#venice-biennale

#venice-biennale

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.

The Latvian Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, commissioned by Jānis Dripe and curated by Liene Jākobsone and Ilka Ruby, explores the impact of military defense on the country's border landscape. The exhibition was designed by SAMPLING and Nomad Architects to highlight how geopolitical tensions shape both territory and daily life. In times of escalating international warfare, the curatorial team poses the question of what it means to live on NATO's external border in times of geopolitical conflict.

"I can think of no one better to represent America than the president himself," Serrano says in a statement.

Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Castle, known as Bugarin + Castle, will represent Scotland at the Venice Biennale with a work focusing on complex emotional legacies.

The full terror of the show manifests in a bizarre and baroque scene of ritualised but unexplained tyranny, enacted through choreographed movement by an eight-strong cast.

The exhibition 'GBR - Geology of Britannic Repair' represents UK's participation at the 2025 Venice Biennale, exploring themes of reparation and renewal.

A sinuous form anchors the exhibition, shaped from bands of folded raw aluminium stitched together into a silhouette that ambiguously presents itself as a host and a threshold while remaining uncontained by fixed boundaries.