Art World VIP Guide to Venice Archives

Mayday, May Day! Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026

5 May 2026 • Camille Moreno

A critical dispatch from Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026, exploring the tension between commerce, politics and artistic dissent —

FAD’s Art World VIP’s Guide to Venice with Director of Art Cologne Daniel Hug

10 May 2017 • Mark Westall

Daniel Hug has been Director of Art Cologne since 2008.

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FAD’s Art World VIP’s Guide to Venice with curator, art historian, and writer Chus Martinez,

9 May 2017 • Mark Westall

Chus Martínez is currently the director of the Art Institute at the FHNW Basel, , and was named the curator for KölnSkulptur #9

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FAD’s Art World VIP’s Guide to Venice with Senior Director at Hauser & Wirth Neil Wenman

9 May 2017 • Mark Westall

Dr Neil Wenman is Senior Director at Hauser & Wirth, an international gallery with spaces in Zurich, London, New York, Los Angeles, Somerset and Gstaad.

FAD’s Art World VIP’s Guide to Venice with Founding Director, Photo London Michael Benson

8 May 2017 • Mark Westall

Michael Benson is co- founder of Photo London and Candlestar with Fariba Farshad. Director of Prix Pictet, the international photography prize founded by Pictet Group in 2008, for which he has curated over 50 exhibitions worldwide.

FAD’s Art World VIP’s Guide to Venice with Director of the Rijksmuseum Taco Dibbits

7 May 2017 • Mark Westall

Taco Dibbits has been the Rijksmuseum’s Director of Collections since 2008.

FAD’s Art World VIP’s Guide to Venice with Global Art Manager Saskia Neuman

5 May 2017 • Mark Westall

Saskia is the Global Art Manager at Absolut and Director of the Absolut Art Award

FAD’s Art World VIP’s Guide to Venice with gallerist Alex Logsdail.

4 May 2017 • Mark Westall

After the success of our last VIP guide to the Venice Biennale we have decided to do it again but of course with different people up first we have the dashing Alex Logsdail International Director of Lisson Gallery