Venice on Foot: A Guide to Exploring the City’s Charming Streets and Bridges
6 September 2024 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Venice, a city of immense charm and historic allure, is best explored on foot. With its winding canals, stunning architecture,… Read More
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The Top 5 Collateral Exhibitions to see in Venice
30 April 2022 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see in wider Venice to supplement his top 5 pavilions at the Venice Biennale… Read More
Interview: Wallace Chan – Totem in Venice
28 April 2022 • Tabish Khan
Monumental art by way of jewellery and living as a monk.
The Top 5 Pavilions and Exhibitions to see at the Venice Biennale
24 April 2022 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see at the Venice Biennale – each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you
Anish Kapoor opens exhibition at Gallerie dell’Accademia & Palazzo Manfrin in Venice
21 April 2022 • Mark Westall
Anish Kapoor is the first British artist to be honoured with a major exhibition at the Gallerie dell’Accademia and Palazzo Manfrin in Venice during the 59th Venice Biennale
Hermann Nitsch’s final exhibition 20th Painting Action now on view during the 59th Venice Biennale
20 April 2022 • Mark Westall
20th Painting Action is Hermann Nitsch’s (b.1938, d. 2022, Vienna) final major exhibition presented by Helmut Essl’s private collection in collaboration with Galerie Kandlhofer,.
Chun Kwang Young in dialogue with Stefano Boeri at the Venice Biennale
19 April 2022 • Irene Machetti
Korean artist Chun Kwang Young comes to Venice with a solo show at Palazzo Contarini Polignac. Times Reimagined, an Official Collateral… Read More
South Korean artist Oh Myung Hee unveils ‘The Days were Snowy but Warm’, at this year’s Personal Structures exhibition in Palazzo Mora, Venice.
6 April 2022 • Mark Westall
Following the Korean War, the country was impoverished and starving. Yet to the women of Korea, the end of the… Read More
Art as salvation — a conversation with Riccardo Antonio Leone
23 December 2021 • Irene Machetti
I met with Riccardo Antonio Leone to get to the heart of his art, an intense creative process which brought salvation to the artist.
A plus A launches ‘Whatever it Takes’, a barter art-market where money is banned
23 September 2020 • Irene Machetti
The School for Curatorial Studies Venice is back with the project ‘Whatever it takes’ — a three-day barter market. Visitors will be able to secure the exhibited artworks at one condition: no money is allowed.
10 Questions from Isolation… with Tereza Cervenova
19 June 2020 • Irene Machetti
Today we hear from Tereza Cervenova, Slovakia-born photographer, now living and working in London (UK). She received her BA in Photography from Middlesex University in 2014 and her MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art, London in 2018.
10 Questions from Isolation… with Alma Zevi
29 May 2020 • Irene Machetti
This week’s guest is Alma Zevi, founder and director of the eponymous gallery based in the heart of Venice – ALMA ZEVI.
Liv Schulman ‘An international subconscious awareness of capitalism’
6 March 2020 • Irene Machetti
‘An international subconscious awareness of capitalism’ is the first solo-show of Argentinian artist Liv Schulman at the Venetian gallery A plus A .
Taking the Piss: Venice Art Projects extends its run of Public Toilet, solo show by Sang Woo Kim
25 November 2019 • Ksenya Blokhina
Venice Art Projects exhibition Public Toilet, a clever little site specific installation that has borrowed on Duchamp’s idea of readymades, calling into question the role of the artist, and of authorship.
Interview with Jeschkelanger & Hayk Seirig for Empty_Glass 05— a work of art for A Plus A gallery co-created by the artistic duo, the chef, and the public
11 September 2019 • Irene Machetti
The artistic duo Jeschkelanger collaborated with chef Hayk Seirig to present Empty_Glass 05. This immersive and overwhelming symposium resulted in an artwork exhibited at A Plus A gallery in Venice for the exhibition Anecdotes on Origin.
NOVEL presents a new mode of storytelling at A Plus A in Venice
31 July 2019 • Irene Machetti
A plus A gallery in Venice presents the show Exercises in Style. Curated by NOVEL, it includes works by Helen Cammock, Keren Cytter, Anthony D Green, Loretta Fahrenholz, RB. Kitay, Ghislaine Leung, Bob van der Wal. On until 5th August.
HATUFIM: Alain Baczynsky’s empathic identities at ALMA ZEVI
29 March 2019 • Irene Machetti
ALMA ZEVI gallery in Venice presents Alain Baczynsky new exhibition HATUFIM a project Baczynsky has been working on for six years.
Catalonia through 6000 fresnel lenses: RCR Arquitectes present Dream and Nature in Venice
25 May 2018 • Mark Westall
Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta are the three architects behind RCR and are all set to unveil a highly sensory experience at the Catalonian pavilion in Venice:
Deep Fried Thoughts: Roberto Cuoghi “PERLA POLLINA (1996-2016)” at Madre Museum, Naples
14 July 2017 • Staff
“PERLA POLLINA” is a “mid-career retrospective” for Roberto Cuoghi, One third of Italy’s team for the 57th Venice Biennale at Madre Museum, Naples.
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.
Venice Agendas 2017: The Contract
27 April 2017 • Ben Austin
Venice Agendas 2017: The Contract. A programme of events in London, Venice, Margate and Folkestone.
REVIEW: 56th Venice Biennale – more of a glum trudge than an exhilarating adventure
10 May 2015 • Staff
There’s an awful lot of fretting about the state of the world in the Biennale’s 88 national pavilions, but little power, wit or bravado
It’s Time to Make Dinner Plans for Venice: Nick Hough of Christie’s Kicks Off Our VIP’s Guide
23 April 2015 • Mark Westall
In which we ask the art world’s VIPs for their Venice recommendations so that you can follow in their footsteps during the Biennale (or just grab a sandwich at the same place…).
First up, The Auctioneer: Nick Hough, Chief Operating Officer EMERI of Christie’s.
The Good and The Bad of the Venice Biennale
24 November 2013 • Tabish Khan
I was lucky enough to visit in the closing month of November. Just before it closes, I’ve summarised the highlights and lowlights of this year’s Biennale.