serenissima
Venice Biennale 2022: what to do when you get there
Whether it’s your first time or your 50th, Venice is a bewildering city, but one of inexhaustible delights. We asked artists, curators and art world professionals how to get the most out of your visit
Venice Biennale 2022: where to eat and drink
You can’t look at art all day. We asked artists, curators and other artworld insiders for recommendations of the best places to refuel or unwind
Venice Biennale 2022: all the official collateral events
A full list of the official collateral events taking place during this year's Venice Biennale
Venetian renaissance: palazzo and studio of Mariano Fortuny reopens as house-museum after flood damage
The Museo Fortuny has now been restored as a permanent venue celebrating the polymath designer's life and work
Billionaire collector Nicolas Berggruen snaps up his second Venetian palace
Scheduled to open in 2024, Palazzo Diedo will house an exhibition and art residency space
Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators
The latest details about the key participants of the 59th International Art Exhibition
Venice's great women artists step into the limelight through major restoration project
New initiative by Save Venice will focus on more than 30 female artists who worked in the region between the 16th and 18th centuries, from Marietta Robusti to Rosalba Carriera
Demonstrators gather in Venice to protest against Biennale’s 'invasion' of the Arsenale
Local associations are objecting to plans to transform part of the former shipyard into a new site for the Biennale’s historical archives
Remembering Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda, who battled to protect Italy's ecology and cultural heritage
Writer, translator of Virginia Woolf, and historian of gardening and farming she became a champion of conservation by co-founding Italia Nostra
As Cop26 draws to a close, WHO director tweets about Agnes Denes's flag installation in Venice lagoon
Latest action in Healing Arts project addresses climate change
This is how Venice will fall: conservation expert shares day-by-day destruction caused by rising water levels
City will become uninhabitable if no adequate measures are taken, Mario Piana says
Sea-level rise will kill Venice by 2100: as Cop26 begins, cultural body appeals to Italian prime minister for urgent action
Scientists, historians and writers are lobbying Mario Draghi to create a new authority to protect the city from rising waters
Venice Biennale moves closer to becoming an all-year-round academic hub
The organisation launched a contemporary arts research centre at the Expo 2020 Dubai earlier this month
Jasper Johns: a radical look at a colossus of post-war American art
Plus, Venice's tourism problem and Finnish artist Outi Heiskanen