Venice

A quick Italian job

An upcoming exhibition explores the brief but intense creative spark that lay the foundations for Italian art of the 1960s

Wolfgang Tillmans at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Journeys into space

Wolfgang Tillmans’s Venice work explores architectural details, grand and humble, from 37 countries

Venice Architecture Biennale: Architecture as a living organism

Rem Koolhaas’s Biennale reflects his discipline not just as a technical process but as the embodiment of human experience across the ages.

Stingel prettifies Pinault’s Venice palazzo

The Italian artist has selected his own works to fill the entire space

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LA director Michael Govan to rehang Pinault’s art

Venice exhibition will draw on works from Pinault's vast collection

Pinault to open new space next to Palazzo Grassi

His third Venetian building will house films, debates and performances

Roll-over rate at Pinault's Venice exhibition spaces is too slow for many

Exhibitions at the Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi rotate after two years

François Pinault poaches leading Paris fair director

Martin Bethenod to head collector’s Venice venues as disquiet grows over stalled exhibition programme

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Muslim woman questioned for wearing veil in Venetian Museum

Incident sparks national debate about security; government and city take opposing stance

Pinault commits $110m to new museum

Japanese architect Tadao Ando will visit the site this month

Pinault trounces Guggenheim in battle to control Customs House

The French billionaire has been awarded a 30-year lease on the historic site

Pinault refuses to collaborate with Guggenheim in Venice

City authorities insist on joint lease for the Customs House

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What should be done for New Orleans and Venice?

A tale of two cities and rising sea levels

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François Pinault to buy Palazzo Grassi

Sale to Guido Angelo Terruzzi has been abandoned

The Accademia to create a new gallery for Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man

The expansion and renovation project will enable it to put its drawings on permanent display

Tate Britain explores Turner's time in Venice

An exhibition highlighting Turner's change of style after his travels

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Fiat ends sponsorship of exhibitions at Palazzo Grassi

After 17 years and 15 shows, the Italian car manufacturer has withdrawn funding from major kunsthalle in Venice

John Ward's new exhibition at the Fine Art Society

The works included depict Venice's Café Florian

Deal struck with the Banca del Gottardo will put Guggenheim's vision for Venice satellite into motion

The money will be divided between improvements to the original Peggy Guggenheim Collection and a feasibility study for the Foundation’s expansion

Beuys born again in Venice with new show

Piazza San Marco hosts the first Italian exhibition dedicated to the artist since his death

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How to save the stones of Venice?

The sculpture that adorns the churches and palaces of Venice is being damaged beyond retrieval by pollution and vandalism

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Venice condemned by politics

Lagoon barriers rejected by the Green minister of the environment

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Italian environment minister expected to reject Venice flood barriers

The report of the national commission on the project is due 21 October

Sargent’s summer holidays warm up NYC in new show on his travels abroad

The Adelson Galleries explores Sargent's sketches and watercolours from his many journeys

Aulenti-Foscari partnership wins competition to rebuild Venice's Teatro La Fenice

At a projected $50.7 million, theirs was not the cheapest plan proposed, but the fastest and technically the best