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National Participations and Collateral Events of the Biennale Arte 2026
There are 99 National Participations and 31 Collateral Events in the 61st International Art Exhibition by Koyo Kouoh.
BIENNALE ARTE 2026
The 61st International Art Exhibition – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh - organised by La Biennale di Venezia, will be accompanied by 99 National Participations and 31 Collateral Events.
Seven countries are participating in Biennale Arte for the first time: the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Nauru, Qatar, the Republic of Sierra Leone, Federal Republic of Somalia, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. El Salvador is participating for the first time with its own pavilion.
La Biennale di Venezia is an open institution, as reflected in the National Participations which arise from spontaneous initiatives. Any country recognized by the Italian Republic may ask independently to participate. It can simply send a notification if it owns a Pavilion in the Giardini, or submit a letter from the competent government authority if it does not have its own permanent Pavilion. It should also be noted that countries not recognized by the Italian Republic have, over the years, found ways to participate and express themselves within the framework of the Collateral Events.
In response to the communications and requests for participation from Countries, La Biennale di Venezia rejects any form of exclusion or censorship of culture and art. La Biennale, like the city of Venice, continues to be a place of dialogue, openness, and artistic freedom, encouraging connections between peoples and cultures, with enduring hope for the cessation of conflicts and suffering.
99 NATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS
** New participations: Republic of Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Nauru, Qatar, Republic of Sierra Leone, Federal Republic of Somalia, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Participating for the first time with their own pavilion: El Salvador
ALBANIA
A Place in the Sun
Commissioner: Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport;
Curator: Małgorzata Ludwisiak;
Exhibitor: Genti Korini
Venue: Arsenale
ARGENTINA
MONITOR YIN YANG
Commissioner: Directorate for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship;
Curator: Josefina Barcia;
Exhibitor: Matías Duville
Venue: Arsenale
ARMENIA (REPUBLIC OF)
"The Studio"
Commissioner: Svetlana Sahakyan,Head of the Department of Contemporary Art and Publishing of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia;
Curators: Tony Shafrazi, Tina Chakarian;
Exhibitor: Zadik Zadikian
Venue: Fondamenta Case Nuove 2738/C, Castello, Tesa 41, Arsenale Militare
AUSTRALIA
conference of one’s self
Commissioner: Creative Australia;
Curator: Michael Dagostino;
Exhibitor: Khaled Sabsabi
Venue: Giardini
AUSTRIA
Seaworld Venice
Commissioner: The Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport Republic of Austria;
Curator: Nora-Swantje Almes;
Exhibitor: Florentina Holzinger
Venue: Giardini
AZERBAIJAN(REPUBLIC OF)
The Attention
Commissioner: Rashad Aslanov Ambasciatore Repubblica dell'Azerbaigian;
Curator: Gwendolyn Collaço;
Exhibitor: Faig Ahmed
Venue: Campo della Tana, Castello 2124/A, Castello 2125
BAHAMAS (THE)
In Another Man’s Yard: John Beadle, Lavar Munroe, and the Spirit of (Posthumous) Collaboration
Commissioner: John Cox;
Curator: Krista Thompson;
Exhibitors: John Beadle, Lavar Munroe
Venue: San Trovaso Art Space, Dorsoduro 947
BELGIUM
IT NEVER SSST
Commissioner: Caroline Gennez, Flemish Minister for Welfare and Poverty Reduction, Culture and Equal Opportunities;
Curator: Caroline Dumalin;
Exhibitor: Miet Warlop
Venue: Giardini
BOSNIA -HERZEGOVINA
Domus Diasporica
Commissioner: Sarita Vujković;
Curator: Isidora Živković;
Exhibitor: Mladen Bundalo
