Venice Biennale 2022
Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators
The latest details about the key participants of the 59th International Art Exhibition
All the top exhibitions to see during the Venice Biennale in 2022
From Anselm Kiefer and Anish Kapoor to oceanography and neuroscience: our round-up of the most exciting museum and other temporary exhibitions in Venice during the Biennale
Venice Biennale 2022: all the official collateral events
A full list of the official collateral events taking place during this year's Venice Biennale
A twisted tale of sugar and slaves: Alberta Whittle uncovers awkward truths in UK show
The Barbados-born artist confronts the unpalatable past of Guy Ball, the great-grandfather of the Holburne Museum’s founder
Exhibitions in 2022: the best shows and major trends of the year
Big hitters were the subject of major shows, from Donatello in Florence to Faith Ringgold in New York and Alice Neel in Paris
Major galleries sign Venice Biennale’s women artists—at last
Commercial representation is growing for leading women who launched and sustained careers before the art market cared
People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority, but disabled artists remain underrepresented in European museums. Is that about to change?
Projects on disability still remain peripheral in institutional programming—and the pandemic threatens what progress has been made
The show must go on: how artists and curators battled with global crises to reach the Venice Biennale
The pandemic, immigration problems and the fall out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to chaos for organisers of the world's leading art exhibition
A brush with… Stan Douglas
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Agnes Martin to Samuel Beckett
Venice museums send supplies to help save Ukraine’s art
As part of the Save Ukraine Art network, essential materials to protect works from bombs, fire and damp are heading to Lviv National Art Gallery
At the Venice Biennale, Bosco Sodi’s pigments spur a historical reckoning
Sodi’s muscular, primordial works form a stark contrast to a Venetian palazzo’s ostentatious elegance
The women-dominated Venice Biennale has been criticised for sacrificing quality—revealing just how necessary such progressive projects really are
Described by some as a “politically correct” move, around 90% of the artists in Cecilia Alemani's exhibition 'The Milk of Dreams' are female
Sonia Boyce's British pavilion wins Venice Biennale's coveted Golden Lion for best national exhibition
Simone Leigh, Zineb Sedira and Ali Cherri also receive awards
Venice Biennale 2022: the worst art on show in the city
There's a lot to see in Venezia—save precious time and skip these
The gossip from the Venice Biennale: Tinie Tempah takes on Tintoretto and totes too many totes
Plus, Sir Normal Rosenthal and Macron becomes an art meme
The stuff of dreams: Cecilia Alemani delivers a perfectly judged Biennale
The Milk of Dreams is a "show of ripples and resonances, one that honours its artists"
Ukrainian actor performs with Putin mask on his crotch outside the Venice Biennale’s Russian pavilion
A police presence awaited the performance, which was only announced yesterday evening
The best of the Venice Biennale: our critics’ review
Plus, artists Francis Alÿs, Sonia Boyce, Shubigi Rao and Na Chainkua Reindorf on their national pavilion shows; and a Bellini masterpiece
'Support this fight with your art': Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Venice Biennale artists and visitors
The president and his wife addressed attendees gathered at an exhibition of Ukrainian and international artists co-organised by the PinchukArtCentre and Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Seasoned radicals but Biennale first-timers: Linda Yablonsky on the women taking Venice by the balls
There are more women than ever in the main show in Venice—and it's both exhilarating and emotional
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see collateral exhibitions around the city
Writhing bodies in a deconsecrated church, BDE at the Ducale and an entirely improvised pavilion—what to see beyond the Arsenale and Giardini
Bittersweet triumph at Venice Biennale of late Indigenous artist Jaider Esbell
The Brazilian painter, sculptor, activist and writer killed himself last year
Cube sculpture made of 24-karat gold and worth €10m pops up in Venice after first appearing in New York
Passersby are invited to touch the work—but it is only in town for one day
Artist protests against war outside Russian Pavilion at Venice Biennale
Russian artist Vadim Zakharov was stopped by Italian police
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale
From a Gauguin impersonation to fire raining from the sky, here are the best exhibitions in the city's former shipyards
Work by Ukrainian folk artist makes last-minute appearance at the Venice Biennale
The piece was included in the main exhibition after a museum housing 25 works by Maria Prymachenko was destroyed in February
Behind the scenes in Venice: the gossip, VIPs and unmissable art from our insider Linda Yablonsky
Our art critic with all the best invites describes the "visual feast" that she has been gorging since her arrival in Veneto
Major work by late Cuban printmaker Belkis Ayón a no-show at Venice Biennale because of war in Ukraine
The work is held at the Ludwig Museum in St. Petersburg, making it "impossible" to be shown in the Biennale's main exhibition
Hermann Nitsch, known for bloody and ritualistic performances that often confronted moral taboos, has died, aged 83
The revered avant-garde artist was prone to shocking audiences with the use of blood, carcases and viscera in his performances
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini
From America's African facelift to the scents of hope and fear, here are the exhibitions we loved at the heart of the big event
Venice Biennale erects scorched temporary 'pavilion' for Ukraine in the middle of the Giardini
The "meditative" space aims to put Russia's war in Ukraine at the heart of the exhibition—and at the forefront of peoples' minds
War in Ukraine delays Kazakhstan Pavilion during Venice Biennale opening
Shipping chaos has derailed plans for the Central Asian nation's inaugural pavilion—but its organisers are improvising solutions
Ten essential artworks to see in Venice
From the greatest stars of the Venetian School to the most mysterious painting in the city, here is our selection of unmissable masterpieces in La Serenissima