Exhibitions in Venice
April 2026
April 2026 at a glance: 2 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 9 more were on view across the city.
Opened in April
Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector25 AprPeggy Guggenheim CollectionPast
Peggy Guggenheim's formative UK years and her London gallery Guggenheim Jeune (1938-39), which gave Kandinsky his first London solo show.
Spiral Economy. Charrière and Canova30 AprMuseo Correr
Julian Charrière's works in dialogue with Canova's marbles in the Canova Galleries, on stone, geological memory and deep time.
Was on view in April
Etruschi e Veneti. Acque, culti e santuarito 29 SeptPalazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace)Past
Water worship and sanctuaries of the Etruscans and ancient Veneti, from Tyrrhenian ports to healing springs and Adriatic sites, in the Doge's Apartment.
Nature Speaks. Listening for Rights of Nature in Venice and Europeto 11 OctOcean Space (Chiesa di San Lorenzo)FreePast
The Research Room becomes a Policy Lab on the Rights of Nature movement and the Venice Lagoon, with documentaries, activist props and research materials.
Tide of Returnsto 11 OctOcean Space (Chiesa di San Lorenzo)FreePast
The Repatriates Collective fills the church with a sand dune of shell figures, ghost nets, video and sound on repatriation, Indigenous knowledge and the ocean.
Bizhan Bassiri. Principe. Il Nottambulo del Pensiero Magmaticoto 22 NovMuseo Correr
Bizhan Bassiri's recent and emblematic works in the Sala delle Quattro Porte, with ninety images of artists from the 15th to 21st centuries in a suspended, stepped display.
Jenny Saville a Ca' Pesaroto 22 NovCa' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art
First major Venice show of British painter Jenny Saville: 30+ paintings and drawings from the 1990s to today, ending with new works made in homage to the city.
Lorna Simpson. Third Personto 22 NovPunta della Dogana
Lorna Simpson's largest European show in over a decade: about fifty paintings, collages, sculptures, installations and films on memory, representation and identity.
Paulo Nazareth. Algebrato 22 NovPunta della Dogana
Brazilian artist Paulo Nazareth fills the former customs house with twenty years of work tracing colonial fractures, threaded by a line of salt outlining a ghost slave ship.
Michael Armitage. The Promise of Changeto 10 Jan 2027Palazzo Grassi
45 paintings and over 100 studies by the Kenyan-British painter, whose works on Ugandan bark cloth weave East African politics, violence, migration and dreamlike visions.
Amar Kanwar. Co-travellersto 10 Jan 2027Palazzo Grassi
Two multimedia installations by Indian artist Amar Kanwar, The Torn First Pages and The Peacock's Graveyard: poetic, political meditations on justice, mortality and impermanence.
Image credits
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- Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a CollectorCourtesy of Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- Spiral Economy. Charrière and CanovaCourtesy of Museo Correr
- Etruschi e Veneti. Acque, culti e santuariCourtesy of Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace)
- Nature Speaks. Listening for Rights of Nature in Venice and EuropeCourtesy of Ocean Space (Chiesa di San Lorenzo)
- Tide of ReturnsPhoto: Britten Syd Andrews
- Bizhan Bassiri. Principe. Il Nottambulo del Pensiero MagmaticoCourtesy of Museo Correr
- Jenny Saville a Ca' PesaroCourtesy of Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art
- Lorna Simpson. Third PersonCourtesy of Punta della Dogana
- Paulo Nazareth. AlgebraCourtesy of Punta della Dogana
- Michael Armitage. The Promise of ChangePhoto by Tom Jamieson © Michael Armitage. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
- Amar Kanwar. Co-travellersCourtesy of Palazzo Grassi
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