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Our team placed bets about what shows would be exciting to see in Venice, but sometimes those expectations did not match up with reality.

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

Christoph Büchel's latest show fills the Fondazione Prada, referencing Venetian history and financial exploitation.

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

A personal ode to the role art can play in going beyond the headlines to reclaim the humanity of those affected by global displacement

French sculptor Bruno Catalano depicts emigration as an intimate journey, encapsulating the highs and lows that come with it.

Art historian ROMINA DELIA relays the history of Malta’s participation in the prestigious international arts exhibition. Every two years, Venice is trans

Banksy’s art is inherently political – as his latest stunt commemorating the anti-Colston activists proves. And its influence is enormous

At the Venice Biennale, the artist Christoph Büchel displayed a wrecked ship in which an estimated 1,000 migrants had died © The Art Newspaper The wrecked fishing ship controversially exhibited by the Swiss-Icelandic artist Christoph Büchel at the 2019 Venice Biennale as an installation titled Barca Nostra has finally been returned from Venice to the Sicilian town of Augusta, its legal owner, according to a report by the New York Times. The ship became a deadly symbol...

Christoph Büchels controvesial Barca Nostra is towed into place in the Arsenale for the Venice Biennale. Photo by Luca Zanon Awakening/Getty Images. The sunken fishing ship upon which more than 1,000 African migrants died in 2015, and which was later controversially displayed at the Venice Biennale, will now be converted into a permanent memorial in Italy. The ship had been languishing in Venice since 2019, when Swiss-Icelandic artist Christoph Büchel turned it into an incendiary monument to...