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Nigel Cooke makes his Italian debut with “Bad Habits” at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Venice is hosting the first solo exhibition in Italy by British artist Nigel Cooke (Manchester, 1973): On the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the Fondazione Querini Stampalia presents Bad Habits, an exhibitio...
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At the Biennale, artist Zadik Zadikian works right in front of the audience at the Armenian Pavilion

Through November 22, 2026, the Armenian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition is hosting *The Studio*, a solo project by artist Zadik Zadikian (Yerevan, 1948) that transforms the exhibition space into a permanent creative ...
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Arch Hades brings “Return” to Venice, a journey through poetry, art, and the human condition

Through October 30, 2026, Venice is hosting *Return | Ritorno*, a solo exhibition by artist and poet Arch Hades. The exhibition is held in the spaces of the Scoletta Battioro e Tiraoro in Venice, a building overlooking the Grand Canal that was origin...
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Brescia is honoring Franca Ghitti with a major retrospective dedicated to her at the Santa Giulia Museum

From June 16, 2026, to April 4, 2027, the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia will host *Franca Ghitti: A Story of Other Alphabets*, the first solo exhibition dedicated to the Brescia-born artist at the museum complex. The project, conceived specifically ...
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UK relaunches 2026 museum season with major exhibitions from London to Liverpool

With the Venice Biennale continuing to attract a growing number of enthusiasts, the United Kingdom is focusing in 2026 on a multifaceted and widespread exhibition season involving both major London institutions and numerous regional venues. From majo...
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Fujiko Nakaya transforms Paris' Bourse de Commerce Rotunda with one of her mist sculptures

Fog invades the Rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce in Paris: it is the work of Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya (Sapporo, 1933), within which visitors are invited to immerse themselves to appear and disappear in the thick white fog of water vapor. Until...
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Organisms on the Threshold. Enrico Minguzzi's hybrids, an expanding painting.

Enrico Minguzzi's cabinet of curiosities is a humble and shy little doodle, a shrine half a meter or so high, with a lock that struggles to close, a glass cabinet hidden in the white half-light of an antechamber of his house in Bagnacavallo. A house ...
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Art under censorship: invisible Belarus arrives at the Venice Biennale

On the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Belarus Free Theatre presents the project Official. Unofficial. Belarus. a collateral event that runs until November 22, 2026 at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in...
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