Art, architecture and travel in Italy

Eva Rothschild thinks big for the Irish Pavilion in Venice

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 26 October 22

Katharina Grosse’s shimmering, iridescent installation envelops Espace Louis Vuitton in Venice

German artist Katharina Grosse’s theatrical new installation at Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia evokes a fluid, prismatic fabric that shrouds objects and prompts contemplation

By Charlotte Jansen Last updated 26 October 22

’Intro’: entering Fabio Novembre’s creative consciousness at La Triennale

By Sujata Burman Last updated 26 October 22

Hotel Tofana’s original 1933 building reimagined into a striking pile by Network of Architecture

By Daven Wu Last updated 25 October 22

Switzerland and Eduardo Souto de Moura win Golden Lions at Venice Architecture Biennale

By Bethan Ryder Last updated 25 October 22

Best of the rest: starchitects pull in the crowds at Venice Architecture Biennale

By David Paw Last updated 25 October 22

Food fest: five years of foodie Handmade projects show at Expogate

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 25 October 22

Guest editor Ole Scheeren’s Archipelago Cinema, Venice

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 25 October 22

A cubist white house takes a modern approach to local architecture in southern Italy

A relatively austere exterior plays with local vernacular and reveals a bright and open family retreat in Salento, Italy at La Torre Biance (The White Tower), a house courtesy of London-based DOS Architects' Lorenzo Grifantini

By Clare Dowdy Last updated 25 October 22

Weird & wonderful: the Dirty Art Department's experimental school

By Sujata Burman Last updated 25 October 22

Denton Corker Marshall reveal the new Australian Pavilion’s mysterious black box

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 25 October 22

Di Gregorio Associati's cinematic pergola frames a rural Italian home

A concrete pergola becomes a frame for the landscape, and a sculptural transition between interior and exterior, at a house in the Emilian countryside

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 25 October 22

In Florence, Davide Balliano strikes up a dialogue with sculptor Arturo Martini

The Brooklyn-based artist has created a site-specific intervention of monochromatic works inspired by a stone nude from the collection of Museo Novecento

By Osman Can Yerebakan Last updated 25 October 22

Meet the artists integrating themselves into their work at Pinault Collection

By TF Chan Last updated 25 October 22

Beach life: Vilebrequin teams up with coastal photographer Massimo Vitali for a lesson in artful bathing

By Misha Skelly Last updated 25 October 22

Curate award: a search for curatorial talent by QMA and Fondazione Prada

By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated 25 October 22

Rachel Comey’s mid-century Milanese twist

By Natalie Rigg Last updated 25 October 22

Architectural alter-ego: Marni settles its newest store on Milan’s upscale via Montenapoleone

By Clara Krzentowski Last updated 25 October 22

The long game: B&B Italia’s Giorgio Busnelli dreams big for the future

By Hugo Macdonald Last updated 25 October 22

'50 Years and Beyond': B&B Italia celebrates half a century with a new tome

By Catherine Shaw Last updated 25 October 22

Art nouveau villa in northern Italy redesigned by Oasi architects into a family home

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 25 October 22

Art expo: Zegna's Milan HQ bursts into bloom with Lucy and Jorge Orta mural

By JJ Martin Last updated 25 October 22

Playtime!: Kartell launches its first ever kids collection at Salone del Mobile

By Sujata Burman Last updated 25 October 22

'Art or Sound' is the Prada Foundation's new synaesthetic Venice show

By Alice Pfeiffer Last updated 24 October 22