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The call is open to 6 young artists for the development of works involving multiple forms of expression
From June to September, over 60 free screenings across Venice, the islands and mainland. Movies under the stars, in the campi, parks and on the beach.
With In Minor Keys, an exceptional edition from several perspectives, La Biennale confirms its role as a mirror of the world.
9 May 2026
22 November 2026
Following the untimely passing of appointed curator Koyo Kouoh on May 10, 2025, La Biennale di Venezia announced that the exhibition would be realised according…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
ARSENALE (BIENNALE)
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
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…
19 April 2026
22 November 2026
LE STANZE DEL VETRO
The third chapter of the project dedicated to the presence of Murano glass at the Venice Biennale focuses on the years 1948–1958, a decade in…
6 May 2026
22 November 2026
COMPLESSO DELL’OSPEDALETTO
Curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi, Canicula brings the “Trilogy of Uncertainties” to a close: the long-term journey conceived by Fondazione In Between Art…
6 May 2026
22 November 2026
MUSEO DI PALAZZO GRIMANI
Produced by Gagosian and presented by the National Archaeological Museums of Venice and the Lagoon, Amoako Boafo’s first solo exhibition in Italy forms part of…
30 April 2026
22 November 2026
MUSEO CORRER
With Spiral Economy, Julian Charrière transforms the historic Canova Galleries of Museo Correr into a field of inquiry into the time of matter. The Franco-Swiss…
- CONCERT, OPENING
Nicelli Airport celebrates a century of aviation in Venice
Venice’s Nicelli Airport on the Lido celebrates its centenary with a special evening dedicated to the history and future of the airport, inaugurated in 1926…
Friday
14 August 2026
alle 17:30
NICELLI AIRPORT
- SPECIAL OPENING
When the sun goes down, the museums become the perfect place to visit. The Fondazione Musei Civici is opening the doors of all its museums…
Friday
14 August 2026
MUSEO DI STORIA NATURALE GIANCARLO LIGABUE
PALAZZO MOCENIGO
- SCREENING
Cinemoving 2026 – Premio Lux
Sisters Nora and Agnes are reunited with their father Gustav, a charismatic and once-renowned film director. Gustav is working on a new movie that he…
Saturday
15 August 2026
alle 21:00
CAMPO SAN POLO
- CONCERT, FEAST
On 15 August the island of Torcello celebrates its most important day of the year with the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven,…
Saturday
15 August 2026
alle 16:00
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA DELL’ASSUNTA
- CONCERT, FEAST, GUIDED TOUR
Since the sixteenth century, the Scuola Grande has held a special place in its heart for the feast of its patron saint. During the Venetian…
Sunday
16 August 2026
alle 11:00
CHIESA DI SAN ROCCO
SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN ROCCO
NEWS
The call is open to 6 young artists for the development of works involving multiple forms of expression
From June to September, over 60 free screenings across Venice, the islands and mainland. Movies under the stars, in the campi, parks and on the beach.
With In Minor Keys, an exceptional edition from several perspectives, La Biennale confirms its role as a mirror of the world.
TOP EXHIBITIONS
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
SPIRAL ECONOMY. CHARRIÈRE AND CANOVA
30 April 2026
22 November 2026
MUSEO CORRER
JENNY SAVILLE
28 March 2026
22 November 2026
CA’ PESARO – GALLERIA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE MODERNA
ERWIN WURM.DREAMERS
6 May 2026
22 November 2026
PALAZZO FORTUNY
JOSEPH KOSUTH
28 March 2026
22 November 2026
CASA DEI TRE OCI
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15 August 2026
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NICELLI AIRPORT
4 September 2026
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5 September 2026
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Wayne McGregor returns to the direction of Biennale Danza with an edition inspired by the concept of time in physics
IN MINOR KEYS - 61. BIENNALE ARTE
A special feature guiding us through the Central Pavilion (Giardini) and the Corderie (Arsenale) in search of the "minor keys"
GLASSTRESS
From 22 July, over 50 artists and designers across Ca' Tron and Murano explore the tensions and expressive possibilities of glass
FEAST OF THE REDEEMER
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NOT ONLY BIENNALE
Beyond the Biennale, Venice welcomes the absolute elite of the contemporary art world
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