Female artists are set to represent Austria, France, Ireland and the UK at the 58th edition of the exhibition

Works by Marcel Bascoulard and Urs Lüthi explore ideas around gender and identity

Noah Charney on works that we cannot see, but which remain as an influence to those who did see them

This is the view of a former Getty chief, who says the problems of the Serenissima are a paradigm for other historic cities

A string of exhibitions celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth will help to bring him back into favour

Salvatore Settis on the moral revival that could save Italy's sinking city, plus Tacita Dean on her three major London shows

New exhibition in Venice puts challenging work that risked offending “stuffy visitors” in context

Brooch and earrings removed during the day from a reinforced display case

The Italian government’s latest decision is in hock to the port’s own interests

Homo Faber's initiative, focussing on artisanal techniques, will take over the entire Fondazione Giorgio Cini next autumn 

Italian artist known for submerging a giant pair of hands in Venice’s Grand Canal plans to install the steel sculpture next year

Finished just in time for the Venice Biennale, this project has been 10 years in the making

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