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3198
BRAZIL
Comigo ninguém pode
Commissioner: Andrea Pinheiro, President Fundação Bienal de São Paulo;
Curator: Diane Lima;
Exhibitors: Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão
Venue: Giardini
BULGARIA
The Federation of Minor Practices
Commissioner: Dessislava Dimova;
Curator: Martina Yordanova;
Exhibitors: Gery Georgieva, Maria Nalbantova, Rayna Teneva, Veneta Androva
Venue: Sala Tiziano at the Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Fondamenta Delle Zattere Ai Gesuiti 919
CAMEROON (REPUBLIC OF)
NZƎNDA
Commissioner: Guy Martial Ndongo Mendougan, Director of Development and Art Promotion of Ministry of Art and Culture;
Curator: Beya Gille Gacha;
Exhibitors: Beya Gille Gacha, Jail Time Records, Sylvie Njobati, Bienvenue Fotso, Zora Snake, Neals Niat
Venue: Palazzo Canal Dorsoduro 3121
CANADA
Abbas Akhavan: Entre chien et loup
Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada, Jean-François Bélisle;
Curator: Kim Nguyen;
Exhibitor: Abbas Akhavan
Venue: Giardini
CZECH (REPUBLIC) AND SLOVAK (REPUBLIC)
The Silence of the Mole
Commissioner: Michal Novotný, National Gallery Prague;
Curator: Peter Sit;
Exhibitors: Jakub Jansa, Selmeci Kocka Jusko
Venue: Giardini
CHILE
Inter-Reality
Commissioner: Florencia Loewenthal;
Curators: Marisa Caichiolo, Dermis Pérez León;
Exhibitor: Norton Maza
Venue: Arsenale
CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF )
Dream Stream
Commissioner: China Arts & Entertainment Group Ltd (CAEG);
Curator: Yu Xuhong;
Exhibitors: Game Science, Feng Ji, Yang Qi, Liu Chenglong, Wang Yixin+Wang Yu, Weng Jie, Lin Zhe, Zhou Haosong, Fei Si, Huang Chengxi, Yang Tingmu+Yang Hancheng+Xie Xianhui, Team of China Academy of Art and Zhejiang Lab, Xu Jiang, Wang Dongling, Yang Fudong, Lining Yao+Guanyun Wang+Danli Luo, Method Scenography Group (Mou Sen, Ma Yuanchi, Xin Ge, Mei Yuezi, Zhao Da), Wu Ziyang+Crude_Castin (Xu Jing, Zou Nan, Ye Qi, Yan Zhenghao), Nie Shichang, Jiang Suxuan+Yu Jiangfan, Hu Yueming+Lin Yuxin+Ji Huanhuan, Zhang Zhoujie
Venue: Arsenale
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)
Simba Moto ! Seize the fire ! Saisis le feu !
Commissioner: Cindy Makiana;
Curator: Nadia Yala Kisukidi;
Exhibitors: Sammy Baloji, Arlette Bashizi, Patrick Bongoy, Damso, Gosette Lubondo, Nelson Makengo, Aimé Mpané, Léonard Pongo, Géraldine Tobé
Venue: Antico Refettorio - Scuola Grande di San Marco
CROATIA
Compelled by Fright and Beauty
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture and Media;
Curator: Branko Franceschi;
Exhibitor: Dubravka Lošić
Venue: Palazzo Zorzi, Salizada Zorzi, 4930
CUBA
“Hombres Libres / Free men”
Commissioner: Daneisy García Roque;
Curator: Nelson Ramirez de Arellano;
Exhibitor: Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy
Venue: Il Giardino Bianco – Art Space, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Castello 1814
CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF)
It rests to the bones
Commissioner: Ioanna Hadjicosti;
Curator: Kyle Dancewicz;
Exhibitor: Marina Xenofontos
Venue: Associazione Culturale Spiazzi Castello 3865
DENMARK
Things to Come
Commissioner: The Danish Arts Foundation;
Curator: Chus Martínez;
Exhibitor: Maja Malou Lyse
Venue: Giardini
ECUADOR
TAWNA & Oscar
Commissioner: Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art (MAAC);
Curator: Manuela Moscoso;
Exhibitors: TAWNA collective, Oscar Santillán
Venue: Castello 1636/A
EL SALVADOR
Cartographies of the Displaced
Commissioner: Astrid María Bahamond;
Curator: Alejandra Cabezas;
Exhibitor: José Oscar Molina
Venue: Palazzo Mora, Cannaregio 3659
EGYPT
Silence Pavilion: Between the Tangible and the Intangible
Commissioner: Ministero della Cultura Egiziano- Accademia d'Egitto A Roma;
Curator/Exhibitor: Armen Agop
Venue: Giardini
ESTONIA
The House of Leaking Sky
Commissioner: Maria Arusoo;
Curator: Natalia Sielewicz;
