In Brief
Extreme Flooding in Venice Kills Two People; Biennale Shutters As Safety Precaution
Local authorities called for a state of emergency in the worst floods to hit the lagoon city in more than 50 years.
Venice
News
This Is What the World's First Travel Guide Looks Like
This first edition of the 15th-century book Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam features the first accurate printed illustrations of Jerusalem and Venice, among other cities.
Art
Artists Help Scientists Map the Climate Crisis
The "Phenomenal Ocean" Convening brought together artists, scientists, and lawyers to take a deep look at the “Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate,” issued in September.
Film
Negotiating and Understanding the Threats to Inuit Life in Canada
The video art of Isuma, the first international media organization created by and for Indigenous peoples, highlights the contemporary and historical impasses they are forced to navigate.
Art
Reconciling Secular Art in Sacred Spaces
Surprises and puzzles in Venice and Vienna, from Sean Scully to Tintoretto.
Art
Luc Tuymans’s Moral Distance
Tuymans is a figurative painter who doubts whether visual representations can ever be truthful.
Art
Navigating the Overload at the Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale’s official exhibition, May You Live In Interesting Times, presents art that speaks to the present, not in the direct fashion of journalism, but in ways that can challenge existing habits of thought.
Announcement
Apply for the Jericho Fellowship Prizes in Essay, Playwriting, Visual Art, and Innovation
Winners of the prizes will receive a cash prize and be invited to attend the symposium in Venice, Italy. All submissions are due by July 30, 2019.
Art
Four Spots in the Venice Biennale to Stop You in Your Tracks
The Biennale’s system of national pavilions may be an outdated relic, but it does succeed in putting a spotlight on countries that typically receive scant art world attention.
In Brief
Banksy Sets Up an Unauthorized Art Stall in Venice
The anonymous artist set up a stall to showcase paintings of a cruise ship parked in the canal surrounding the city.
Announcement
Shu Lea Cheang’s 3x3x6 at the 2019 Venice Biennale Examines Imprisonment in the New Digital Age
3x3x6 spans four rooms of the Palazzo delle Prigioni with an immersive, multidimensional installation. On view from May 11 - November 24, 2019.
Announcement
Shu Lea Cheang’s Installation 3x3x6 Will Represent Taiwan at the 2019 Venice Biennale
For Taiwan’s presentation, Cheang will create a new work inspired by the history of the exhibition venue, Palazzo delle Prigioni. On view from May 11 - November 24, featuring a public performance on May 11.