61st Venice Biennale

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61st Venice Biennale
Genre	Art exhibition
Begins	2026
Ends	2026
Location(s)	Venice
Country	Italy
Previous event	60th Venice Biennale (2024)

The 61st Venice Biennale is an upcoming international contemporary art exhibition to be held in 2026. The Venice Biennale takes place every two years in Venice, Italy.

Background

The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.^[1]

Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well.^[1] Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in the Venice Arsenale and palazzos throughout the city.^[2]

Central exhibition

Koyo Kouoh, chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, will serve as the 61st Venice Biennale's artistic director.^[3]

National pavilions

Countries began to announce their national representatives even before the previous exhibition closed in 2024.^[4] Each country selects artists to show at their pavilion, ostensibly with an eye to the Biennale's theme.^[1]

Nation	Location	Artist(s)	Curator(s)	Ref
Canada	Giardini	Abbas Akhavan		^[5]
Estonia	Around Venice	Merike Estna		^[6]
France	Giardini	Yto Barrada		^[6]
Luxembourg	Around Venice	Aline Bouvy	Stilbé Schroeder	^[6]
Ireland	Around Venice	Isabel Nolan	Georgina Jackson	^[6]
Taiwan	Around Venice	Li Yi-Fan		^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
^ Herriman, Kat (May 16, 2019). "What to See at the Venice Biennale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019.
^ Greenberger, Alex (December 3, 2024). "Koyo Kouoh Named Curator of 2026 Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
^ https://www.artforum.com/news/first-pavilions-announced-2026-venice-biennale-1234721485/
^ "2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated]". ArtReview. November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated]". ArtReview. November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

External links

Official website

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