NEWS
Exceptional in many respects, this edition once again confirms the Biennale as a mirror of the world.
Venice is ready to welcome In Minor Keys, the vision of curator Koyo Kouoh, who passed away prematurely
9 May 2026
22 November 2026
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)
- FEAST
Sunday
17 May 2026
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
Sunday
24 May 2026
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
27 May 2026
31 May 2026
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
7 June 2026
21 June 2026
Following the success of his first edition as director – with Theatre is Body – Body is Poetry, an homage to Ronconi’s legendary 1975 Biennale…
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
TEATRO MALIBRAN
- FESTIVAL
20 June 2026
21 June 2026
Art Night is back to transform Venice’s night into one long, wonderful excuse for art – and this year it does so with a special…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
17 July 2026
1 August 2026
Following the success of the 2025 edition, Myth Makers/Creatori di miti – a journey through the generative power of art – Wayne McGregor returns to…
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
TEATRO MALIBRAN
18 July 2026
19 July 2026
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
1 September 2026
30 September 2026
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
2 September 2026
12 September 2026
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
- FEAST
Sunday
6 September 2026
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
- FESTIVAL
12 September 2026
20 September 2026
Founded in 2017 to celebrate and promote the art of glass, The Venice Glass Week is the international festival dedicated to a craft that has…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
1 October 2026
4 October 2026
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
9 October 2026
18 October 2026
The Venice Design Week, the city-wide festival launched in 2010 by the Associazione Culturale Arte e Design, returns to Venice from 9 to 18 October…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
10 October 2026
24 October 2026
Second edition directed by Caterina Barbieri, following the 2025 debut with The Inner Star, an edition that explored the world of cosmic music with a…
TEATRO ALLE TESE
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
Saturday
17 October 2026
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
Sunday
18 October 2026
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
19 October 2026
24 October 2026
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
Sunday
25 October 2026
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
Saturday
21 November 2026
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
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…
9 May 2026
28 June 2026
CA’ TRON – UNIVERSITÀ IUAV DI VENEZIA
Conceived by Ilya Kabakov and Emilia Kabakova, and now developed solely by Emilia Kabakova three years after her husband’s passing, Venetian Diary will occupy the…
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…
17 April 2026
31 July 2026
ARCHIVIO DI STATO
The Archivio di Stato di Venezia re-opens its doors as an exhibition venue with ARCHIVIO by Dayanita Singh, curated by Andrea Anastasio. The project weaves…
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
30 September 2026
CA’ FACCANON
A central figure in the Korean avantgarde, Shim Moon Seup has been redefining sculptural language since the late 1960s, developing the radical concept of “anti-sculpture,”…
25 April 2026
4 October 2026
PALAZZO PISANI MORETTA
The exhibition title, inspired by activist and singer-songwriter Phil Ochs, presents beauty as a force capable of generating intensity, provocation, and transformation. Curated by Dries…
28 March 2026
11 October 2026
OCEAN SPACE
Tide of Returns inaugurates Ocean Space’s 2026 season with new works by the Repatriates Collective, composed of artists from Northern Australia’s Pacific region, Southern and…
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…
29 March 2026
22 November 2026
PUNTA DELLA DOGANA
On the upper floor of Punta della Dogana, Brazilian artist Paulo Nazareth invites visitors to follow him on his journeys. For over fifteen years he…
- CONCERT
Echi d’Organo in Cantoria 2026
On Sunday, May 10, 2026, at 4:30 PM, organist Stefano Rattini will conclude the “Echoes of Organ in the Cantoria” series with the concert “The…
Sunday
10 May 2026
alle 16:30
CHIESA DI SAN SALVADOR
- CONCERT
Jazz& 2026
The “Lo Squero” Auditorium of the Cini Foundation in Venice is getting ready to welcome one of the most visionary and technically astonishing artists on…
Saturday
16 May 2026
alle 18:00
AUDITORIUM LO SQUERO
NEWS
Exceptional in many respects, this edition once again confirms the Biennale as a mirror of the world.
Venice is ready to welcome In Minor Keys, the vision of curator Koyo Kouoh, who passed away prematurely
TOP EXHIBITIONS
I GUARDI DELLA COLLEZIONE GULBENKIAN
7 March 2026
8 June 2026
CA’ REZZONICO – MUSEO DEL SETTECENTO VENEZIANO
EMILIA KABAKOV. VENETIAN DIARY
9 May 2026
28 June 2026
CA’ TRON – UNIVERSITÀ IUAV DI VENEZIA
HORST P. HORST. THE GEOMETRY OF GRACE
21 February 2026
5 July 2026
LE STANZE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA
DAYANITA SINGH. ARCHIVIO
17 April 2026
31 July 2026
ARCHIVIO DI STATO
ETRUSCHI E VENETI. ACQUE, CULTI E SANTUARI
6 March 2026
29 September 2026
PALAZZO DUCALE
SHIM MOON SEUP. HARNESSED FROM NATURE
6 May 2026
30 September 2026
CA’ FACCANON
THE ONLY TRUE PROTEST IS BEAUTY
25 April 2026
4 October 2026
PALAZZO PISANI MORETTA
TIDE OF RETURNS
28 March 2026
11 October 2026
OCEAN SPACE
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
19 October 2026
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
LORNA SIMPSON. THIRD PERSON
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
22 November 2026
LE STANZE DEL VETRO
CANICULA
6 May 2026
22 November 2026
COMPLESSO DELL’OSPEDALETTO
AMOAKO BOAFO
6 May 2026
22 November 2026
MUSEO DI PALAZZO GRIMANI
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