Venice Biennale

India and Pakistan’s historic Biennale collaboration

The historically-conflicting nations come together for the first time in this highly-anticipated exhibition

'I don't like to say I'm representing America'—performance artist Joan Jonas takes on the US pavilion

She talks to The Art Newspaper about the natural world, working with children, the relationship between cooking and art, and why standing for a nation is always problematic

Sweet smell of success for Sarah Lucas at the British Pavilion

Custard and cream coloured sculptures retain some humour and bawdiness, but works by the former Young British Artist are more poignant than provocative

Hi, Biennale Crowd: did you know Venice is dying for these six reasons?

What you can do despite too many cruise ships, rising sea level and with no one in charge

Marcello Coronini: my top four Venice eateries

The Italian food critic hails Venice’s culinary tradition and picks his favourites from the wealth of restaurants hidden throughout its sestieri

Venice for old hands

Think you know La Serenissima? These hidden gems will take you off the beaten path and away from the Biennale crowds

Reacting to the present

From 19th-century nationalist preoccupations to 21st-century outsiders, the Venice Biennale has always reflected the here and now—and this year is no exception

Sarah Lucas on a British pavilion show that will be 'hard-core crème Anglaise'

The YBA promises a bawdy mix of high and low culture, loo-paper meets bronze, in a show that is "classic Sarah Lucas" yet “very Casanova”

The Venice Biennale's Landmarks and Flashpoints

Political and cultural intrigue has flourished in the 120 years since the festival was founded

A beginner's guide to the Venice Biennale

From transport to trainers, our practical tips will prove invaluable for first-time Venice visitors

Okwui Enwezor, this year's Venice director, on making sense of 'a global landscape that again lies shattered and in disarray'

The Nigerian curator's exhibtions in the Giardini and Arsenale promise to be the most topical Venice show of recent years

The pick of the 2015 Biennale — by 15 top art-world insiders

Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Franklin Sirmans, Michael Elmgreen, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and others on the artists, exhibitions and events to put on your to-do list

Why La Serenissima is painting’s spiritual home

These five masterpieces, still in the Venetian spaces they originally filled, mark a watershed in Western painting

Art hewn from horror and despair

Matching the main exhibition’s political outlook, a host of pavilions across Venice are addressing their countries’ troubled past and present

Culture clash: how Venice battled to keep the Modernists out

The Biennale is celebrated for a collision of the contemporary and the historical, but newer architecture remains hidden behind the city’s venerable walls