Venice Biennale
Does this year’s Venice Biennale live up to the hype?
There are delightful discoveries to be made at this year’s event, but sometimes the central exhibition fizzles where it should spark
Beyond the Biennale – the shows to see around Venice this month
The rest of the city still has plenty to offer, from an exploration of the travels of Marco Polo to a celebration of Jean Cocteau’s genius
Must-see pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2024
From the recent history of Timor-Leste to world-building in Bulgaria, this year’s shows present a rich and varied cross-section of contemporary art from around the world
How Italy remade Willem de Kooning
At the age of 65, the artist went to Rome a painter and returned to the United States a sculptor. It wasn’t the first time the city had changed him
Space explorer – an interview with Kapwani Kiwanga
Despite the painstaking research that underpins the artist’s work, there’s nothing dry about its outcomes – as visitors to the Canadian Pavilion in Venice will discover
Who really pays for public exhibitions?
The Venice Biennale is a good time to pull back the curtain on the funding of major arts events, which can often be shrouded in mystery
How Adriano Pedrosa is opening up the Venice Biennale
The director of the 2024 Biennale talks to Apollo about the challenges the event faces and why he is sanguine about the changing political tides
Gesture politics – an interview with Julie Mehretu
The artist layers a multitude of marks to create palimpsestic paintings and prints, but the results are far from purely abstract
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