Adrian Ghenie at Venice’s Palazzo Cini declares painting as a vital forceGhenie combines the historical gravitas of Gerhard Richter and Luc Tuymans with the painterly flair of Peter DoigVenice Biennale 2019 — young artists, stark contrasts and visual dramaThe international art event lays bare sociopolitical faultlines like no otherThe top five national pavilions at the Venice BiennaleFrom Russia to the Philippines, here are the highlights of this year’s eventGeorg Baselitz in Venice — a show that deepens our understanding of the artistWorks on display at the Gallerie dell’Accademia celebrate the way tradition can become inspirationThe weird conceptual universe of the artist Laure ProuvostAhead of representing France at the Venice Biennale, the Turner Prize-winner talks about creating her semifictional worldA step forward for Venice’s Accademia Gallery — with its first living artistClaudio Beorchia takes up residence under the eyes of Giorgione and TitianMore from this SeriesEdmund de Waal: ‘I never stray far from white’The ceramicist and writer talks about exile, belonging — and his longtime ‘obsession’ with porcelainThe ecstatic nihilism of the painter Alberto BurriA major retrospective at Venice’s Cini Foundation reveals a fresh, masterful, never-flagging BurriArtist Eva Rothschild: ‘The work is doing the thing that language can’t’Ahead of representing Ireland in Venice, she talks about sculpture, nationality and the serious business of making artThe difficult business of archiving a BiennaleOrganisers and partipicants at the Venice Biennale are finding new ways to document the event for future generationsPakistan, Madagascar and the other first-timers at the Venice BiennaleFrom an immersive installation to a socio-historical voyage, here’s what the new arrivals are bringing to La SerenissimaHow the curators of Venice’s UAE pavilion are reorientating the pastSam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath talk about reframing history — and why they don’t talk about ‘Arab art’Ghana arrives at the Venice Biennale, bringing new narratives with itWith the country’s first appearance at the event, curator Nana Oforiatta Ayim is testing out what a national African pavilion can bePerformance art comes to the Venice BiennaleIn the spaces between the Arsenale and Giardini, a new programme of live works is coming to the city
Adrian Ghenie at Venice’s Palazzo Cini declares painting as a vital forceGhenie combines the historical gravitas of Gerhard Richter and Luc Tuymans with the painterly flair of Peter DoigVenice Biennale 2019 — young artists, stark contrasts and visual dramaThe international art event lays bare sociopolitical faultlines like no otherThe top five national pavilions at the Venice BiennaleFrom Russia to the Philippines, here are the highlights of this year’s eventGeorg Baselitz in Venice — a show that deepens our understanding of the artistWorks on display at the Gallerie dell’Accademia celebrate the way tradition can become inspirationThe weird conceptual universe of the artist Laure ProuvostAhead of representing France at the Venice Biennale, the Turner Prize-winner talks about creating her semifictional worldA step forward for Venice’s Accademia Gallery — with its first living artistClaudio Beorchia takes up residence under the eyes of Giorgione and TitianMore from this SeriesEdmund de Waal: ‘I never stray far from white’The ceramicist and writer talks about exile, belonging — and his longtime ‘obsession’ with porcelainThe ecstatic nihilism of the painter Alberto BurriA major retrospective at Venice’s Cini Foundation reveals a fresh, masterful, never-flagging BurriArtist Eva Rothschild: ‘The work is doing the thing that language can’t’Ahead of representing Ireland in Venice, she talks about sculpture, nationality and the serious business of making artThe difficult business of archiving a BiennaleOrganisers and partipicants at the Venice Biennale are finding new ways to document the event for future generationsPakistan, Madagascar and the other first-timers at the Venice BiennaleFrom an immersive installation to a socio-historical voyage, here’s what the new arrivals are bringing to La SerenissimaHow the curators of Venice’s UAE pavilion are reorientating the pastSam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath talk about reframing history — and why they don’t talk about ‘Arab art’Ghana arrives at the Venice Biennale, bringing new narratives with itWith the country’s first appearance at the event, curator Nana Oforiatta Ayim is testing out what a national African pavilion can bePerformance art comes to the Venice BiennaleIn the spaces between the Arsenale and Giardini, a new programme of live works is coming to the city
