NewsThe Year in Review 2019
From a Paris inferno to the Leonardo tussle: the art world's top stories of 2019
We look back at the major events that made the headlines this year
NewsVenice
Works of art in Venice museums and the Biennale undamaged by floods, but major attrition to buildings with great loss of private property
Most cultural institutions open to the public again today
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Iraq’s national pavilion at Venice Biennale shut ‘in solidarity with popular youth uprisings’
Iraqi-Kurdish artist Serwan Baran supports the move by the Ruya Foundation, saying “the people will prevail as long as we are with them”
NewsExhibitions
Kazakhstan's first international exhibition reveals a craving for culture in Nur-Sultan
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
NewsVenice
Red Regatta: public art sets sail across Venice lagoon
Artist Melissa McGill teams up with Venetian sailors to celebrate maritime tradition in face of mass tourism and climate change
InterviewArt Basel 2019
Interview: Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz on dancing in the Swiss pavilion
The duo explain why their Venice Biennale presentation Moving Backwards is actually a step forward
NewsBanksy
Has Banksy painted a new mural in Venice?
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
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Fierce debate over Christoph Büchel's Venice Biennale display of boat that sank with hundreds locked in hull
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
NewsExhibitions
Virtual reality tour offers glimpse of François Pinault’s long-awaited, grand Paris gallery
Exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice shows Tadao Ando’s designs for the Bourse de Commerce building
NewsVenice
'Bomb threat' at Lithuanian pavilion, Venice Biennale's Golden Lion winner, is declared false alarm
More than 100 people ordered to leave after queueing for hours in the rain for the show that won the top prize
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Lithuania gets the coveted Golden Lion for best national pavilion in Venice
Arthur Jafa’s work The White Album is also recognised by the Biennale jury
NewsIndia
David Adjaye chosen to design 'game-changing' contemporary art museum in India
Planned Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in New Delhi will open up 6,000-strong collection to the public
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions around the city
An indoor beach, Mongolian throat singing and ceramic vaginas—where to go beyond the Arsenale and Giardini
NewsVenice
Giudecca contemporary art district launches in industrial area off Venice's beaten tourist track
Opening during the Venice Biennale, the new initiative includes project and exhibitions spaces and a foundation for young Polish art
NewsLynette Yiadom-Boakye
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye gets a Tate survey and will show works in Accra
Nine new works by the ubiquitous UK artist are in the Ghana pavilion at the Venice Biennale
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Venice diary: Prouvost hypnotises and Bonami returns to painterly roots
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
We've chosen the best of the art in Venice, now here's the worst
We’ve seen a lot of exhibitions in the city so you don’t have to
Podcast
Venice Biennale special: our review. Plus, how much longer will the city survive?
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.
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Venice this weekend
From Tuymans's Third Reich paintings, to Kounellis's poor materials, there's more to see in the city than the Venice Biennale
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale
The former shipyards house many of the star national displays this year, here are some of the best
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Screen time: digital art eclipses painting in Ralph Rugoff's 'mightily impressive' Venice Biennale show
With multi-artist spaces and the split between the Arsenale and Giardini, May You Live in Interesting Times offers a new way of looking at a biennial exhibition
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
US pavilion artists at Venice Biennale quietly reach out to local charities
Martin Puryear’s work is the springboard for a youth outreach programme while Mark Bradford continues prison rehabilitation programme
NewsEdmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal’s 2,000-book installation of exiled writers will tour to the British Museum
Ceramicist’s installation The library of exile, currently on show in Venice, will also travel to the Japanisches Palais in Dresden
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini
From an aquatic odyssey to a guerrilla dance performance, here are the exhibitions we loved at the heart of the big event
InterviewAdrian Ghenie
Painting is more important than politics: Adrian Ghenie on his Trump-inspired portraits in Venice
Romanian artist, whose show is open at the Palazzo Cini during the Biennale, compares his art market ascendancy to working in porn
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Deadly boat that sank with hundreds of migrants on board becomes work of art at Venice Biennale
Swiss artist Christoph Büchel's Arsenale project is a symbol of global immigration crisis
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Made in Britain: what to expect from the British, Scottish and Welsh Pavilions
Cathy Wilkes, Charlotte Prodger and Sean Edwards are all showing new work at the 2019 Venice Biennale
FeatureVenice Biennale 2019
Bellinis and baby octopus: where to eat and drink during the Venice Biennale
Filippo Bollani, head concierge at The Luxury Collection's Hotel Danieli reveals the best restaurants and bars to refuel during the Venice Biennale 2019
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Exhibitions during the Venice Biennale: a festival of painting
Among the many official “collateral” exhibitions connected to the Biennale and independently organised shows, painting is noticeably abundant
FeatureVenice Biennale 2019
How to survive the Venice Biennale, according to the art world
It may be the most prestigious art event in the world, but be warned—it is also the most gruelling
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Director's cut: Ralph Rugoff picks the artists to watch in his 2019 Venice Biennale show
