The artist, musician and performer discusses ‘In Past Pupils and Smiles’, a performance she staged in Venice in 2019 that is chronicled in a new book

As the nation celebrates 75 years of independence, Zahra Khan charts major moments and challenges in its history and her own career

Sun & Sea (Marina) will be staged next summer at the Albany arts centre in Deptford as part of Lewisham’s year as London Borough of Culture

The piece that won the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale will start a tour of the US in New York this September

The vessel was on loan from the town of Augusta, which intends to turn it into a memorial for the hundreds of migrants who died on board in 2015

Biennale officials and Sicilian town council call on artist to honour his commitment to return controversial Barca Nostra exhibit after one year

Sun & Sea (Marina) won the Golden Lion for Lithuania

We look back at the major events that made the headlines this year

Most cultural institutions open to the public again today

Iraqi-Kurdish artist Serwan Baran supports the move by the Ruya Foundation, saying “the people will prevail as long as we are with them”

A look back at our coverage of the contemporary art event, including interviews with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Ralph Rugoff

In the wake of the country's cancelled Venice Biennale pavilion, the show aims to build a more global "artists' community" in the newly renamed capital city

Artist Melissa McGill teams up with Venetian sailors to celebrate maritime tradition in face of mass tourism and climate change

The duo explain why their Venice Biennale presentation Moving Backwards is actually a step forward

Ethics specialist Piergiorgio Pepe claims the power in the art industry is still held in the hands of a few

New version of sculpture that was first shown at Skulptur Projekte Münster in 2017 is the artist’s first permanent public work

Work depicting a migrant child wearing a lifejacket is a stark counterpoint to Venice Biennale’s inclusion of Christoph Büchel’s wreck of migrant ship

Up to 1,100 may have died on board the fishing vessel; critics say its display is grossly insensitive at best while others describe it as a powerful reminder of exploitation

Exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice shows Tadao Ando’s designs for the Bourse de Commerce building

More than 100 people ordered to leave after queueing for hours in the rain for the show that won the top prize

Arthur Jafa’s work The White Album is also recognised by the Biennale jury

Planned Kiran Nadar Museum of Art will open up 6,000-strong collection to the public

An indoor beach, Mongolian throat singing and ceramic vaginas—where to go beyond the Arsenale and Giardini

Opening during the Venice Biennale, the new initiative includes project and exhibitions spaces and a foundation for young Polish art

Nine new works by the ubiquitous UK artist are in the Ghana pavilion at the Venice Biennale

We’ve seen a lot of exhibitions in the city so you don’t have to

Ben Luke and Jane Morris review the main exhibition and we speak to the artists Laure Prouvost and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster about their works in the show. Plus, we talk about climate change and the challenges Venice is facing as the surrounding waters rise. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

From Tuymans's Third Reich paintings, to Kounellis's poor materials, there's more to see in the city than the Venice Biennale

The former shipyards house many of the star national displays this year, here are some of the best