From a Gauguin impersonation to fire raining from the sky, here are the best exhibitions in the city's former shipyards

The piece was included in the main exhibition after a museum housing 25 works by Maria Prymachenko was destroyed in February

Our art critic with all the best invites describes the "visual feast" that she has been gorging since her arrival in Veneto

The work is held at the Ludwig Museum in St. Petersburg, making it "impossible" to be shown in the Biennale's main exhibition

The revered avant-garde artist was prone to shocking audiences with the use of blood, carcases and viscera in his performances

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

The "meditative" space aims to put Russia's war in Ukraine at the heart of the exhibition—and at the forefront of peoples' minds

Shipping chaos has derailed plans for the Central Asian nation's inaugural pavilion—but its organisers are improvising solutions

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

Whether it’s your first time or your 50th, Venice is a bewildering city, but one of inexhaustible delights. We asked artists, curators and art world professionals how to get the most out of your visit

The Italian curator, who has organised exhibitions and events throughout the world, reveals the thinking behind her female-dominated exhibition The Milk of Dreams

You can’t look at art all day. We asked artists, curators and other artworld insiders for recommendations of the best places to refuel or unwind

Our contemporary art writer picks out the three things she's most looking forward to in Venice

In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian pavilion looks likely to remain empty, while the organisers of the Ukrainian pavilion battle to realise their project for Venice

From the impact of the global sea level rise to Unesco’s abandonment of the city, the situation is looking bleak. Has anything changed for the better in the past seven years?

The first British artist is finally exhibiting his sculptures using the controversial Vantablack.

German artist creates new works that respond to those created by Tintoretto and others

The solo presentation by Jonathas de Andrade is inspired by the educational science fairs he visited as a child

melanie bonajo, who often works with groups who are rarely given a voice, says that Covid-19 turned an existing “epidemic of loneliness” into a pandemic

For its second appearance at the Biennale, Ghana will install modular bamboo structures in locations around the city

For the first time at the Venice Biennale, a single artist has been given the entire Italian pavilion to fill. Tosatti’s sprawling post-industrial installation asks the big questions

The Danish-Vietnamese artist has curated an exhibition which brings together his work with that of two acclaimed artists from previous generations, Park Seo-Bo and Isamu Noguchi

The Barbados-born Scottish artist's work will address oceanic histories and the city’s traumatising images of enslaved Black people hidden in plain sight

"It’s just extraordinary that it’s taken this long"

The three exhibiting artists have dedicated themselves to “defending Sámi perspectives”

The Finnish artist Pilvi Takala assumes identities, from Snow White to a Catholic schoolgirl, to investigate social norms

Sigurður Guðjónsson’s mesmerising work in the cavernous Artiglierie uses the movement of metal particles around a magnet

Choice of artist Muhannad Shono for the national pavilion is a sign itself of the country’s social and political shift

Artist’s film for the Biennale is part of his 20-year examination of human behaviour through children’s games

Artist Zineb Sedira puts Algerian film under the spotlight, as country marks 60 years as a sovereign state