The move comes after Russia's participation sparked outcry from European governments and arts professionals

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

The show, spanning the South Korean artist’s seven-decade career, will be one of 31 collateral events at this year’s Biennale

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

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

As his latest exhibition opens at the Hasselblad Center, Storch discusses his love and hope for his home country

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

We discuss the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath’s pavilion and the artist’s attempt have the decision overturned, pay tribute to the lauded gallerist Marian Goodman, and hear about Cezanne’s famous ‘The Card Players’

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

Gagosian will bring the Ghanaian artist to Venice's Palazzo Grimani in May

Our columnist gazes into her crystal ball to spot the major trends—from London regaining its lustre to AI fatigue—that are set to dominate the trade over the coming 12 months

Plus, full listings of the biennials, triennials and festivals taking place throughout the year

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

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

An exhibition featuring 30 works by the record-breaking UK artist will open in the lagoon city in March 2026

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

Scotland last participated in the biennale in 2022, while the last artist chosen to represent Wales was in 2019

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

We discuss how London Gallery Weekend can impact the market and how Brazil's National Museum plans to rise from the ashes, plus a look at a 19th century miniature portrait of Jane Austen

We take a tour of the soon-to-open V&A East Storehouse in London and the Met's newly revamped Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, plus a discussion of Rachel Whiteread's show at Sussex's Goodwood Art Foundation

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

Creative Australia’s chief executive has said Morgan’s decision is unrelated to the scandal over the artist Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the nation’s 2026 Venice Biennale team

Exploring the host of exhibitions and events that celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jean Tinguely, plus a look at the newly opened Fenix museum with its director, and a discussion of Ben Shahn's 1941 study, ‘Harvesting Wheat’

Remembering Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale curator who died earlier this month, plus a look at the five designs competing for the late-Queen's memorial commission, and a discussion with curator Robert Storr about the work of Jasper Johns

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

Lebanon-born Ghotmeh—whose other projects include a forthcoming redesign of the Western Range galleries at the British Museum—is known for her work addressing themes such as history and nature