The artistic director selects five artists, all born in the 1980s, with a big presence in his exhibition
AnalysisVenice Biennale 2019
National pride, national shame and the ‘post-national’: the question of identity at the Venice Biennale
National pavilions in Venice have long been criticised as anachronistic. But for nations newer to the event, such quibbling can seem like a luxury
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Five of the weirdest pavilions and shows at the 2019 Venice Biennale
From Hillary Clinton’s emails in a supermarket and a beach of opera singers, to the world’s largest plane carrying “all of Ukraine’s artists”
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
The Art Newspaper's pick of the 2019 Venice Biennale
From a psychedelic furry grotto to a Tintoretto tribute—what to see at the pavilions and beyond
CommentVenice Biennale 2019
Ralph Rugoff is creating a Venice Biennale for right now
By only showing living artists, the artistic director's exhibition will reflect this time of emergency
InterviewVenice Biennale 2019
Ralph Rugoff on why the 2019 Venice Biennale has a 'split personality'
The artistic director speaks to The Art Newspaper as he puts the finishing touches to the exhibition that he has divided between the Arsenale and Giardini’s central pavilion
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Iranian works will abound at the Venice Biennale despite US sanctions
Complications around shipping and insurance have not stopped artists and curators from the country to make their presence felt at this year's edition
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Saudi Arabia returns to Venice Biennale after eight-year hiatus
Show of site-specific works by Zahrah Al Ghamdi is supported by the government-backed Misk Art Institute
NewsPrizes
Jimmie Durham given top Venice Biennale gong
The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award given for incisive take on today’s political climate
NewsPerformance art
Venice’s nooks and crannies will become sites for performances during 58th Biennale
Delfina Foundation co-organises Meetings on Art programme focused on nationality, gender and queer issues
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
India announces Venice Biennale artist line-up for Gandhi themed exhibition
Contemporary re-assessments of the independence leader's legacy are unlikely to be addressed in artists' responses
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale's Kazakhstan pavilion is cancelled after curators are snubbed
Organisers blamed budget cuts before taking on a new team and subsequently withdrawing from the biennial
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
State Hermitage Museum to curate Venice Biennale pavilion
Russia’s entry for 2019 show influenced by Gospel of Luke and includes installation by famous film director Alexander Sokurov
AnalysisVenice Biennale 2019
Painting's death was fake news? Venice Biennale to address art in the post-truth era
Despite lacking a designated theme, the event will take the unusual step of being divided into two distinct exhibitions
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
South Africa finally announces Venice Biennale artists
Mawande Ka Zenzile, Dineo Seshee Bopape and Tracey Rose will explore themes of social, political and economic resilience in post-Apartheid South Africa
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
David Adjaye to design Ghana’s first ever pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Artists on show will include John Akomfrah, El Anatsui and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
NewsVenice Biennale
Naiza Khan to represent Pakistan in country’s first-ever participation at the Venice Biennale
London- and Karachi-based artist's show will explore life on Manora Island
NewsExhibitions
Edmund de Waal to create exhibition in Jewish Ghetto in Venice
The ceramicist will also unveil library of books by exiled writers at Ateneo Veneto to coincide with the opening of the 58th Biennale
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Veteran Romanian artists to represent their country at Venice Biennale
Three artists who endured communist era will show new versions of installations
NewsVenice
Venice authorities introduce day-trippers charge on eve of the Biennale
Officials finally implement fee designed to control tourist numbers
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2019
Must-see biennials, triennials and festivals in 2019
From "interesting times" at Ralph Rugoff's Venice Biennale to an Anthropocene-inspired Istanbul Biennial, plus Sharjah and the best of the rest
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
‘Pleasure and critical thinking’: Ralph Rugoff unveils curatorial direction of 2019 Venice Biennale
Exhibition is titled May You Live in Interesting Times, after counterfeit Chinese curse
News
Ralph Rugoff on the Hayward Gallery’s half-century and the art of curating
How will his views on audiences and exhibition-making shape the 2019 Venice Biennale?
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
From Eva Rothschild to Laure Prouvost: women to make their mark at Venice Biennale 2019
Female artists are set to represent Austria, France, Ireland and the UK at the 58th edition of the exhibition
NewsVenice Biennale
Cathy Wilkes—known for her unsettling sculptural installations—to represent UK at 2019 Venice Biennale
The artist was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2008 and has just closed her first major retrospective at MoMA PS1
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the confirmed artists and curators so far
Australia, Canada, Switzerland and New Zealand announce plans for show organised by Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff
NewsAppointments & departures
Ralph Rugoff named artistic director of the 2019 Venice Biennale
Director of London’s Hayward Gallery will organise 58th International Art Exhibition
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Canada announces first presentation of Inuit art for 2019 Venice Biennale
Video collective Isuma will tell story of indigenous culture in Canadian pavilion
NewsBiennials & festivals
Top Australian donors pull funding from Venice Biennale
Funders are furious about plans to exclude them from selecting the artist to represent the country
CommentVenice Biennale 2019
Why is the Venice Biennale still so important?
Historical importance, glamour, big spenders—it continues to be an art festival like no other
Jane Morris