Mayor Brugnaro insists that he is innocent but calls for his resignation are mounting

Renewable five-year agreement, announced during Art for Tomorrow conference, covers collaboration on regeneration of cultural heritage, art publications and connections between Venetian and Islamic architecture

Day visitors should pay €25 as for the Uffizi but be made proud to help save the city

The artist and provocateur's exhibition is focused on debt and its consequences for society and individuals

There's a lot to see during this year's edition of the city-wide event, so we've rounded up a few things you might want to skip

Alongside the main event, there's a plethora of exhibitions vying for visitors' attention. We've selected some of our favourites, ranging from Shahzia Sikander fairytale gothic palace to Andrzej Wróblewski's poignant depictions of war

Adriano Pedrosa's international exhibition combines the old and new to undermine Western narratives, but still creates a compelling survey of global contemporary art, in which Queer art stands out

After presenting its first pavilion at the biennale of 2022, the Republic of Kazakhstan returns in 2024 with an exhibition that uses the country's ancient history as artistic inspiration for dreaming of the future

San Giacomo di Paludo is expected to open next year, but visitors to this year’s Biennale can still take in a performance

From the best pizza in town to a picturesque island

From cocoa-covered creations, to spaceships and rotting fruit, here is our selection of top shows from the first preview day

Venice can still be saved from the rising water level: here’s how

Day trippers will need to pay €5 to enter on select days in a pilot scheme which starts during the Biennale

The dealer will show 12 works by the German-British painter spanning 50 years of his career

Exhibition 'celebrates the iconography and symbolism of breasts', with works by Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marcel Duchamp and Laure Prouvost

Local heritage group decries the "biennialisation of the city" after gallery paid a fee to stage the Manolo Valdés installation

Museo Correr will be filled with works embroidered by the Italian maverick

The holy installation at Château La Coste comprises a huge bronze hand pointing to the heavens

An interview with the chief executive officer of the Palazzo Grassi—Punta della Dogana in Venice

Co-curated by the Los Angeles museum's director, Michael Govan, the exhibition is designed by Tadao Ando

Latest measures are attempt to stem mass tourism and conserve the historic city

Economist and tourism expert Jan van der Borg says the new daily charge will not solve the crisis of the overrun city, and outlines what should be done instead

The itinerant lives of the Brazilian and Turkish artists chime with the theme of his central exhibition next year

But some critics are arguing that Migrant Child, which has been slowly deteriorating since it first appeared in 2019, should be left alone

The committee voted to protect ancient sites in China, Iran, the West Bank and along the historic Silk Road, but Venice was not included

Italy’s politicians attack the cultural body as “arrogant”, “politicised” and lacking in common sense

Residents, students and visitors in Airbnb properties will be exempt from the scheme, which will be implemented next spring

By 2100 the water-level will ring rise one metre, and yet it aims to block UNESCO in-danger listing

The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so

At a conference organised by the new Venice Sustainability Foundation in June, major public figures agreed for the first time that sea-level rise is the main problem facing the city now