Exhibitor: Merike Estna
Venue: Calle S. Domenico, 1285
EQUATORIAL GUINEA (REPUBLIC OF) **
THR FOREST
THE UNDERGROWTH
Commissioner: Paulo Speller;
Curator: Joan Abelló;
Exhibitors: Fernando Nguema Madja, Modest Gené Roig, Rani Bruchstein, Barbara Cammarata, Florin Codre, Jianqi Du, Martin Emschermann, Alessia Forconi, Fulvio Merolli, Alfred Mirashi Milot, Mfochive Oumarou, Hannou Palosuo, Valeria Pérez Fuchs, Andrea Roggi, Sonia Ros, Carlotta Flora Saavedra González, Sandro Sanna, Giuseppe Saporito, Ingrid Seall, Michele Stanzione, Vassilis Vassiliades, Liu Youju, William Marc Zanghi
Venue: Palazzo Donà dalle Rose Cannaregio 5038 / 5101
ETHIOPIA
Shapes of Silence
Commissioner: Ambassador Demitu Hambisa Bonsa;
Curator: Abebaw Ayalew;
Exhibitor: Tegene Kunbi
Venue: Palazzo Bollani Castello 3647
FINLAND (AALTO)
Aeolian Suite
Commissioner: Juha Huuskonen,Frame Contemporary Art Finland;
Curator: Stefanie Hessler;
Exhibitor: Jenna Sutela
Venue: Giardini
FRANCE
Comme Saturne
Commissioner: Institut français, operator of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Ministry of Culture;
Curator: Myriam Ben Salah;
Exhibitor: Yto Barrada
Venue: Giardini
GEORGIA
Modern Argonauts – Georgian Crossroads
Commissioner: Shalva Khakhanashvili;
Curators: Shalva Khakhanashvili, Nino Metreveli;
Exhibitors: Tatia Darchiashvili, Konstantin Mindadze, Guram Nikoladze, Nestan Mikeladze, Manuchar Okrostsvaridze, Guela Patiachvili, Mamuka Tsetskhladze, Merab Buliskiria, Karim Borjas, Jean-Dominique Ferrucci, Aliska Lahusen, Eve Ramboz, Annette Turrillo, Pedro Morales , Eizo Sakata , Mauro Marcenaro, Silvano Rubino
Venue: Palazzo Querini - Calle Lunga San Barnaba 2691
GERMANY
Ruin
Commissioner: ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen;
Curator: Kathleen Reinhardt;
Exhibitors: Henrike Naumann, Sung Tieu
Venue: Giardini
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
La Merde
Commissioner: Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture;
Curator: Stilbé Schroeder, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain;
Exhibitor: Aline Bouvy;
Venue: Arsenale
GREAT BRITAIN
Predicting History: Testing Translation
Commissioner: Emma Dexter;
Curator: Ese Onojeruo;
Exhibitor: Lubaina Himid RA
Venue: Giardini
GREECE
ESCAPE ROOM
Commissioner: Fani Tsatsaia, Metropolitan Organization of Museum of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMUS);
Curator: George Bekirakis;
Exhibitor: Andreas Angelidakis
Venue: Giardini
GRENADA
The Poetics of Correspondence
Commissioner: Susan Mains;
Curator: Daniele Radini Tedeschi;
Exhibitors: Edward Bowen, Arthur Daniel ,Josine Dupont, Alexandra Kordas, Lilo Nido and Chris Mast, Jeverson Ramirez, The Holzwege Group, Russel Watson
Venue: Spazio Berlendis, Cannaregio 6301/A
GUATEMALA
LAS INVISIBLES
Commissioner: Liwy del Carmen Immacolata Grazioso Sierra, Minister of Culture and Sports;
Curators: Stefania Pieralice, Elsie Wunderlich;
Exhibitors: ARKEO, Luana Bottallo, Jorge Chavarría, Manuel Navichoc, Ana Lorena Núñez, SOY artistic group, Elsie Wunderlich
Venue: Spazio Berlendis, Cannaregio 6301
GUINEA (REPUBLIC OF) **
Le Son de l’Art: l’Écho de la Matière
Commissioner: Bilia Bah;
Curator: Carlo Stragapede;
Exhibitors: Francesco Tullio Altan, Paola Arrigoni, Bella Bah, Nino Barone, Stefania Basso, Emiliano Bazzanella, Giuliana Bellini, Milena Bellomo, Bluer (Lorenzo Viscidi), Alda Bòscaro, Alessandro Cadamuro, Carmine Calvanese, Carmela Candido, Giancarlo Caneva, Tommaso Cascella, Giancarlo Cazzaniga, Bruno Ceccobelli, Giorgio Celiberti, Giorgio Celiberti Jr., Maurizio Cervellati, Marco Ciani, Massimo Clemente, Bachir DiaIlo, Bruno Donzelli, Mauro Filigheddu, Mirko Filipuzzi, Pasquale Fraccalvieri, Ferruccio Franz, Carla Galli Morandi, Omar Galliani, Andrea Marco Ghia, King Emmanuel, Gianni Maglio, Paolo Marazzi, Rossella Marchesin, Marvin, Enzo Migneco (Togo), Zdravko Milić, Giampaolo Muliari, Lucia Paese, Bruno Paladin, Giorgio Pastres, Ottavio Pinarello, Giuseppina Pioli, Manuela Pittana, Adriano Piu, Stefano Pizzi, Claudia Raza, Rosaspina, Andrea Rossi Andrea, Marco Nereo Rotelli, Gernot Schmerlaib (BIX), Cesare e Noah Serafino, Alessio Serpetti, Leo Strozzieri, Sékou Oumar Thiam, Lucia Tomasi, Angelo Toppazzini, Maurizio Valdemarin, Andrea Vizzini, Luciana Zabarella, Marina Zambon, Tono Zancanaro, Leonardo Zanin;
