List of national pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale

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The 61st Venice Biennale is an international contemporary art exhibition to be held in 2026. [1] The Venice Biennale takes place every two years in Venice, Italy, and participating nations select artists to show at their pavilions, [2] hosted in the Venice Giardini, Arsenale, and palazzos throughout the city. [3]

Countries began to announce their national representatives even before the previous exhibition closed in 2024. [4]

National pavilions

NationLocationArtist(s)Curator(s)Ref
Canada Giardini Abbas Akhavan [1]
The Netherlands Giardini Dries Verhoeven Rieke Vos [5]
EstoniaAround Venice Merike Estna [1]
France Giardini Yto Barrada [1]
LuxembourgAround Venice Aline Bouvy Stilbé Schroeder [1]
IrelandAround Venice Isabel Nolan Georgina Jackson [1]
TaiwanAround Venice Li Yi-Fan [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2026 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated]". ArtReview . November 26, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  2. 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.
  3. 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. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  4. "First Pavilions Announced for 2026 Venice Biennale". November 7, 2024.
  5. "Dries Verhoeven selected as Dutch entry for the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia". Mondriaan Fund. August 4, 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2025.