61. International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia - Finestre sull'Arte

Oriol Vilanova turns the Spain Pavilion into an "anti-museum" at Biennale 2026

The Pavilion of Spain at the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale presents Los restos, a project by artist Oriol Vilanova (Manresa, 1980), curated by Carles Guerra, which transforms the exhibition space into an enveloping and temp...
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The Biennial of Botanical Decolonialism: what Koyo Kouoh's exhibition In Minor Keys looks like

That a home cannot exist without the verdant complicity of a tree, of a plant, of any plant species is a fact known from the beginning, evidence across cultures, across latitudes, across the entire history of humanity. It is worth, meanwhile, the ide...
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Porn, technology and the future of humanity: the Denmark Pavilion at Biennale 2026

At the 61st Venice Biennale, the Danish Pavilion entrusts Maja Malou Lyse with one of the most controversial reflections of the 2026 edition. The Danish Arts Foundation thus presents Things To Come, an exhibition project curated by Chus Martín...
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In Venice, the new illy Art Collection for the Biennale with installations and giant cups

illycaffè presented the new illy Art Collection In minor Keys in Venice at the 61st. International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The project is part of the event's program and interprets Koyo Kouoh's chosen theme, In Minor Keys, th...
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A meditative space in the making at the Canada Pavilion: starring a particular variety of water lily

On the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Canada, as the official commissioner of the Canada Pavilion, involved the Botanical Garden of Padua in the realization of the exhibition project ...
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Does the Venice Biennale exist only when controversy erupts?

One can challenge anything to this Venice Biennale, except the success of Pietrangelo Buttafuoco's masterpiece of unintentional strategy, repaid by the most fragrant numbers the president could hope for: 10 thousand visitors during the first opening ...
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Biennale, rules announced for Visitor's Lion. But dozens of artists withdraw

With the opening of the Venice Biennale 2026 to the public, voting for the Visitor Lions of the 61st International Art Exhibition, which will replace the traditional Golden Lions due to the resignation of the jury before the opening, also officially ...
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Venice Biennale 2026 kicks off: which pavilions not to miss

The 61st edition of the Venice Art Biennale starts today, May 9, 2026, and will run until November 22, 2026. The In Minor Keys project, conceived by director Koyo Kouoh before her passing in May 2025, has been brought to fruition by her team to honor...
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