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]

Australia, after selecting Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino to create a work for the Australia Pavilion in February 2025, rescinded their decision a week later, after News Corp news outlet The Australian raised concerns and the matter was raised in Parliament. The decision led to outrage in the artistic community and resignations from the board of the commissioning body, Creative Australia, and the other five shortlisted artistic teams have said that they would not allow their work to be shown.[5][6][7]

This section is an excerpt from List of national pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale § National pavilions.[]
Nation Location Artist(s) Curator(s) Ref
Canada Giardini Abbas Akhavan [8]
Estonia Around Venice Merike Estna [9]
France Giardini Yto Barrada [9]
Luxembourg Around Venice Aline Bouvy Stilbé Schroeder [9]
Ireland Around Venice Isabel Nolan Georgina Jackson [9]
Taiwan Around Venice Li Yi-Fan [9]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Greenberger, Alex (December 3, 2024). "Koyo Kouoh Named Curator of 2026 Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "First Pavilions Announced for 2026 Venice Biennale". November 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Cmielewski, Cecelia (February 14, 2025). "'A shameful call by Creative Australia': the arts community reacts to Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the Venice Biennale". The Conversation. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  6. ^ Crabb, Annabel (February 18, 2025). "How Creative Australia's perplexing backflip on Khaled Sabsabi defines our current moment of turmoil". ABC News. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  7. ^ Solomon, Tessa (February 20, 2025). "Khaled Sabsabi Will Not Be Reinstated as Australia's Venice Biennale Representative". ARTnews.com. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  8. ^ "2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated]". ArtReview. November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e "2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated]". ArtReview. November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
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