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In the year of the Milano–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Venice Carnival celebrates play and sport as universal forces of creativity, challenge,…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
PIAZZA SAN MARCO
Parisian musical Romanticism takes the stage at the Palazzetto Bru Zane for the spring festival, with seven concerts from 28 March to 28 April. The…
SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA
AUDITORIUM LO SQUERO
- FESTIVAL
Venice once again becomes a crossroads for international literature with the 19th edition of Incroci di civiltà, the International Literature Festival promoted by Ca’ Foscari…
UNIVERSITÀ CA’ FOSCARI
AUDITORIUM SANTA MARGHERITA – EMANUELE SEVERINO
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If across Italy April 25 marks the celebration of liberation from Fascism, in Venice the date coincides with the Feast of Saint Mark, the city’s…
BASILICA DI SAN MARCO
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
Following the premature passing of the designated curator Koyo Kouoh (10 May 2025), La Biennale di Venezia announced that the exhibition will be realised according…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
ARSENALE (BIENNALE)
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A traditional festival that is among Venice’s oldest and most identity-defining celebrations, the Sensa marks the Feast of the Ascension of Christ (Ascensione, in Venetian…
BACINO SAN MARCO
- SPORT
On a late spring morning, the Basin of San Marco fills with colors, reflections, and voices. This is not a regatta like the others: it…
BACINO SAN MARCO
CANAL GRANDE
The Venice Boat Show is one of the leading international fairs dedicated to boating, an event that each year brings the jewels of the sea…
ARSENALE NORD
- FESTIVAL
After successfully leading his first Festival, recalling the legendary 1975 Biennale of Ronconi with Theatre is Body – Body is Poetry, director Willem Dafoe presents…
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
TEATRO MALIBRAN
British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor (Stockport, 1970) returns as artistic director for 2026, continuing the path he began in 2020, which has brought the…
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
TEATRO MALIBRAN
The midsummer night, hot, humid, crowded, noisy, yet always beautiful, when all eyes are turned skyward to admire a long series of fireworks floating over…
CANALE DELLA GIUDECCA
BACINO SAN MARCO
Dedicated to fine craftsmanship and hands-on creativity, Homo Faber is a biennial exhibition curated by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, an international non-profit…
FONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI
Alberto Barbera will once again lead the Venice Film Festival this year. The world’s oldest film festival is preparing to celebrate the best of international…
LIDO DI VENEZIA
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Among the city’s most anticipated and evocative events, held every year on the first Sunday of September, the Historical Regatta is a ritual on the…
CANAL GRANDE
The Salone dell’Alto Artigianato Italiano (High-end Italian Craftsmanship Fair) is an event that celebrates the excellence of Italian craftsmanship in the heart of Venice, a…
ARSENALE NORD
- FESTIVAL
Second edition directed by Caterina Barbieri, after the 2025 debut with The Star Within, an edition that explored the world of cosmic music with a…
TEATRO ALLE TESE
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
The Venice Hospitality Challenge is an exclusive event that combines sport, luxury, history, and spectacle in one of the most iconic settings in the world.…
BACINO SAN MARCO
- SPORT
In Venice everything becomes a spectacle: the water, the light, the reflections, even the wind. It is no surprise, then, that one of the most…
BACINO SAN MARCO
- FEAST
Venice Fashion Week returns to Venice from October 19 to 24, 2026, showcasing the new protagonists of ethical and sustainable Made in Italy fashion. Now…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
- SPORT
It was 1986 when Salvatore Bettiol and Paola Moro etched their names in the history of the Venicemarathon by winning its very first edition, an…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
- FEAST
In Venice, the celebration of the Madonna della Salute has marked the city’s calendar for nearly four centuries. The festival commemorates the miracle that, according…
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE
Ultimi giorni
13 December 2025
22 February 2026
PALAZZO DIEDO
Palazzo Diedo hosts Eisfeld II by Olaf Nicolai, a spectacular ice installation set in the eighteenth-century ballroom. The hundred-square-meter rink, accompanied by an original soundtrack…
15 November 2025
1 March 2026
CA’ PESARO – GALLERIA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE MODERNA
The exhibition traces key phases in the work of Terry Atkinson, one of the foremost British artists of recent decades, recently acquired by the Tate…
11 October 2025
2 March 2026
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents a unique exhibition dedicated to Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), focusing on his extraordinary work in ceramics. Manu-Facture, curated by Sharon Hecker,…
27 September 2025
2 March 2026
PALAZZO CINI
First chapter of an extensive exhibition and cultural project that the Fondazione Giorgio Cini dedicates to the most famous Venetian of the eighteenth century, the…
17 October 2025
2 March 2026
FONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI
On the three-hundredth anniversary of Giacomo Casanova’s birth, the Fondazione Giorgio Cini dedicates to the celebrated Venetian an extensive exhibition and cultural project structured in…
21 February 2026
6 April 2026
LE STANZE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA
This exhibition brings together 29 large-format photographs with a focus on Italy’s architectural heritage and its centuries-long dialogue with the Mediterranean. Temples, cathedrals, palaces, libraries…
7 March 2026
8 June 2026
CA’ REZZONICO – MUSEO DEL SETTECENTO VENEZIANO
Opened in 1969, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon houses an exceptional collection, born from the passion of the Armenian-born, naturalized British entrepreneur and philanthropist…
