The fruits of desire
Forbidden apples, sacred pomegranates, and Dionysian grapes: from Tintoretto to Caravaggio, fruit in art has never been mere still life, but rather desire, eros, fleetingness, and a promise of eternity.
In Oasi Zegna, even the mountains are human-made
Chiara Camoni, the artist representing Italy at the 2026 Biennale, creates an exhibition of earth, ash, minerals and yarns to probe the increasingly blurred boundary between nature, industry and human presence.
Italy’s biggest art project is now a hotel: we spent the night at Pistoletto’s Cittadellarte
The Cittadellarte project by the master of Arte Povera, Michelangelo Pistoletto, has opened a hotel designed for visitors who want to experience the Biella-based foundation at a slower pace. It marks the latest addition to what has effectively become the “Pistoletto brand.”
Cor, Cordis
From Baroque painting to medieval iconography, a journey through art, alchemy, and symbolism explores the heart as the spiritual, emotional, and cosmic center of human existence.
An artist has turned the Vele di Scampia into a sonic ghost city
In the exhibition “Invisible Sun” in Milan, American artist Tracey Snelling transforms the Vele di Scampia into a sound sculpture made of flickering televisions, interviews, street noises, and memories gathered during the complex’s eviction.
Andrés Jaque
We don’t inhabit environments, we are the environment
We interviewed the Chief Curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale, entitled “Bodies of Water” who describes Biennale’s as reality-sensing-devices.
The objects in Giorgio Morandi’s paintings, photographed one by one
Entering the studio on Via Fondazza in Bologna, Joel Meyerowitz photographs each bottle, vase, and jar used by the painter in his iconic still lifes. The project becomes Morandi’s Objects, a book set for release in 2026.
It’s not just the Venice Biennale: 15 exhibitions to see in may in Italy and around the world
Besides the Venice Biennale and New York Art Week, Domus has selected fifteen must-see exhibitions in Italy, Europe, and other destinations around the world – events that are well worth the trip.
It used to be an abandoned island in Venice: now it is entirely dedicated to art
In the northern Venetian lagoon, between Murano and Burano, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo reopens the island of San Giacomo after decades of abandonment, transforming a former military site into a cultural ecosystem. We were among the first to visit it.
The Biennale hasn’t opened yet, but we’ve already found its masterpiece
From Lawrence Abu Hamdan to Janis Rafa, by way of the radical installation of 2050+: Canicula transforms Venice’s Ospedaletto into one of the most powerful visual experiences of the 2026 Art Biennale. An exhibition that speaks of images, propaganda, crisis, and attention — asking what it truly means to look today.
Anish Kapoor has reopened his palazzo in Venice — and it’s more than just an exhibition
For the 2026 Venice Biennale, Palazzo Manfrin reopens to the public with an exhibition bringing together Anish Kapoor’s architectural models, mirrored sculptures, Vantablack works, and immersive installations that transform space into a perceptual experience.
Marina Abramović in Venice: “Don’t treat me like an icon”
At the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Transforming Energy stages the artist’s contradiction, through dialogues with Tiziano, rituals of presence, and a digital avatar: an exhibition that works when it forces you to slow down.
Georg Baselitz was one of Europe’s greatest painters: at the Venice Biennale you can discover him after his death
Just after his passing, Baselitz will be in Venice with his latest works: an opportunity to understand why he changed contemporary painting by constantly putting it into crisis.