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15 stories across Contemporary, Venice, Georg Baselitz, and Installation Art. Latest: Gallerie dell'Accademia Hosts Leiko Ikemura Exhibition for Venice Glass Week.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia will host the exhibition titled 'Leiko Ikemura: TransLucent - The Form of Light' from 10 September to 22 November during the ninth edition of The Venice Glass Week 2026.
On June 17, 2026, Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice opened Eroi d'Oro, an exhibition containing Georg Baselitz's final works. The artist died six days before the show opened at the age of 88.
June 2, 2026. Florentina Holzinger discussed her installation SEAWORLD at the Austrian Pavilion during an interview with Steven Pollock. The work centers on a deep tank containing a performer living in wastewater from visitors, with participants rotating in shifts of five to eight hours daily.
Almine Rech will host Francesco Vezzoli signing his publication Museums of Tears on June 17, 2026, starting at 5 pm.
June 11, 2026. Thaddaeus Ropac will stage a memorial exhibition of Georg Baselitz's mid-1960s 'hero' paintings later this year. The announcement follows the artist's death a week before the opening of his exhibition Eroi d’Oro on San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, which runs until September 27.
On June 10, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler reported that Albert Oehlen released the artist edition Badende in collaboration with Texte zur Kunst. The work appears in an edition of 100 plus 20 AP and 2 PP and shows a figure against a turquoise background.
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Fondazione Querini Stampalia presents a book launch on 20 June at 11:30am for the exhibition catalogue ‘Cosmotechnics: Ding Yi as a Planetary Code’.
May 28, 2026. A nude performer wearing a belt with a metallic sphere climbs a rope to a giant bell in the Austrian Pavilion as part of Giardini, striking the bell hourly to produce a resonant alarm after a period of gray noise and silence.
On May 29, 2026, Michael Craig-Martin collaborated with Gare St Lazare Ireland on the set design for the world premiere of Samuel Beckett's How It Is at Palazzo Diedo–Berggruen Arts & Culture in Venice. The site-specific installation runs June 7–21, 2026.
Art Basel published a series of destination guides on May 27, 2026, highlighting recommendations from chefs and artists for dining, drinking, and cultural spots in Basel, Paris, and Venice.
May 27, 2026, Art Basel reported that a cult designer has become the latest newcomer to establish an arts foundation in Venice. The foundation launch highlights the challenges of working with centuries-old buildings that have their own structural opinions.
The Pinault Collection has introduced membership cards that provide unlimited and priority access to the Bourse de Commerce in Paris as well as Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice.
Joseph Kosuth exhibition titled The-exchange-value-of-language-has-fallen-to-zero opens on March 28, 2026 at Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice.
Lisson Gallery announced that Otobong Nkanga has been invited to participate in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by curator Koyo Kouoh. Nkanga’s multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, installation, performance, photography, textiles and sculpture.
Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, Italy presents an exhibition from May 4, 2026 to September 13, 2026.
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