Signatories include artists Alfredo Jaar, Yto Barrada, Rosana Paulino, Meriem Bennani and Cauleen Smith, along with curators such as Binna Choi and Carles Guerra

Russia’s decision to put on a show in Venice has prompted criticism from Russian dissidents and Ukrainian artists

The latest announcements of the key players representing their countries at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

Ben Luke speaks to Jane Morris about the 2026 Biennale artists and framework, takes a tour of the late González's show at the Barbican. Plus, a conversation about a long-hidden Emin work

The team announced the 111 artists and artist collectives—many of whom come from the Global South—that will be included in the exhibition "In Minor Keys"

His double appearance in Venice is “a major historic first for an Australian artist”, the government body Creative Australia says

The announcement comes after a court dismissed Gabrielle Goliath’s attempt to have her project reinstated—a ruling that has been met with anger by members of South Africa’s art world

The artist and the curator Ingrid Masondo will be challenging the decision handed down by a judge from South Africa’s high court

The artist's planned work will be shown posthumously in Venice, organisers say

The choreographer and performance artist is best known for her radical theatre performances

Suspended from a crane, the work is meant as a metaphor for the country's ongoing precarious situation during the war

Organised by curator Amin Jaffer, the selected artists all use organic materials traditional to India in their work

The exhibition of architectural models and sculptures at the artist's Cannaregio foundation will explore the less commercial side of his practice

The move by the artist and her team comes as South Africa’s culture ministry has allegedly begun approaching new artists about making work for the 2026 pavilion

Gabrielle Goliath’s video-based project Elegy was pulled by Gayton McKenzie, seemingly over a planned Gaza-related segment

Ben Luke speaks to The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief in the Americas, Ben Sutton, about the selection of Alma Allen for the US pavilion, explores a new exhibition on queerness in Islamic art and meets curators from Canada's National Gallery

The state department’s announcement, delayed by the US government shutdown, says Allen’s presentation will further Donald Trump’s “focus on showcasing American excellence”

After plans for a Robert Lazzarini presentation collapsed, another sculptor has reportedly been picked for the US Pavilion

The artist has a particular interest in craft traditions—and frequently addresses the fragility of cultural heritage in her work

She will be the first living woman artist to have a major show at the institution since it opened in 1817

American artist plans to install a multi-media portrait of the president for the 2026 exhibition—but question marks still hang over the application process

An external review found that Creative Australia was unprepared for the risk of controversy in an atmosphere of antisemitism and Islamophobia

The exhibition titled "In Minor Keys" will be realised by her core team “in strict accordance with the plan she defined", it was announced at a press conference today

The executive director of Zeitz Mocaa, Cape Town, had been due to announce her plans as curator of the international exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale

The acclaimed curator was due to present her plans for the exhibition next week

The administration's delays and disavowal of diversity initiatives have put the US Pavilion at the world's biggest biennial behind schedule

Dries Verhoeven will show a performance piece in the Dutch pavilion while Eglė Budvytytė looks to Lithuanian archaeologist Marija Gimbutas

The artist criticises Australia’s arts funding body for failing to allow him to defend “misinformation” about his art, and says he hopes to take his planned work to Venice independently

Switzerland will be represented by six cultural figures, while a trio will take over the Nordic pavilion

What might the fallout be after Creative Australia’s unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s project? Plus, AI art beyond this week’s open letter and a chat about Catlett’s terracotta sculpture ‘Tired’