Venice Biennale

Curator Aindrea Emelife has spearheaded a new wave of contemporary artists at the Venice Biennale’s second-ever Nigerian Pavilion. Here, she talks about what the world needs to learn about African art

By Ugonna-Ora Owoh Published 18 April 24

Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s recent archangel sculptures occupy the 16th-century white marble Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore for the Venice Biennale 2024

By Osman Can Yerebakan Published 17 April 24

In his solo show ‘Elias Sime: Dichotomy ፊት አና ጀርባ’ at the Venice Biennale 2024, the artist spotlights technology's destructive nature for humans and the environment

By Gameli Hamelo Published 17 April 24

Kapwani Kiwanga draws on her experiences in materiality for the Canada Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale

By Hannah Silver Published 16 April 24

Guglielmo Castelli’s exhibition ‘Improving Songs for Anxious Children’ at Palazzetto Tito, Venice, explores childhood as the genesis of discovery

By Sofia Hallström Published 11 April 24

Keep up-to-date with our ongoing list of who’s representing who at the Venice Biennale 2024 – here's what we know so far

By Martha Elliott Last updated 9 April 24

‘Breasts’ is set to open at ACP Palazzo Franchetti for the duration of the Venice Art Biennale 2024

By Hannah Silver Published 4 April 24

Meet Tesfaye Urgessa, the Ethiopian Pavilion’s debut artist, ahead of the Venice Art Biennale 2024

By Hannah Silver Published 4 April 24

The upcoming Buccellati exhibition in Venice, ‘The Prince of Goldsmiths, Rediscovering the Classics’, is produced by Balich Wonder Studio and curated by Alba Cappellieri

By Hannah Silver Published 7 March 24

Carlo Ratti has been revealed as the Director of the Architecture Department at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, with the specific task of curating the 19th International Architecture Exhibition

By Ellie Stathaki Published 21 December 23

Generali Group opens interactive exhibition ‘A World of Potential’ in the restored Procuratie Vecchie in Venice

By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published 25 May 23

At Venice’s Giovanni Nicelli airport, Nina Yashar of Milanese design gallery Nilufar presents ‘The Ever-Present Future of Design’ (until end of 2023), combining historic and contemporary pieces from different countries and disciplines

By Timothy Anscombe-Bell Published 24 May 23

At Fondazione Prada’s 18th-century Venice palazzo, group exhibition ‘Everybody Talks About the Weather’ straddles beauty and fear and probes Venice’s precarious environmental future

By Will Jennings Published 24 May 23

Curator Lelsey Lokko’s theme, ‘The Laboratory of the Future’, brings passion, intensity and imagination to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, while placing Africa at its heart

By Ellie Stathaki Published 23 May 23

The 2023 British Pavilion, 'Dancing Before the Moon,' contributes a triumphant blend of ritual, music, and cross-cultural pollination to the biennale’s ‘laboratory of the future’

By Jonathan Bell Published 22 May 23

As the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 opens, we explore the offerings at the world’s famous celebration of building design

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 21 May 23

Subtitled ‘Architecture and Power in West Africa’, V&A's 'Tropical Modernism' is a richly historical show at the 2023 Venice Biennale, perfectly aligned with the overarching theme of inclusion and exploration of modernism’s overlooked cultural impact

By Jonathan Bell Published 20 May 23

We caught up with the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2023 at the Biennale Architettura, Nigerian artist-designer Demas Nwoko

By Ellie Stathaki Published 20 May 23

We tour Venice with architect, researcher and curator Federica Sofia Zambeletti, who shows us around Italy’s precious lagoon city – just in time for the launch of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023

By Federica Sofia Zambeletti Published 17 May 23

Architect Marwa El Mubark visits Bukhara and Samarkand, the Silk Road capitals of Uzbekistan, as the country launches its pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, and plans a new art biennial for 2025

By Marwa El Mubark Published 14 May 23

We follow the team behind the Uzbekistan Pavilion 2023 as the country prepares for its participation to this year's Venice Architecture Biennale

By Marwa El Mubark Published 12 April 23

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

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

By Ossian Ward Last updated 28 October 22