Venice Art, architecture and travel

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

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

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

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

Meet the artists integrating themselves into their work at Pinault Collection

By TF Chan • 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

Technicolor timepiece: Ian Davenport’s Swatch is making us tick

By Laura Hawkins • Last updated 21 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 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

Sprawling Venice showcase ‘Homo Faber’ displays the pinnacle of European craftsmanship

By Ali Morris • Last updated 14 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

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 14 October 22

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 preview: the top 25 exhibitions to visit

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 14 October 22