Venice Biennale

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

By Daniel Scheffler • 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

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

Denton Corker Marshall reveal the new Australian Pavilion’s mysterious black box

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 25 October 22

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

By Laura Hawkins • Last updated 21 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

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

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

Duality shapes Delvendahl Martin Architects’ exhibition design in Venice

By Holly Black • Last updated 13 October 22

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 12 October 22

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 12 October 22

Brigitte Niedermair puts fashion in focus at Venice retrospective

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 11 October 22

Animal instinct: Robert Wilson taps into his wild side in Venice

By Julie Baumgardner • Last updated 9 October 22

Stan Douglas in Venice: a hypnotic chronicle of youth, revolt and liberation

Stan Douglas’ captivating two-part exhibition for the Canada Pavilion in Venice is a haunting and meticulous reconstruction of historical events

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 7 October 22

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 7 October 22

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 6 October 22

A Practice for Everyday Life gives 59th Venice Biennale a richly surreal graphic identity

London-based graphic design studio A Practice for Everyday Life (APFEL) gives an otherworldly identity to the surrealism-infused 59th Venice Biennale theme ‘The Milk of Dreams’

By Jonathan Bell • Last updated 6 October 22

Venice Biennale 2022: 15 national pavilions on our radar

With the 59th Venice Biennale almost upon us (23 April - 27 November 2022), watch this space for live reporting on the must-see pavilions arriving this year

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 6 October 22

Stanley Whitney’s Italian paintings reveal an art practice in transition

American abstract painter Stanley Whitney’s works from the 1990s to mid-2000s, made in Italy and now on display as a collateral event of the Venice Biennale 2022, show an evolution of form and colour 

By Amah-Rose Abrams • Last updated 6 October 22

David Adjaye designs first national pavilion for Ghana at the Venice Biennale

By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated 28 September 22

Ai Weiwei unveils first-ever exhibition of glass sculptures in Venice

On the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Ai Weiwei unveils his first show of glass works, including one of the largest Murano glass sculptures ever

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 27 September 22