Art, architecture and travel in Venice

Venice Glass Week 2023 explores the future of glassmaking

Venice Glass Week 2023: from a floating furnace to upcycled Murano glass, the international festival (until 17 September) celebrates the art of fire and glassmaking

By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published 14 September 23

Peter Beard’s biographer, Christopher Wallace, on writing the wild life of the quintessential Twentieth-Century Man

Author Christopher Wallace traces the footsteps of the original playboy-artist-activist Peter Beard, travelling from Kenya, to the Serengeti, Cassis and beyond

By Christopher Wallace Published 23 August 23

Inside Venice Venice Hotel, ‘as far from a typical “art hotel” as possible‘

The oldest palazzo on the Grand Canal, the Venice Venice Hotel is launching an ambitious new expansion project

By Laura May Todd Published 17 August 23

Nexus House caters to the Los Angeles lifestyle near Venice Beach

Nexus House by Woods + Dangaran is a Venice house perfect for the Los Angeles lifestyle

By Ellie Stathaki Published 24 July 23

Lenny Steinberg invites us to her Los Angeles home: watch the film

Inside the Venice Beach home of designer Lenny Steinberg, who takes inspiration from movement and music, and guides us through her treasures

By Mimi Zeiger Published 10 July 23

Art, science, and activism coalesce in ‘Thus waves come in pairs’ at Ocean Space, Venice

‘Thus waves come in pairs’, an exhibition of two new commissions at Ocean Space in Venice, features potent work by Simone Fattal, and artist duo Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano

By Will Jennings Published 26 May 23

Interactive exhibition at Procuratie Vecchie in Venice encourages coexistence and collaboration

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

By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published 25 May 23

Peek inside The Langham Venice as it takes shape on Murano island

We take a sneak peek into The Langham Venice by Matteo Thun & Partners, set to open on Murano in 2024

By Ellie Stathaki Published 25 May 23

Fondazione Prada exhibition is an ode to a vanishing Venice

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

Venice turns into ‘laboratory of the future’ with 18th Architecture Biennale opening

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

Brazil scoops 2023 Golden Lion award for national participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale

The Brazil Pavilion won the prestigious 2023 Golden Lion award for best national participation, as announced at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy this weekend - along with more honours for individual and country-led installations

By Ellie Stathaki Published 21 May 23

Venice Architecture Biennale 2023: the ultimate guide

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

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2023 awarded to Nigerian artist-designer Demas Nwoko

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

Venice beyond La Biennale: the ultimate 21st century international village

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

Alex Hartley’s eerie ode to Carlo Scarpa in Venice

Alex Hartley’s theatrical new installation ‘Closer than Before’ at Victoria Miro Venice is a haunting take on architectural destruction in Venice

By Thea Hawlin Published 10 May 23

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 31 January 23

Sonia Boyce’s Golden Lion-winning Venice Biennale show opens UK debut in Margate

In February 2023, Turner Contemporary, Margate will host British artist Sonia Boyce’s 'Feeling Her Way', which won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 2022 Venice Biennale

By Martha Elliott Published 27 December 22

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 16 December 22

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 22 November 22

Uzbekistan’s multidisciplinary Venice Biennale pavilion explores the history of contemporary technologies

Marking Uzbekistan’s first participation in the Venice Biennale, Dixit Algorizmi – The Garden of Knowledge is a conceptual exploration of the origin myths and narratives of modern technologies

By Simon Mills Published 22 November 22

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