InterviewLuc Tuymans
Luc Tuymans: ‘People are becoming more and more stupid, insanely stupid’
As a major new exhibition of his work opens in Venice, the Belgian painter explains how painting can help us confront our own ignorance
NewsArt market
Getting Old Masters' sexy back: Colnaghi to take over Venetian abbey for Biennale show
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
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
David Adjaye to design Ghana’s first ever pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Artists on show will include John Akomfrah, El Anatsui and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
NewsVenice
Venice authorities introduce day-trippers charge on eve of the Biennale
Officials finally implement fee designed to control tourist numbers
ReviewBooks
The extraordinary cultural energy of 18th-century Venice
Art, music and architecture flourished in the Republic for the last time
NewsVenice
St Mark’s administrators accuse Italian government of failing to protect Basilica
Procuratori say October flood waters caused the church to age “20 years in one day”
NewsDisasters & destruction
Flood-damaged tapestries by Miro return to Venice museum in time for exhibition opening
The two works at Palazzo Zaguri were found submerged in water on Monday night
NewsDisasters & destruction
Venice museums reopen after worst floods in 10 years
High tide may have been prevented by barrier that is still under construction
PreviewArt market
Object Lessons: from a Venetian glass bowl to an ancient Chinese ritual vessel
Our pick from this week's auctions and exhibitions
PreviewVenice Glass Week
Venice rallies to save its ancient glass-blowing industry from Chinese competition
Venice Glass Week is a city-wide collaboration between museums, commercial galleries and artisans of Murano
PreviewExhibitions
Tintoretto’s 500th anniversary takes over Venice
The “avant-garde superstar” of the Renaissance is celebrated in his home city before works make rare trip to the US
ReviewBooks
Telling us why and how: a groundbreaking study of Veronese’s techniques and paintings
These two books—very different in approach—analyse the process and works of the Italian Renaissance painter
BlogIn the frame
Thou shalt not picnic: ten commandments for visitors to Venice
AnalysisVenice
Venice: a city at a cultural crossroads
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
NewsConservation
Canada’s 1950s Venice Biennale pavilion gets a facelift
The upgrade to the Modernist building and its surrounding landscape has resulted in a new visitor route planned for the Giardini
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
From Eva Rothschild to Laure Prouvost: women to make their mark at Venice Biennale 2019
Female artists are set to represent Austria, France, Ireland and the UK at the 58th edition of the exhibition
PreviewExhibitions
The art of cross-dressing: under-the-radar artists surface in Venice exhibition
Works by Marcel Bascoulard and Urs Lüthi explore ideas around gender and identity
FeatureLost art
Lost Art: the Fondaco dei Tedeschi frescoes by Titian and Giorgione
Noah Charney on works that we cannot see, but which remain as an influence to those who did see them
ReviewBooks
The commercial rape of Venice is the result of a moral failing in the Italians
This is the view of a former Getty chief, who says the problems of the Serenissima are a paradigm for other historic cities
FeatureTEFAF Maastricht 2018
Getting to know the real Tintoretto
A string of exhibitions celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth will help to bring him back into favour
PreviewExhibitions
Marino Marini rises to the occasion at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
New exhibition in Venice puts challenging work that risked offending “stuffy visitors” in context
NewsArt theft
Indian jewels owned by Qatari sheikh stolen from Venice exhibition
Brooch and earrings removed during the day from a reinforced display case
NewsIn the frame
Damien Hirst mockumentary released on Netflix chronicles story behind epic Venice exhibition
NewsVenice
This is no way to solve the cruise ship issue in Venice
The Italian government’s latest decision is in hock to the port’s own interests
NewsExhibitions
Venetian mega-exhibition aims to highlight plight of European craftsmanship
Homo Faber's initiative, focussing on artisanal techniques, will take over the entire Fondazione Giorgio Cini next autumn
NewsArtists
Lorenzo Quinn to follow in Christo’s footsteps by creating work for Lake Iseo
Italian artist known for submerging a giant pair of hands in Venice’s Grand Canal plans to install the steel sculpture next year
CommentMuseums
The next chapter of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection is off to a strong start
One year after Karole Vail took over the Venice museum, major exhibitions and rehangs are in the works
Brian Allen