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

The Italian curator, who has organised exhibitions and events throughout the world, reveals the thinking behind her female-dominated exhibition The Milk of Dreams

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

Our contemporary art writer picks out the three things she's most looking forward to in Venice

In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian pavilion looks likely to remain empty, while the organisers of the Ukrainian pavilion battle to realise their project for Venice

From the impact of the global sea level rise to Unesco’s abandonment of the city, the situation is looking bleak. Has anything changed for the better in the past seven years?

The first British artist is finally exhibiting his sculptures using the controversial Vantablack.

German artist creates new works that respond to those created by Tintoretto and others

The solo presentation by Jonathas de Andrade is inspired by the educational science fairs he visited as a child

melanie bonajo, who often works with groups who are rarely given a voice, says that Covid-19 turned an existing “epidemic of loneliness” into a pandemic

For its second appearance at the Biennale, Ghana will install modular bamboo structures in locations around the city

For the first time at the Venice Biennale, a single artist has been given the entire Italian pavilion to fill. Tosatti’s sprawling post-industrial installation asks the big questions

The Danish-Vietnamese artist has curated an exhibition which brings together his work with that of two acclaimed artists from previous generations, Park Seo-Bo and Isamu Noguchi

The Barbados-born Scottish artist's work will address oceanic histories and the city’s traumatising images of enslaved Black people hidden in plain sight

"It’s just extraordinary that it’s taken this long"

The three exhibiting artists have dedicated themselves to “defending Sámi perspectives”

The Finnish artist Pilvi Takala assumes identities, from Snow White to a Catholic schoolgirl, to investigate social norms

Sigurður Guðjónsson’s mesmerising work in the cavernous Artiglierie uses the movement of metal particles around a magnet

Choice of artist Muhannad Shono for the national pavilion is a sign itself of the country’s social and political shift

Artist’s film for the Biennale is part of his 20-year examination of human behaviour through children’s games

Artist Zineb Sedira puts Algerian film under the spotlight, as country marks 60 years as a sovereign state

American artist’s practice was transformed when he moved to Rome in the 1990s

In order to mix things up, the Netherlands has given its Giardini pavilion over to Estonia this year

Biennale Danza director Wayne McGregor has given the 16th international festival of contemporary dance the title of "Boundary-less" to reflect the current state of global flux

Major show at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection includes works by leading lights of Surrealism, including Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning

Kyiv-based artist Zinaida was in Venice for a site visit when the invasion began and has been unable to return home

Both artists will feature in the main exhibition titled The Milk of Dreams

The pavilion’s organisers said they are “not in immediate danger” but have been forced to halt work on the planned solo presentation of works by Pavlo Makov in Venice

Visitors will experience a durational performance featuring a barrage of images including war scenes and defecating dogs

Project shines a light on the cultural exchange between Algeria, France and Italy during the 1960s