Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale 2022 closing review: who, how and what on earth?

As the sun sets on the 59th Venice Art Biennale (until 27 November), we look back on an edition filled with resilience, female power and unsurprisingly, lots of surprises

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published 22 November 22

All the World's Futures: the blazing Venice Biennale packs some heat

By Ossian Ward Last updated 28 October 22

To market, to market: the Irish Pavilion pitches up in Venice

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 27 October 22

V&A pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale to explore the legacy of Robin Hood Gardens

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 27 October 22

Mali master: Malick Sidibé’s lesser-known photographs are showcased in New York

By Daniel Scheffler Last updated 26 October 22

Global affair: Time Space Existence returns to Venice Architecture Biennale

By Ellie Stathaki 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

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

Venice to launch permanent Giudecca art district at Biennale

Touted as the city’s first permanent art quarter, the Giudecca Art District will encompass 11 galleries alongside national pavilions during the 58th Venice Biennale

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 25 October 22

Guest editor Ole Scheeren’s Archipelago Cinema, Venice

By Jonathan Bell 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

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

By Alice Pfeiffer Last updated 24 October 22

Berengo Studio brings a modern twist to the craft of Murano glass-blowing

Curated by Vik Muniz and Koen Vanmechelen, the sixth edition of Glasstress explores the possibilities of glass through the lens of contemporary art at the 58th Venice Biennale

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 21 October 22

World tour: the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale’s national participations

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Architects explore how the built environment can build community in China at the Venice Architecture Biennale

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Venice Biennale 2017: the top ten pavilions, from colossal sculptures to dystopian visions

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 19 October 22

In Venice, artist Luc Tuymans is going against the current

The Belgian artist’s gripping retrospective casts the neoclassical surrounds of Palazzo Grassi in a sombre shroud as he reflects on history’s darkest chapters

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 18 October 22

Design highlights at Venice Architecture Biennale 2018

By Bethan Ryder Last updated 17 October 22

Tuft love: R & Company and Amini bring fun to the floor with artistic rugs

By Natalia Rachlin Last updated 17 October 22

The Milk of Dreams: inspiring women artists headlining the Venice Biennale 2022

Curator Cecilia Alemani focuses the long-awaited 59th edition of the Venice Biennale on contemporary women artists,  embracing, ‘symbiosis, solidarity and sisterhood’

By Flora Vesterberg Last updated 14 October 22

Chinese arts and ecology campus Valley XL launches in Venice

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 14 October 22

Debut show: we visit the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale’s newcomers

By Sara Sturges Last updated 14 October 22

Tour the 2021 National Pavilions at Venice Architecture Biennale

Stuck at home? We got you. Our virtual tour of the 2021 National Pavilions at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale will help transport you to the avant-garde of contemporary architecture from across the globe

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 13 October 22