21 February 2026
5 July 2026
LE STANZE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA
A constellation of more than 300 works invites visitors to rediscover Horst P. Horst, a master who transformed photography into an alphabet of light and…
6 March 2026
29 September 2026
PALAZZO DUCALE
Within the Appartamento del Doge at Palazzo Ducale, the exhibition explores water as a sacred element, a place of contact between the human and the…
6 May 2026
19 October 2026
GALLERIE DELL’ACCADEMIA
The Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice celebrate Marina Abramović’s 80th birthday with Transforming Energy, the first major exhibition ever dedicated to a female artist in the…
25 April 2026
19 October 2026
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
In spring 2026, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents the first and most comprehensive museum exhibition devoted to Peggy Guggenheim’s London experience and to her first…
29 March 2026
22 November 2026
PUNTA DELLA DOGANA
In 2026, Punta della Dogana dedicates a major exhibition to Lorna Simpson, offering for the first time in Europe a comprehensive overview of her painting…
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Set in the Chapter Hall of the Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista, one of Venice’s most historically significant spaces, La Dodicesima Maria is a project…
alle 11:00
SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA
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Classici Fuori Mostra 2026
Screening of the film directed by King Vidor and restored in 4K in 2024 by The Walt Disney Studios and The Film Foundation, in collaboration…
alle 19:00
MULTISALA ROSSINI
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Venice Carnival 2026
On Shrove Thursday in 1162, Doge Vitale Michiel II suppressed a revolt led by twelve feudal lords under the Patriarch Ulrico of Aquileia. From that…
alle 17:30
PIAZZA SAN MARCO
- FEAST
Burano celebrates Carnival with three days of festivities rooted in local tradition and community spirit. Piazza Galuppi and Via Galuppi become the main stages for…
ISOLA DI BURANO
- PARTY
Venice Carnival 2026
Gloria Beggiato, the unwearying host of the Metropole Hotel and creator of some of Venice’s most memorable parties, returns with a Carnival event crafted with…
alle 19:00
HOTEL METROPOLE
- PARTY
Venice Carnival @ Forte Marghera 2026
Dock 29 at Forte Marghera opens the weekend with a night dedicated to hard techno and its industrial and rave-inflected forms. Headliner Luca Agnelli, one…
alle 22:00
FORTE MARGHERA
- SHOW
Nearly three centuries after its first performance, Carlo Goldoni’s La locandiera remains one of the most celebrated and frequently staged masterpieces of the Italian repertoire.…
TEATRO GOLDONI
- CONCERT
YOUtheater 2025.26
Tribal percussion, analog electronics, dark and hypnotic layers — this and much more is what awaits audiences at Iggor Cavalera’s concert, on Friday, February 13…
alle 21:00
TEATRO DEL PARCO
- PARTY
Venice Carnival 2026
For the thirty-third consecutive year, the Il Ballo del Doge (Doge’s Ball) remains the most exclusive and anticipated event of the Venetian Carnival. The Scuola…
SCUOLA GRANDE DELLA MISERICORDIA
- CONCERT
Venice Carnival 2026
A Valentine’s Day concert at Palazzo Albrizzi Capello brings together music by Schumann, Debussy, Offenbach and Saint Saëns. Organized by Agimus Venezia with ACIT Venezia…
alle 16:00
PALAZZO ALBRIZZI CAPELLO
- PARTY
Venice Carnival @ Forte Marghera 2026
The second night at Dock 29 features MATER.IA with Ale De Tuglie, a Bari-based DJ and producer with a distinctive, cross-genre approach. His sets combine…
alle 22:00
FORTE MARGHERA
- CONCERT
Venice Carnival 2026 – Values in Music
Peter and the Wolf is a musical fairy tale rooted in the Russian tradition where animals, endowed with speech and intellect, interact with humans. Each…
alle 11:30
THE HOME OF THE HUMAN SAFETY NET
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Venice Carnival 2026
The Carnival of Traditions returns this year, curated by the National Union of Italian Pro Loco Associations (UNPLI), bringing to Piazza San Marco the grand…
alle 15:30
PIAZZA SAN MARCO
- WORKSHOP
Venice Carnival 2026
Inspired by play and the Olympic spirit, the Shrove Tuesday celebration at The Human Safety Net offers an interactive experience for participants of all ages.…
alle 15:00
THE HOME OF THE HUMAN SAFETY NET
- FEAST
Venice Carnival 2026
On Fat Tuesday, one of the most anticipated events of the Venice Carnival returns: the official presentation of the Maria of the Year and the…
alle 14:30
PIAZZA SAN MARCO
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CA’ PESARO – GALLERIA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE MODERNA
MANU-FACTURE: THE CERAMICS OF LUCIO FONTANA
11 October 2025
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PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
CASANOVA E VENEZIA
27 September 2025
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PALAZZO CINI
CASANOVA AND EUROPE. OPERA IN SEVERAL ACTS
17 October 2025
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FONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI
AHMET ERTUĞ. BEYOND THE VANISHING POINT
21 February 2026
6 April 2026
LE STANZE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA
I GUARDI DELLA COLLEZIONE GULBENKIAN
7 March 2026
8 June 2026
CA’ REZZONICO – MUSEO DEL SETTECENTO VENEZIANO
HORST P. HORST. THE GEOMETRY OF GRACE
21 February 2026
5 July 2026
LE STANZE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA
ETRUSCHI E VENETI. ACQUE, CULTI E SANTUARI
6 March 2026
29 September 2026
PALAZZO DUCALE
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ. TRANSFORMING ENERGY
6 May 2026
19 October 2026
GALLERIE DELL’ACCADEMIA
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IN LONDON. THE MAKING OF A COLLECTOR
25 April 2026
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PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
LORNA SIMPSON
29 March 2026
22 November 2026
PUNTA DELLA DOGANA
PAULO NAZARETH
29 March 2026
22 November 2026
PUNTA DELLA DOGANA
1948-1958 MURANO GLASS AND THE VENICE BIENNALE
19 April 2026
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LE STANZE DEL VETRO
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