Art, architecture and travel in Venice

Ca’ di Dio is a Venice hotel we’d like to call home

Venice hotel Ca’ di Dio, a one-time monastery with interiors by Patricia Urquiola, is a haven of laid-back luxury

By Bridget Downing Published 31 January 23

Sonia Boyce’s Golden Lion-winning Venice Biennale show opens UK debut in Margate

In February 2023, Turner Contemporary, Margate will host British artist Sonia Boyce’s 'Feeling Her Way', which won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 2022 Venice Biennale

By Martha Elliott Published 27 December 22

Adriano Pedrosa announced as curator of the 2024 Venice Biennale

Adriano Pedrosa has been announced as the curator of the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, becoming the first Latin American to spearhead the event

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published 16 December 22

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

Uzbekistan’s multidisciplinary Venice Biennale pavilion explores the history of contemporary technologies

Marking Uzbekistan’s first participation in the Venice Biennale, Dixit Algorizmi – The Garden of Knowledge is a conceptual exploration of the origin myths and narratives of modern technologies

By Simon Mills Published 22 November 22

Last chance to see: 'Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies’ at Punta della Dogana, Venice

Focusing on the American artist's performative 'Contrapposto Studies', Bruce Nauman's show at Punta della Dogana, Venice, gives new meaning to body language – on view until 27 November 2022

By Laura May Todd Published 21 November 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

Global affair: Time Space Existence returns to Venice Architecture Biennale

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 26 October 22

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

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

'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

Venice Architecture Biennale’s new crop of national pavilions for 2018

By Harriet Thorpe 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

The Venice lagoon captures the magic of collectible design at Nomad

By Sujata Burman Last updated 18 October 22

Last chance to see: Murano glass designs mesmerise in Venice exhibition

Luca Nichetto curates ‘Empathic – Discovering a Glass Legacy’ at Venice’s Punta Conterie gallery (until 10 April 2022), featuring work by eight international designers made in Murano glass workshops

By Rosa Bertoli 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