THIS WEEK
FESTIVAL BRU ZANE 2026 – LOUISE FARRENC, A CHILD OF THE CENTURY
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 program of the second part…
SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA
AUDITORIUM LO SQUERO
PALAZZETTO BRU ZANE
- FESTIVAL
19. INCROCI DI CIVILTÀ
Venice once again becomes a point of convergence for international literature with the 19th edition of Incroci di civiltà, the International Festival of Literature promoted by Ca’ Foscari University of…
PALAZZO FLANGINI
CA’ BOTTACIN
PALAZZO BARBARIGO DELLA TERRAZZA
TEATRINO DI PALAZZO GRASSI
AUDITORIUM SANTA MARGHERITA – EMANUELE SEVERINO
- FEAST
FESTA DI SAN MARCO 2026
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 patron saint, an occasion that…
BASILICA DI SAN MARCO
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
BIENNALE ARTE 2026 – IN MINOR KEYS
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 to the project she had…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
ARSENALE (BIENNALE)
GIARDINI DELLA BIENNALE
- FEAST
FESTA DELLA SENSA 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 dialect “Sensa”) and commemorates the…
BACINO SAN MARCO
- SPORT
VOGALONGA 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 is the Vogalonga, a celebration…
BACINO SAN MARCO
CANAL GRANDE
- FAIR
THE VENICE BOAT SHOW 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 into the lagoon and showcases…
ARSENALE NORD
- FESTIVAL
BIENNALE TEATRO 2026 – ALTER NATIVE
Following the success of his first edition as director – with Theatre is Body – Body is Poetry, an homage to Ronconi’s legendary 1975 Biennale – Willem Dafoe returns to…
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
TEATRO MALIBRAN
ARSENALE (BIENNALE)
TEATRO GOLDONI
- FESTIVAL
BIENNALE DANZA 2026 – TIME DOES NOT EXIST
Following the success of the 2025 edition, Myth Makers/Creatori di miti – a journey through the generative power of art – Wayne McGregor returns to direct the Biennale Danza for…
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
TEATRO MALIBRAN
ARSENALE (BIENNALE)
- FEAST
FEAST OF THE REDEEMER 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 Venice, is a fixed appointment…
CANALE DELLA GIUDECCA
BACINO SAN MARCO
HOMO FABER 2026- AN ISLAND OF LIGHT
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 organization committed to promoting the…
FONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI
MOSTRA DEL CINEMA 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 cinema, offering an extraordinary variety…
LIDO DI VENEZIA
- FEAST
REGATA STORICA 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 water that brings together sport,…
CANAL GRANDE
- FESTIVAL
THE VENICE GLASS WEEK 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 shaped Venice’s cultural and economic…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
- FAIR
4. HIGH-END ITALIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP FAIR
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 city that embodies ancient trades…
ARSENALE NORD
- FESTIVAL
THE VENICE DESIGN WEEK 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 2026, transforming the city into…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
- FESTIVAL
BIENNALE MUSICA 2026 – A CHILD OF SOUND
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 rich line-up including renowned artists…
TEATRO ALLE TESE
TEATRO PICCOLO ARSENALE
ARSENALE (BIENNALE)
CA’ GIUSTINIAN
- SPORT
VENICE HOSPITALITY CHALLENGE 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. Born with the aim of…
BACINO SAN MARCO
- SPORT
VELEZIANA 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 fascinating regattas in the Italian…
BACINO SAN MARCO
- FEAST
VENICE FASHION WEEK 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 in its thirteenth edition, the…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
- SPORT
VENICEMARATHON 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 event that from the start…
VENEZIA – AROUND TOWN
- FEAST
FESTA DELLA SALUTE 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 to tradition, saved Venice from…
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE
Ultimi giorni
CHIARA CECCONELLO, NADEZDA GOLYSHEVA. PIÙ DI OGNI CORPO
11 February 2026
19 April 2026
PANORAMA VENEZIA
Ultimi giorni
TEXTURE. CARLO MATTIOLI
13 February 2026
26 April 2026
NEGOZIO OLIVETTI
Ultimi giorni
CARLO SCARPA. TRE PROGETTI VENEZIANI 1942–1951
13 March 2026
30 April 2026
L’ERA GALLERY
IRINA ZATULOVSKAYA. PRIMAVERA SACRA
2 April 2026
4 May 2026
GALLERIA 200 C GIUDECCA
FEDERICA DI PIETRANTONIO. SUNBURN
11 April 2026
30 May 2026
CIRCUIT
TINTORETTO RACCONTA LA GENESI
11 February 2026
7 June 2026
GALLERIE DELL’ACCADEMIA
I GUARDI DELLA COLLEZIONE GULBENKIAN
7 March 2026
8 June 2026
CA’ REZZONICO – MUSEO DEL SETTECENTO VENEZIANO
FABRIZIO PLESSI. PERDERSI IN UN BICCHIER D’ACQUA
23 November 2025
21 June 2026
BAROVIER&TOSO ARTE
TESORI E MAGIE DA UN’ALTRA INDIA
11 April 2026
21 June 2026
SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN MARCO
EMILIA KABAKOV. VENETIAN DIARY
9 May 2026
28 June 2026
CA’ TRON – UNIVERSITÀ IUAV DI VENEZIA
GIANNI BERENGO GARDIN
27 February 2026
30 June 2026
PALAZZO FLANGINI
HORST P. HORST. THE GEOMETRY OF GRACE
21 February 2026
5 July 2026
LE STANZE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA
100 DRAWINGS FOR 100 YEARS
16 April 2026
31 July 2026
IUAV – MAGAZZINO 6
DAYANITA SINGH. ARCHIVIO
17 April 2026
31 July 2026
ARCHIVIO DI STATO
PERTINI. L’ARTE DELLA DEMOCRAZIA
20 November 2025
31 August 2026
M9 – MUSEO DEL ‘900
GEORGE BASELITZ. EROI D’ORO
6 May 2026
27 September 2026
FONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI
DAVID SALLE. PAINTING IN THE PRESENT TENSE
6 May 2026
27 September 2026
PALAZZO CINI
ETRUSCHI E VENETI. ACQUE, CULTI E SANTUARI
6 March 2026
29 September 2026
PALAZZO DUCALE
THE ONLY TRUE PROTEST IS BEAUTY
25 April 2026
4 October 2026
PALAZZO PISANI MORETTA
NATURE SPEAKS
28 March 2026
11 October 2026
OCEAN SPACE
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