Venice Art, architecture and travel
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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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
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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
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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
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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
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All the World's Futures: the blazing Venice Biennale packs some heat
By Ossian Ward • Last updated
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To market, to market: the Irish Pavilion pitches up in Venice
By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated
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V&A pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale to explore the legacy of Robin Hood Gardens
By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated
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Global affair: Time Space Existence returns to Venice Architecture Biennale
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Eva Rothschild thinks big for the Irish Pavilion in Venice
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Switzerland and Eduardo Souto de Moura win Golden Lions at Venice Architecture Biennale
By Bethan Ryder • Last updated
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Best of the rest: starchitects pull in the crowds at Venice Architecture Biennale
By David Paw • Last updated
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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
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Guest editor Ole Scheeren’s Archipelago Cinema, Venice
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Meet the artists integrating themselves into their work at Pinault Collection
By TF Chan • Last updated
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'Art or Sound' is the Prada Foundation's new synaesthetic Venice show
By Alice Pfeiffer • Last updated
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Technicolor timepiece: Ian Davenport’s Swatch is making us tick
By Laura Hawkins • Last updated
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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
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World tour: the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale’s national participations
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Venice Biennale 2017: the top ten pavilions, from colossal sculptures to dystopian visions
By Emma O'Kelly • Last updated
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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
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The Venice lagoon captures the magic of collectible design at Nomad
By Sujata Burman • Last updated
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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
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Tuft love: R & Company and Amini bring fun to the floor with artistic rugs
By Natalia Rachlin • Last updated
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Sprawling Venice showcase ‘Homo Faber’ displays the pinnacle of European craftsmanship
By Ali Morris • Last updated
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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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Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 preview: the top 25 exhibitions to visit
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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