Venue: Isola di San Servolo
HAITI (REPUBLIC OF )
Yelena's Garden, 2025-2026
Commissioner: Gandy Thomas,Ambassador of the Republic of Haiti in Italy,
Curator: Mario Savini;
Exhibitor: Enock Placide
Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello Cannaregio 4118
HOLY SEE
The Ear is the Eye of the Soul
Commissioner: Card. José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See;
Curators: Hans Ulrich Obrist; Ben Vickers;
Exhibitor: Soundwalk Collective
Venue: Complesso di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Fondamenta S. Gioacchin, Castello 450 and Giardino Mistico dei Carmelitani Scalzi, Cannaregio
HUNGARY
Pneuma Cosmic
Commissioner: Julia Fabényi Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest;
Curator: Luca Cserhalmi;
Exhibitor: Endre Koronczi
Venue: Giardini
ICELAND
Pocket Universe
Commissioner: Icelandic Art Center, Cecilie C. Ragnheiðardóttir Gaihede;
Curators: Margrét Áskelsdóttir, Unnar Örn Auðarson;
Exhibitor: Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Venue: Docks Cantieri Cucchini, San Pietro di Castello
INDIA
Geographies of Distance: remembering home
Commissioner: National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA);
Curator: Amin Jaffer;
Exhibitors: Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala), Sumakshi Singh, Ranjani Shettar, Asim Waqif and Skarma Sonam Tashi
Venue: Arsenale
INDONESIA
Printing the Unprinted
Commissioner: Endah T.D. Retnoastuti, Director General for Cultural Diplomacy, Promotion and Cooperation Ministry of Culture;
Curator: Aminudin TH Siregar;
Exhibitors: Agus Suwage, Syahrizal Pahlevi,R .E. Hartanto, Nurdian Ichsan,Theresia Agustina Sitompul (Terre), Mariam Sofrina, Rusyan Yasin
Venue: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Cannaregio 1798
IRAN ( ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Commissioner: Aydin Mahdizadeh Tehrani
IRELAND
Dreamshook
Commissioner: Culture Ireland;
Curator: Georgina Jackson and The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art;
Exhibitor: Isabel Nolan
Venue: Arsenale
ISRAEL
Rose of Nothingness
Commissioner: Michael Gov;
Curators: Avital Bar-Shay, Sorin Heller;
Exhibitor: Belu-Simion Fainaru
Venue: Arsenale
ITALY
With You with Everything
Commissioner: Angelo Piero Cappello;
Curator: Cecilia Canziani;
Exhibitor: Chiara Camoni
Venue: Arsenale
JAPAN
Grass Babies, Moon Babies
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation;
Curators: Lisa Horikawa, Mizuki Takahashi;
Exhibitor: Ei Arakawa-Nash
Venue: Giardini
KAZAKHSTAN (REPUBLIC OF)
Qoñyr: The archive of Silence
Commissioner: Aida Balayeva, Deputy Prime minister, Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
Curator: Syrlybek Bekbota;
Exhibitors: Ardak Mukanova, Assel Kadyrkhanova, ADYR‑ASPAN (Gulmaral Tattibayeva, Natalia Ligay), Anar Aubakir, Smail Bayaliyev, Nurbol Nurakhmet, Mansur Smagambetov, Oralbek Kaboke
Venue :Museo Storico Navale, Castello 2148 (Riva S. Biasio)
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Belek
Commissioner: Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic;
Curator: Geraldine Leardi;
Exhibitor: Alexey Morosov
Venue: Ex Chiesa di Santa Caterina, Convitto Foscarini, Cannaregio 4941
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Liberation Space: Fortress/Nest
Commissioner: Arts Council Korea;
Curator: Binna Choi;
Exhibitors: Goen Choi, Hyeree Ro
Venue: Giardini
KOSOVO (REPUBLIC OF)
Hard Teeth
Commissioner: National Gallery of Kosovo, Hana Halilaj;
Curator: José Esparza Chong Cuy;
Exhibitor: Brilant Milazimi
Venue: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Pianto
LATVIA
Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Commissioner: Solvita Krese;
Curators: Inga Lāce; Adomas Narkevičius;
Exhibitors: MAREUNROL’S, Bruno Birmanis
Venue: Arsenale
LEBANON
Don’t Get Me Wrong
Commissioner/Curator: Nada Ghandour;
Exhibitor: Nabil Nahas
Venue: Arsenale
LITHUANIA
animism sings anarchy
Commissioner: Lolita Jablonskienė;
Curator: Louise O'Kelly;
Exhibitor: Eglė Budvytytė
Venue: Fucina del Futuro, Castello 5063/B
MALTA
No Need To Sparkle; Experiments in Love and Revolution
Commissioner: Arts Council Malta;
Curator: Margerita Pulè;
Exhibitors: Adrian MM Abela, Charlie Cauchi, Raphael Vella
Venue: Arsenale
MEXICO
Actos invisibles para sostener el universo
Commissioner: Andrés Valtierra;
Curator: Jessica Berlanga Taylor;
Exhibitors: RojoNegro (María Sosa e Noé Martínez)
Venue: Arsenale
MOROCCO (KINGDOM OF)
Asǝṭṭa
Commissioner: Mohammed Benyaacoub;
Curator: Meriem Berrada;
Exhibitor: Amina Agueznay
Venue: Arsenale
MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF)
On the Thousand and Second Night
Commissioner: Oleg Nica, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the Italian Republic;
Curator: Adelina Luft;
Exhibitor: Pavel Brăila
Venue: Spazio Santa Veneranda, Chiesa dei Santi Geremia e Lucia
MONGOLIA
Entanglements: Connectivities Across Borders
Commissioner: Baigali Ochkhuu;
Curators: Uranchimeg Tsultem, Thomas Eller;
Exhibitors: Nomin Bold, Gerelkhuu Ganbold,Tuguldur Yondonjamts, Dorjderem Davaa
Venue: Squero Castello, Salizada Streta 368
MONTENEGRO
OUT OF BLUE, I SWEPT AWAY
Commissioner: Vladislav Šćepanović;
Curator: Svetlana Racanović;
Exhibitor: Siniša Radulović
Venue: Artenova, Castello 5063
NAURU (REPUBLIC OF) **
AIM Inundated: Imagining Life After Land
Commissioner: Isabella Dageago M.P Deputy Minister in the Government of Nauru;
Curator: Khaled Ramadan;
Exhibitors: Kauw Tsitsi, CPS (Khaled Ramadan, Alfredo Cramerotti), Patricia Jacomella Bonola, Tedo Rekhviashvili, Sylvia Grace Borda, Ron Laboray, Dorian Batycka, Khaled Hafez, Iv Toshain, Stefano Cagol
Venue: Spazio Castello 3683
NEW ZEALAND
Taharaki Skyside
Commissioner: Kent Gardner, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa;
Curator: Felicity Milburn; Chloe Cull;
Exhibitor:Fiona Pardington
Venue: Istituto Provinciale per I’Infanzia Santa Maria della Pietà di Venezia, Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 3702
NORTH MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC OF)
Pietà in the Emergency Blankets
Commissioner: Avni Qahili;
Curators: Tihomir Topuzovski; Amanda Boetzkes;
Exhibitor: Velimir Zernovski
Venue: Ex Cappella Buon Pastore, Castello 77
OMAN (SULTANATE OF)
Zīnah (Adornment)
Commissioner: Sayyd Saeed bin Sultan bin Yarub Al Busaidi;
Curator/Exhibitor: Haitham Al Busafi
Venue: Arsenale
NETHERLANDS (THE)
The Fortress
Commissioner: Eelco van der Lingen, Mondriaan Fund;
Curator: Rieke Vos;
Exhibitor: Dries Verhoeven
Venue: Giardini
NORDIC COUNTRIES (FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN)
How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?
Commissioners: Kiira Miesmaa, Director of the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art / The Finnish National Gallery; Gitte Ørskou, Director of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Ruben Steinum, Director of the OCA in Norway;
Curator: Anna Mustonen;
Exhibitors: Benjamin Orlow, Klara Kristalova, Tori Wrånes
Venue: Giardini
PAKISTAN
Punj•AB – A Sublime Terrain
Commissioner: Yaqoob Khan Bangash;
Curator: Beatriz Cifuentes Feliciano;
Exhibitor: Faiza Butt;
Venue: Ex Farmacia Solveni, Dorsoduro 993-994
PANAMA (REPUBLIC OF)
Tropical Hyperstition
Commissioner: Gianni Bianchini;
Curators: Ana Elizabeth González; Mónica Kupfer;
Exhibitors: Antonio José Guzmán & Iva Jankovic
Venue: Tesa 42 Arsenale, Fondamenta Case Nuove, 2738c
PERU
Sara Flores. From Other Worlds
Commissioner: Armando Andrade;
Curators: Issela Ccoyllo, Matteo Norzi;
Exhibitors: Sara Flores
Venue: Arsenale
PHILIPPINES
Sea of Love / Dagat ng Pag-ibig
Commissioner: National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Office of Senator Loren Legarda;
Curator: Mara Gladstone;
Exhibitor: Jon Cuyson
Venue: Arsenale
POLAND
Liquid Tongues
Commissioner: Agnieszka Pindera, Director of Zachęta — National Gallery of Art;
Curators: Ewa Chomicka, Jolanta Woszczenko;
Exhibitors: Bogna Burska, Daniel Kotowski
Venue: Giardini
PORTUGAL
RedSkyFalls
Commissioner: Américo Rodrigues,Direção-Geral das Artes;
Curators: Ana Baliza and Ricardo Nicolau;
Exhibitor: Alexandre Estrela
Venue: Fondaco Marcello
QATAR**
Untitled (a gathering of remarkable people); Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sophia Al Maria, Tarek Atoui, Alia Farid, Fadi Kattan
Commissioner: Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Curators: Tom Eccles, Ruba Katrib;
Exhibitor: Qatar National Pavilion
Venue: Giardini
ROMANIA
Black Seas – Scores for the Sonic Eye
Commissioner: Ioana Ciocan;
Curators: Corina Oprea, Diana Marincu;
Exhibitors: Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán;
Venue: Giardini e New Gallery of the Romanian lnstitute for Culture and Humanistic Research Palazzo Correr, Campo Santa Fosca, Cannareggio 2214
RUSSIA
The tree is rooted in the sky
Commissioner: Anastasiia Karneeva;
Exhibitors: Lizaveta Anshina, Ekaterina Antonenko, Vera Bazilevskikh, Antonio Buonuario, Serafim Chaikin, DJ Diaki, Marco Dinelli, Timofey Dudarenko, Faina, Zhanna Gefling, Oleg Gudachev, Atosigado y Herrica, Sofya Ivanishkina, Jaijiu, JLZ, Tatiana Khalbaeva, Alexey Khovalyg, Daria Khrisanova, Nikita Korolev, Oksana Kuznetsova, Roman Malyavkin, Petr Musoev, Artem Nikolaev, Veronika Okuneva, Valerie Oleynik, Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky, Yaroslav Paradovsky, Bogdan Petrenko, Alexey Retinsky, Ekaterina Rostovtseva, Antonina Sergeeva, Mikhail Spasskii, Lukas Sukharev, Alexey Sysoev, Olga Talysheva, Ilya Tatakov, Alexey Tegin, Maria Vinogradova
Venue: Giardini
SAN MARINO (REPUBLIC OF)
Sea of Sound
Commissioner: Valentina Garavini;
Curator: Luca Tommasi;
Exhibitor: Mark Francis
Venue: Tana Art Space, Fondamenta de la Tana 2111
SAUDI ARABIA
May your tears never dry, you who weep over stones
Commissioner: Visual Arts Commission, Saudi Ministry of Culture;
Curator: Antonia Carver;
Exhibitor: Dana Awartani
Venue: Arsenale
SENEGAL
« WURUS* » - What the Earth provides us with...
Commissioner: Oumar Sall;
Curator: Massamba Mbaye;
Exhibitor: Caroline Gueye
Venue: Palazzo Navagero Riva degli Schiavoni 4145
SERBIA
Through Golgotha to Resurrection
Commissioner: Ivan Milošević, acting director, Belgrade City Museum;
Curator: Tomáš Koudela;
Exhibitor: Predrag Djaković
Venue: Giardini
SIERRA LEONE (REPUBLIC OF) **
Mondi Presenti / Worlds of Today
Commissioner: H. E. Fatima Maada Bio;
Curators: Sandro Orlandi Stagl and Willy Montini;
Exhibitor: Hawa-Jane Bangura, Ayesha Feisal, Hickmatu Bintu Leigh, Abu Bakarr Mansaray, Eros Bonamini, Piergiorgio Colombara, Jacopo Di Cera, Fernando Garbellotto, Gianfranco Gentile, Margherita Levo Rosenberg, Alberto Salvetti, Seini Awa Camara, Abdoul Ganiou Dermani, Eloy Lokossou, Móyòsóré Martins, Armando Amaya Romero
Venue: Liceo Guggenheim Sestiere Dorsoduro, 2613
SINGAPORE
A Pause
Commissioner: Elaine Ng, National Arts Council;
Curator: Selene Yap;
Exhibitors: Amanda Heng Liang Ngim
Venue: Arsenale
SLOVENIA (REPUBLIC OF)
Soundtrack for an Invisible House
Commissioner: Martina Vovk;
Curator: Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez;
Exhibitor: Nonument Group (Neja Tomšič, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar, Miloš Kosec)
Venue: Arsenale
SOMALIA (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF) **
Saddexleey
Commissioner: Abdirahman Yusuf Mohamud;
Curators: Mohamed Mire and Fabio Scrivanti;
Exhibitors: Ayan Farah, Asmaa Jama, Warsan Shire
Venue: Palazzo Caboto, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1645, Castello
SPAIN
LOS RESTOS
Commissioner: AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperatíon), AC/E (Acción Cultural Española);
Curator: Carles Guerra;
Exhibitor: Oriol Vilanova
Venue: Giardini
SWITZERLAND
The Unfinished Business of Living Together
Commissioner: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia: Katharina Brandl, Sandi Paucic, Rachele Giudici Legittimo;
Curators: Gianmaria Andreetta, Luca Beeler, Nina Wakeford;
Exhibitors: Miriam Laura Leonardi, Lithic Alliance, Yul Tomatala, Nina Wakeford
Venue: Giardini
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
The Tower Tomb of Palmira
Commissioner: Waseem Abd Alhameed Director of Fine Arts at the Syrian Ministry of Culture;
Curator: Yuko Hasegawa;
Exhibitor: Sara Shamma
Venue: IUAV di Venezia, Cotonificio , Dorsoduro 2196
TIMOR-LESTE (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)
Across Words
Commissioner: Jorge Soares Cristóvão;
Curator: Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani;
Exhibitors: Veronica Pereira Maia, Etson Caminha, Juventino Madeira
Venue: Arsenale
TÜRKİYE
A KISS ON THE EYES
Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV);
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür;
Exhibitor: Nilbar Güreş
Venue: Arsenale
UKRAINE
Security Guarantees
Commissioner: Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian policy of Ukraine - Minister of Culture of Ukraine;
Curators: Ksenia Malykh and Leonid Marushchak;
Exhibitor: Zhanna Kadyrova
Venue: Arsenale, Riva Ca' di Dio
UGANDA
KAMPALA
Commissioner: Acaye Kerunen;
Curator: Taga Francis Nuwagaba;
Exhibitors: Joseph Ntensibe, Lilian Nabulime, Ronex Ahimbisibwe, Lakwena Maciver, Sheila Nakitende, Stacey Gillian Abe, Aloka Trevor
Venue: Palazzo Navagero Gallery, Riva degli Schiavoni 4147
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Washwasha
Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation;
Curator: Bana Kattan
Venue: Arsenale
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Call Me the Breeze
Commissioner: Jenni Parido;
Curator: Jeffrey Uslip;
Exhibitor: Alma Allen
Venue: Giardini
URUGUAY
ANTIFRAGILE
Commissioner: Martín Craciun, National Institute of Visual Arts, National Directorate of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay;
Curator: Patricia Betancourt;
Exhibitor: Margaret Whyte
Venue: Giardini
UZBEKISTAN (REPUBBLICA DEL)
The Aural Sea
Commissioner: Gayane Umerova, Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation;
Curators: Sophie Mayuko Arni, Aziza Izamova, Kamila Mukhitdinova, Nico Sun, Thái Hà;
Exhibitors: Jahongir Bobokulov, Zi Kakhramonova, Aygul Sarsen, Zulfiya Spowart, Xin Liu, A.A.Murakami, Nguyen Phuong Linh
Venue: Arsenale
VIET NAM (SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF) **
Viet Nam: Art in the Global Flow
Commissioner: Ma The Anh;
Curator: Do Tuong Linh;
Exibitors: Nguyen Thanh Chuong, Doan Thi Thu Huong, Bui Huu Hung, Le Hoang Nguyen,Trinh Tuan, Dinh Van Quan, Nguyen Truong Linh, Trieu Khac Tien, Le Nguyen Chinh, Le Huu Hieu
Venue: Ca' Faccanon, Calle delle Acque San Marco 5016
ZIMBABWE (REPUBLIC OF)
Second Nature|Manyonga
Commissioner: Raphael Chikukwa National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ);
Curator: Fadzai Muchemwa;
Exhibitors: Gideon Gomo, Eva Raath, Felix Shumba, Franklyn Dzingai, Pardon Mapondera
Venue: Santa Maria della Pieta, 30122 Venice, Castello, 3701
31 COLLATERAL EVENTS
As Above, So Below
One Ocean Foundation
Fabbrica H3, Ex Chiesa dei Santi Cosma e Damiano, Giudecca 624
9 May– 9 June
www.1ocean.org
www.zeitgeist19.com
www.asabovesobelow.space
BAILE, BOTELLA Y BARAJA.
Josè Ruìz entre la Botella y el Lienzo y su Narración Naïf de Puerto Rico.
Consolato REM Brega
Magma Gallery, Castello 1735
9 May– 22 November
www.consolatorem.org
Catalonia in Venice: Claudia Pagès Rabal
Paper Tears
Institut Ramon Llull
Docks Cantieri Cucchini, Castello 40/A
9 May– 22 November
www.papertears.llull.cat
Cymru yn Fenis / Wales in Venice presents
Sownd: Manon Awst and Dylan Huw
Arts Council of Wales
Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello 3703
9 May– 22 November
www.venice.arts.wales
fenis.celf.cymru
Fermata: Hong Kong in Venice
Hong Kong Arts Development Council e Hong Kong Museum of Art, Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Campo della Tana, Castello 2126
9 May– 22 November
www.2026.vbexhibitions.hk
www.hk.art.museum
www.hkadc.org.hk
Fissures of Light
Diaspora : dissonances in Fa minor
Association Tissali Arts & Culture
Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, Cannaregio 5038
9 May– 22 November
www.unyk-art.ch
www.wafrica.art
www.fondazionedonadallerose.org
www.donadallerosefoundation
Hybrids
Associazione Arte Continua
Negozio Olivetti, Piazza San Marco 101
9 May– 22 November
www.artecontinua.org
www.negozio-olivetti.it
If All Time Is Eternally Present: Kandis Williams, Meriem Bennani & Orian Barki, Tai Shani
Pier Luigi Nervi Foundation
Palazzo Nervi Scattolin, Campo Manin, San Marco 4866
9 May – 7 June
www.pierluiginervi.org
Infinito Cabinet. Maria Cristina Crespo
Eclettica Cultura dell’Arte
Riva San Biasio, Castello 2145
9 May – 22 November
www.ecletticaweb.it
www.circuitodelcontemporaneo.it
Iván Tovar: Le Retour
Fundación Iván Tovar
Ex Istituto Idrografico, Museo Storico Navale, Riva San Biasio, Castello 2148
9 May – 22 November
www.ivantovar.org
Jacone’s Polyphony
Exhibition from Macao, China
Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Macao Museum of Art
Arsenale, Campo della Tana, Castello 2126/A
9 May– 22 November
www.mam.gov.mo
Kan Yasuda - Isole del Silenzio
Fondation d’Entreprise Wilmotte
Corte Nuova, Fondamenta dell'Abbazia, Cannaregio 3560
9 May– 22 November
www.fondationwilmotte.com
www.kan-yasuda.co.jp
Lee Ufan
Dia Art Foundation
SMAC – San Marco Art Centre, Piazza San Marco 105
9 May– 22 November
www.smacvenice.org/whats-on/lee-ufan
Fondazione Bvlgari presents in Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Lara Favaretto, Momentary Monument – The Library
Monia Ben Hamouda, Fragments of Fire Worship
Fondazione Bvlgari
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Piazza San Marco 7
9 May– 22 November
www.bibliotecanazionalemarciana.cultura.gov.it/
www.bulgari.com/it-ch/fondazione.html
Nabatele
Museum of Jewish Montreal
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
9 May– 9 July
www.nabatele.world
Nalini Malani – Of Woman Born
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Magazzini del Sale n. 5, Fondamenta Zattere Ai Saloni, Dorsoduro 262
9 May– 22 November
www.knma.org
Official. Unofficial. Belarus.
Belarus Free Theatre
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista, San Polo 2454
9 May– 22 November
www.belarusfreetheatre.com
Pedagogy of Hope
GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
Radio Vanessa, 1923 Castello, (FM 101.8 MHz)
7 May – 10 May (online until 22 November)
www.radio.gamec.it
Ronald Ventura: Luna
MUSE – Museo delle Scienze e Castel Belasi – Contemporary Art Center for Eco Thought
Docks Cantieri Cucchini, Castello 1/A
9 May– 22 November
Scotland + Venice: Bugarin + Castle
Scotland + Venice
Olivolo, Castello 59/C
9 May– 22 November
www.scotlandandvenice.com
Screen Melancholy: Li Yi-Fan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello 4209
9 May– 22 November
www.taiwaninvenice.org/2026
Shifting Waters ERES Foundation
ERES Foundation
Fondazione ERES, Ca’ Sarasina, Castello 1228
9 May– 1 November
www.eres-foundation.com
Song E Yoon: Songs Across Time
The Foundation of ART NYC
Spazio 996/A, Fondamenta Sant’Anna, Castello 996/A
9 May– 22 November
www.artnycnewyork.com
Still Joy – from Ukraine into the World
Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Dorsoduro 874
9 May– 1 August
www.pinchukartcentre.org
Su Xiaobai’s Alchemical Universe
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art e Su Xiaobai Foundation
Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Cannaregio 6099, 6071, 6072
9 May– 22 November
www.suxiaobai-foundation.org/foundation
Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990). Emballage, Cricotage and Madame Jarema
Starak Family Foundation
Procuratie Vecchie, Piazza San Marco 139 – 153/A
9 May– 22 November
www.starakfoundation.org
The Spirits of Maritime Crossing 2026
Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation
Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù, Dorsoduro 1057/D
9 May– 2 August
www.smc.bkkartbiennale.com/
TURANDOT: To the Daughters of the East
Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art
Palazzo Franchetti, San Marco 2847
9 May– 31 October
www.parasolunit.org
Vyacheslav Akhunov: Instruments of the Mind
Centre for Contemporary Art Tashkent
Palazzo Franchetti, San Marco 2847
9 May– 22 November
www.ccat.uz/en
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* Gaza - No Words - See the Exhibit
Palestine Museum US
Palazzo Mora, Strada Nova, Cannaregio 3659
9 May – 22 November
www.falastin.museum
إدراك أغرب |Aghrab Idrāk: Thresholds of Perception
VCUarts Qatar – Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
Palazzo Cavanis, Fondamenta Zattere ai Gesuati, Dorsoduro 920
9 May– 22 November
www.qatar.vcu.edu/our-impact/biennale-arte-2026
