Venice Biennale
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Designers unveiled for British Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Jayden Ali, Joseph Henry, Meneesha Kellay and Sumitra Upham are revealed as the team to lead the design of the British Pavilion at the upcoming 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Last chance to see: Studio NYALI's Venice pavilion on African futures
ArchiAfrika Pavilion by Studio NYALI traverses historic and contemporary architectural design coming from practitioners in Africa and its diaspora
By Nasra Abdullahi Last updated
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British mosques explored: 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale preview
Previewing the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, we catch up with Shahed Saleem, one of the curators at the Applied Arts Pavilion Special Project. Titled ‘Three British Mosques', this exciting collaboration between La Biennale di Venezia and London's Victoria & Albert Museum focuses on adapted mosque spaces in London
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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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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Brigitte Niedermair puts fashion in focus at Venice retrospective
By Tom Seymour Last updated
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Vatican Chapels steal the glory at the Venice Architecture Biennale
By Bethan Ryder 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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Animal instinct: Robert Wilson taps into his wild side in Venice
By Julie Baumgardner 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
By Maria Cristina Didero Last updated
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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
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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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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
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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
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Primeira pedra: Venice show explores the virtues of natural stone
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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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
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Welcome to Sarajevo: transforming the Historical Museum in Venice
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Canada Pavilion reveals restoration during 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
By Jessica Rose Last updated
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Fondazione Prada on the future of film at Venice Architecture Biennale
By David Paw Last updated
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Ron Arad’s Last Train arrives in Venice
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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Arata Isozaki on time, space and the extravagance of silence
From his woodland studio, Japanese architect Arata Isozaki opens up about time, space and the extravagance of silence
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Picture this: Carsten Höller’s slide house project dreams up architecture
By Ossian Ward Last updated
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Who should represent the US at the Venice Biennale?
By Vasili Kaliman Last updated
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Still life: Michael Anastassiades’ meditative exhibition design for the Cyprus pavilion
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated