From an aquatic odyssey to a guerrilla dance performance, here are the exhibitions we loved at the heart of the big event

Romanian artist, whose show is open at the Palazzo Cini during the Biennale, compares his art market ascendancy to working in porn

Cathy Wilkes, Charlotte Prodger and Sean Edwards are all showing new work at the 2019 Venice Biennale

Among the many official “collateral” exhibitions connected to the Biennale and independently organised shows, painting is noticeably abundant

It may be the most prestigious art event in the world, but be warned—it is also the most gruelling

National pavilions in Venice have long been criticised as anachronistic. But for nations newer to the event, such quibbling can seem like a luxury

From Hillary Clinton’s emails in a supermarket and a beach of opera singers, to the world’s largest plane carrying “all of Ukraine’s artists”

Historical importance, glamour, big spenders—it continues to be an art festival like no other

As a major new exhibition of his work opens in Venice, the Belgian painter explains how painting can help us confront our own ignorance

London-based gallery will team up with interior designer Chahan to create "home of a 21st-century Grand Tourist" in the medieval Abbazia di San Gregorio

Artists on show will include John Akomfrah, El Anatsui and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Officials finally implement fee designed to control tourist numbers

Art, music and architecture flourished in the Republic for the last time

Procuratori say October flood waters caused the church to age “20 years in one day”

The two works at Palazzo Zaguri were found submerged in water on Monday night

High tide may have been prevented by barrier that is still under construction

One year after Karole Vail took over the Venice museum, major exhibitions and rehangs are in the works

Our pick from this week's auctions and exhibitions

The Venice Glass Week is a city-wide collaboration between museums, commercial galleries and artisans of Murano

The “avant-garde superstar” of the Renaissance is celebrated in his home city before works make rare trip to the US

These two books—very different in approach—analyse the process and works of the Italian Renaissance painter

As the Venice Architecture Biennale opens, the Venetian journalist Enrico Tantucci analyses culture in the city through the Biennale, historic buildings, the Accademia and the Arsenale

The upgrade to the Modernist building and its surrounding landscape has resulted in a new visitor route planned for the Giardini

Female artists are set to represent Austria, France, Ireland and the UK at the 58th edition of the exhibition

Works by Marcel Bascoulard and Urs Lüthi explore ideas around gender and identity

Noah Charney on works that we cannot see, but which remain as an influence to those who did see them

This is the view of a former Getty chief, who says the problems of the Serenissima are a paradigm for other historic cities

A string of exhibitions celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth will help to bring him back into favour

Salvatore Settis on the moral revival that could save Italy's sinking city, plus Tacita Dean on her three major London shows