Art, architecture and travel in Venice
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Venice - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Venice.
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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
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Bethan Laura Wood designs glass tables for Wonderglass inspired by travels
Bethan Laura Wood created the ‘Chain’ glass collection during lockdown, using Wonderglass’s cast glass to build tables shown at Venice Glass Week
By Laura May Todd Last updated
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Debut show: we visit the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale’s newcomers
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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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
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Duality shapes Delvendahl Martin Architects’ exhibition design in Venice
By Holly Black Last updated
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Discussing ‘Freespace’ with the curators of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: a year late but somehow right on time
Hashim Sarkis' main show ‘How Will We Live Together?' at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale opens a year later than originally expected, but ponders on questions that are more timely than ever
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Venice Biennale looks back on 125 years of exhibitions
Formafantasma designs ‘The Disquieted Muses, When La Biennale di Venezia Meets History’, a show that displays works from all six artistic disciplines, looking back to 125 years of Biennale exhibitions and events
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Matthew Royce rethinks the Venice Beach house
A new Venice Beach house by architect Matthew Royce on a triangular site makes an eye-catching addition to a Los Angeles neighbourhood
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Sean Scully delivers sermon of stripes at Venetian church
The Irish-born painter and printmaker will transform every corner of the 16th-century San Giorgio Maggiore church with new paintings, sculptures and drawings during the Venice Biennale
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Taloi Havini’s first sonic work dunks the listener in an ocean of sound
At Ocean Space in Venice, Papua New Guinea-born artist Taloi Havini explores ecological conservation and the indigenous history of Oceania in her first sound work, coinciding with the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale
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Casa Flora offers the comforts of a boutique hotel with the freedom of a private home
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Brigitte Niedermair puts fashion in focus at Venice retrospective
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Vatican Chapels steal the glory at the Venice Architecture Biennale
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Annie Leibovitz on the legacy of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Leibovitz was one of five artists and collectors asked by Palazzo Grassi to reinvent the French photojournalist’s ‘Master Collection’ of 385 images
By Tom Seymour Last updated
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Rem Koolhaas and Irma Boom publish in-depth survey of building details
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Land artist Zahrah Al Ghamdi’s tactile encounters in Venice
Saudi Arabia returns to the Venice Biennale after an eight-year hiatus with an installation by the Jeddah-based artist
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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A design insider’s guide to Venice bars and restaurants
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Animal instinct: Robert Wilson taps into his wild side in Venice
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Luxury market: Venice welcomes the Fondaco dei Tedeschi department store
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Il Palazzo Experimental sets itself apart from by-the-book Venetian drama with inspired contemporary styling
By Laura May Todd Last updated
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A walking tour of Venice through art and design
Ahead of the Venice Architecture Biennale (which starts on 22 May 2021), discover Venice by walking through its best art and design locations, with a specially-curated tour led by local creative entrepreneurs
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Golden age: Fabrizio Plessi gilds Venice’s Museo Correr
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Lesley Lokko announced as curator of 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Academic, educator and novelist Lesley Lokko will be the director of the architecture sector for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Jes Fan: the artist probing the intersections of biology, identity and creativity
Multidisciplinary artist Jes Fan uses fungi, bacteria and hormones to produce thought-provoking sculptures that explore how art and biology come together to break down social constructs. This article originally appeared in the August 2022 Issue of Wallpaper*, on newsstands now and available to subscribers
By Drew Zeiba Last updated
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Fondazione In Between Art Film: a cinematic celebration of time-based media in Venice
Beatrice Bulgari’s new foundation, championing time-based media, takes over a disused hospital with a surreal group exhibition during the Venice Biennale 2022
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Sigurður Guðjónsson bends time and space at Icelandic Pavilion in Venice
Sigurður Guðjónsson’s Perpetual Motion for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale is a multi-sensory experience that transports visitors to another dimension
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated