61st Venice Biennale

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61st Venice Biennale
Genre Art exhibition
Begins2026
Ends2026
Location(s) Venice
CountryItaly
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.

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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]

This section is an excerpt from List of national pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale § National pavilions.[ edit ]
NationLocationArtist(s)Curator(s)Ref
Canada Giardini Abbas Akhavan [5]
EstoniaAround Venice Merike Estna [6]
France Giardini Yto Barrada [6]
LuxembourgAround Venice Aline Bouvy Stilbé Schroeder [6]
IrelandAround Venice Isabel Nolan Georgina Jackson [6]
TaiwanAround Venice Li Yi-Fan [6]

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The Czech and Slovak pavilion houses the national representation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgian pavilion</span>

The Belgian pavilion houses Belgium's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spanish pavilion</span>

The Spanish pavilion houses Spain's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brazilian pavilion</span> Venice Biennale national pavilion

The Brazilian pavilion houses Brazil's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Korean pavilion</span> South Korean presence at the Venice Biennale

The Korean pavilion houses South Korea's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venezuelan pavilion</span>

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The Polish pavilion houses Poland's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hungarian pavilion</span> Venice Biennale national pavilion

The Hungarian pavilion houses Hungary's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Israeli pavilion</span> Venice Biennale national pavilion

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The Finnish pavilion houses Finland's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

The Danish pavilion houses Denmark's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. The building was designed by Carl Brummer and constructed between 1930 and 1932, and restored and expanded by Peter Koch in the 1950s.

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The 60th Venice Biennale is an international contemporary art exhibition held between April and November 2024. The Venice Biennale takes place every two years in Venice, Italy, with some limited exceptions. Artistic director Adriano Pedrosa curated its central exhibition, Foreigners Everywhere, and 88 countries contributed national pavilions.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated]". ArtReview . November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated]". ArtReview . November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
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