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Artist Anna Jermolaewa presents a multi-sensory performance installation at the Austrian Pavilion during the Venice Biennale.
La Biennale di Venezia has confirmed it will realize the 61st International Art Exhibition, titled 'In Minor Keys,' following the death of Artistic Director Koyo Kouoh in May 2025.
Art Basel has unveiled a series of off-site exhibitions across Venice featuring contemporary artists in historic and industrial venues. The programming runs concurrently with the Venice Biennale and includes site-specific installations in grand houses and former industrial sites.
Georg Baselitz, the German artist renowned for his 'upside-down' paintings and leadership in the Neo-Expressionist movement, died on May 30 at the age of 88. His final series of paintings, titled Eroi d’Oro, is scheduled to debut at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice on June 6.
Artist Michael Craig-Martin has designed a site-specific set for the world premiere of Samuel Beckett’s 'How It Is' at Palazzo Diedo–Berggruen Arts & Culture in Venice.
Art Basel has released a series of destination guides featuring recommendations from artists, chefs, and industry experts for the cities of Basel, Paris, and Venice.
Designer Rick Owens and collaborator Michèle Lamy have launched an arts foundation located in a historic property in Venice. The initiative involves the restoration of a centuries-old building to serve as a permanent space for artistic projects and exhibitions.
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo has inaugurated its third permanent venue on the Island of San Giacomo in Venice. The opening exhibition, titled 'Don’t have hope, be hope!', features works from the foundation's collection and is named after a 2024 painting by Walter Price.
Artist and choreographer Florentina Holzinger will represent Austria at the Venice Biennale with a site-specific performance involving a crane-mounted barge in the Venetian lagoon.
Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi has opened his first solo exhibition in Venice at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, titled 'Cosmotechnics.' The presentation features new and historic works from the 1980s to the present, including stone steles installed in the Carlo Scarpa-designed garden.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice will host 'Leiko Ikemura: TransLucent - The Form of Light' from September 10 to November 22, 2026, as part of the ninth edition of Venice Glass Week.
Thaddaeus Ropac has inaugurated "Eroi d’Oro" (Heroes of Gold) at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, featuring the final paintings completed by Georg Baselitz before his death in April at age 88.
Thaddaeus Ropac will host 'Eroi d’Oro,' an exhibition of late-career paintings by Georg Baselitz, in Venice. The works represent a final phase of production for the artist, featuring compositions created while using a wheelchair that incorporate tire tracks into the canvas.
Choreographer Florentina Holzinger has opened her exhibition and performance series, titled "Seaworld Venice," at the Austrian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. The production features a massive crane, live noise-metal music, and performers engaged in high-risk aerial maneuvers over the lagoon.
British artist Alvaro Barrington has installed a decorated haulage truck titled 'Labor Day Parade ’91' (2026) in the Giardini for the 61st Venice Biennale.
The exhibition 'Golden Heroes' featuring the final paintings of German artist Georg Baselitz opens at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice following the artist's death at age 88.
Artist Emilia Kabakov has opened a site-specific exhibition at the 16th-century Ca’ Tron palace in Venice, home to the Iuav University of Venice.
Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm will present a solo exhibition titled 'Dreamers' at the Museo Fortuny in Venice from May 6 to November 22. The exhibition marks the first time the artist's 'pillowy' sculptural works will be shown in Italy.
The exhibition "David Salle: Painting in the Present Tense" will run at the Palazzo Cini from May 6 through September 27. The presentation features new works created using a custom AI model trained on the artist's "Tapestry Paintings" series from the early 1990s.
Thaddaeus Ropac gallery has announced an exhibition at the Santa Croce complex featuring new works in stone, wood, and glass. The presentation includes large-scale glass sculptures produced in collaboration with the Venice-based Berengo Studio.
The Pinault Collection has launched a unified membership program providing unlimited priority access to the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, as well as Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice.
Berggruen Arts & Culture and the Berggruen Institute Europe will host a major exhibition of conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth in Venice from March 29 to November 22, 2026.
Artist Otobong Nkanga has been invited to participate in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The selection was made by curator Koyo Kouoh for the upcoming edition of the global exhibition.
Perrotin has announced a series of major institutional exhibitions scheduled for 2026 in Italy, Belgium, Mexico, and South Korea. The program begins in April 2026 with openings at Museum SAN in Gangwon-do, the Fondation Boghossian in Brussels, and MARCO in Monterrey.
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