Historical Archive -
Biennale College Archive – Writing in Residence 2026
The new call for applications for graduates under 30 from all over the world. Applications deadline: 25 October (Writing on Art).
Writing in residence
La Biennale di Venezia announces the new call for the Biennale College Archive – Writing in Residence programme 2026, launched on 16 October on the website www.labiennale.org.
The Biennale College Archive - Writing in Residence programme is open to young graduates under 30 from all over the world with an excellent knowledge of Italian language, spoken and written.
Thanks to Swiss Seaside Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 2008 in Switzerland that supports projects related to children, youth, family and the environment.
The call is dedicated to young graduates under 30, aimed at writing a critical text that will be collected in a publication of La Biennale di Venezia. The young scholars selected starting from the proposed theme – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh – carry out in Archive, guided by tutor Clarissa Ricci, a search of sources and documents for the drafting of a text of up to 15 pages.
Call for application
Writing on Art, theme: In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh
Tutor: Clarissa Ricci
Deadline: 25 October 2026
Biennale College Archive – Writing in residence, now in its 9th edition, is one of the activities of the Historical Archive of La Biennale - International Research Center on Contemporary Arts, within which research programs are developed also in connection with cultural institutions and universities as well as special projects such as, among the most recent, the new magazine La Biennale di Venezia.
