Venice Biennale

Announcement

Artist Shu Lea Cheang to Represent Taiwan at 2019 Venice Biennale

The first woman artist to be selected since Taiwan began holding single-artist exhibitions at the Venice Biennale.

Art

Damien Hirst's Shipwreck Fantasy Sinks in Venice

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is supposed to be Hirst’s major comeback, a rebuke to his diminished popularity and slumping market value.

Art

The Spiritual Photographs Khadija Saye Left Behind

Khadija Saye's final photographs before her tragic death reveal misty self-portraits grounded in Gambian spirituality.

Art

Tehching Hsieh's Art of Passing Time

The artist's exhibition for the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale shows how he has attempted to bring art into life.

Art

At the Venice Biennale, Pinocchio Is a Trojan Horse for Capitalist Critique

In the Scottish Pavilion, Rachel Maclean’s film Spite Your Face lays bare how greed corrupts so deeply that even helpless souls are turned savage.

Art

Now and Then: The Rediscovery of Flora Mayo

If I could, I would give this layered, richly human (and often tear-inducing) work my own private Golden Lion, inventing a new category: Best and Most Meaningful Work in the Exhibition.

Art

Nigeria’s First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion Challenges Colonial Narratives

The Nigeria pavilion, themed around the concept of "now," hopes to shape a cultural and national identity outside of the colonialist narrative that the country has long been forced into.

Art

Democracy's Dark Side and a Glimmer of Hope in Mark Bradford’s Venice Biennale Show

In the US Pavilion, the artist’s work takes on a new context: wrestling with the hypocrisy of Jeffersonian democracy.

Art

Malta Returns to the Venice Biennale After 17 Years

Malta's pavilion offers a sense of the tiny nation interrogating itself as it steps onto the international stage.

News

Mark Bradford Faults New York Times for Publishing Photos of His Work Without His Permission [UPDATED]

The article, published earlier this week, includes images of unfinished works that will be featured in his solo show at the Venice Biennale.

Announcement

Taiwan Features Tehching Hsieh at the 2017 Venice Biennale

Taiwan’s exhibition for the 2017 Venice Biennale — Doing Time — opens at the Palazzo delle Prigioni on May 10.

Art

The Underexplored Histories of Modern and Contemporary Art in the United Arab Emirates

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — In the words of French philosopher Jacques Derrida, “there is no political power without control of the archive, if not memory.”