#venice-biennale

#venice-biennale

The exhibition is titled 'No Go Elevator (not without no keycard)' and marks the duo's first showcase outside the U.K. The space in Venice will be filled with a mix of drawings and a large painting.

The jury of the Venice Biennale stated it would refrain from awarding artists from countries whose leaders are charged with crimes against humanity, emphasizing a commitment to human rights.

The Venice Biennale is the world's first art biennial, and it's the reason your obnoxious art friend and that one culture vulture you know says 'BI-en-NAH-le' and not 'biennial' like most other humans to refer to cultural events that take place every two years.

"Political prisoners are the best of Russians," said Nadya Tolokonnikova, emphasizing that artists trapped in the prison system express the fear and suffering of their country.

This idea has been on my mind for some time, shaped by observing the political situation not only in Bulgaria but more broadly. In Bulgaria, we are going through a profound political crisis.

The Venice Biennale's complicity with the attempted destruction of Palestinian life must end. No artist or cultural worker should be asked to share a platform with this genocidal state.

This action was not mentioned in the latest letter, which said the deaths of artists, musicians, poets, and journalists in Gaza is 'an attempted annihilation of not just the Palestinian people but Palestinian culture.' It added that 'no artist or cultural worker should be asked to share a platform with this genocidal state.'

The artist is best known for her dense, visionary ink drawings on calico and postcards. She believed her intricate compositions were guided by a spiritual entity she called "Myrninerest," which she described as an unseen collaborator. Only a small number of her textile works are known to survive, with examples held in institutions including the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England and the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Beleaguered Louvre president Laurence des Cars quits after a historic heist under her watch. The next morning, a new leader is announced. It's Christophe Leribault from the Palace of Versailles, a true museum animal who ran a few during his career.

Following the tragic death of Koyo Kouoh last May, the details of her final project- In Minor Keys, the international exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale-were unveiled this week by the collaborative team that will carry through her vision for the show.

Born in East Germany just a few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, her work ruminated on reunification. It often incorporated furniture and found domestic objects and mass-produced home goods from the era as carriers of ideologies, politics, and social truths. She passed away of cancer just three months before the opening of the Venice Biennale, where she was set to co-represent Germany with artist Sung Tieu.

designed by the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) and philosopher Giovanbattista Tusa (Visiting Faculty, Independent Study and Dissertation director) for curators, artists, researchers, and cultural practitioners seeking to engage with the living context of the Venice Biennale. Over four days, participants will move through a sequence of philosophical orientations - Rooting, Growing, Branching, and Cultivating Futures- that frame art as a mode of world-disclosure and situated intervention.

If you've had Bad Bunny's "NUEVAYoL" playing on loop in your brain, if you've pledged to call the Super Bowl "el Super Tazón" for the rest of your life, if you're considering swapping out all the mid-century furniture in your apartment for white plastic chairs, if you don't even known which football teams played on Sunday night ... then you might be one of millions of people who were moved, transfixed, and inspired by the Puerto Rican singer's historic half-time performance.

The South African culture minister, the right-wing populist Gayton McKenzie, has cancelled the project for South Africa's pavilion at the forthcoming Venice Biennale, proposed by the artist Gabrielle Goliath and curator Ingrid Masondo. Goliath and Masondo have appealed to the country's president and submitted a case to its high court to overturn McKenzie's decision. Ben Luke speaks to Charles Leonard, who has been reporting on this story for The Art Newspaper over the past few weeks.

On January 22, artist Gabrielle Goliath and curator Ingrid Masondo filed a founding affidavit in the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria, stating their intention to challenge South African Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie's unilateral decision to terminate the video and performance series, Elegy, at its national pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. McKenzie had attempted to characterize Goliath's piece, which would have centered Palestinians enduring genocide in Gaza, as "highly divisive" and not aligned with South Africa's interests - even though the country famously brought a legal case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over allegations of genocide in Gaza.

Migration is a thing that transforms a human into a different type of human ... the self being transformed into this being that doesn't exist there, and doesn't exist here

Kathleen Goncharov, a longtime curator who served as the United States Commissioner for the 50th Venice Biennale, has died at the age of 73. The news of her passing was announced by a group of friends and her partner, poet and artist Charles Doria. She died of natural causes in her Boca Raton home on New Year's Eve. Goncharov is remembered as a doting friend, a champion of artists, and a gifted and intuitive curator.

The 61st edition of the Venice Biennale, the most prestigious and oldest-running art biennial, will open 9 May next year. The main exhibition will follow the curatorial plan set out by the late Koyo Kouoh, while countries from around the world have been announcing the artists who will represent them in the national pavilions.pol To help you keep on top of the latest pavilion news, we have brought together all the participating artists and organisers announced so far. Venice Biennale: 61st International Art Exhibition, Giardini, Arsenale and various venues around Venice, 9 May-22 November 2026 Australia Artist: Khaled Sabsabi Organisers: Michael Dagostino; Creative Australia Where: Giardini

For me, not only is it an honor to represent El Salvador, I grew up here, but unfortunately, again, we are in another cycle of migration at this moment. For El Salvador, this is the first time we will host our own pavilion-I am filled with joy and happiness. As an artist, I feel very blessed.

We're Not All Fam at PhAM After several, shall we say, setbacks, the United States finally has a representative for the 2026 Venice Biennale. Alma Allen will explore "the concept of 'elevation' as a "physical manifestation of form," according to the Department of State. OK. A New New York City Welcome to this week's installment of "What in the World Is Happeningat the Philadelphia Art Museum?"

La Biennale di Venezia has announced that architects Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu will curate the 20th International Architecture Exhibition, opening in May 2027. Founders of Amateur Architecture Studio and leading voices in contemporary practice, the duo is known for an approach rooted in craftsmanship, material reuse, and deep engagement with place. Their appointment brings renewed attention to vernacular knowledge, construction cultures, and the social realities shaping architecture today.

I define feminine energy as the urge to connect and nurture, which everybody exhibits. If we disconnect from feminine energy, we lose the ability to connect deeply to ourselves in a meaningful way. We lose the ability to really nurture ourselves in a healthy way. We lose community because we lose the ability to connect to one another and nurture one another.