Venice Biennale - Finestre sull'Arte

Russia at the Biennale, MiC distances itself: government expresses contrary orientation

The Ministry of Culture intervenes on the issue of Russia's participation in the next edition of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale: the department headed by Alessandro Giuli in particular has distanced itself from the Bien...
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Does Biennale 2026 have no Italians because the curatorial team inherited an unfinished list?

I reached out via Instagram to Rory Tsapayi, a member of the Venice Biennale curatorial team who, since May 2025, has been overseeing the implementation of this year's international exhibition . After the death on May 10, 2025, of artistic director K...
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Venice Biennale 2026, Russia returns: here's who's behind the regime pavilion

The news of Russia 's participation in the Venice Biennale 2026, which was officially confirmed this morning when the Biennale organization released the list of national participations, is already arousing, for now on social media, outrage among Ukra...
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Russia officially participates in Venice Biennale 2026 after two editions of absence

After two consecutive editions marked by absence, Russia will reopen its national pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Confirmation came this morning from the Biennale organization itself, which included Russia among the official national participat...
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Venice Biennale, the spirit changes and Italian art remains offstage

Perhaps the spirit of the Biennale is destined to change. The world in which we live has changed, the so-called "art system" is showing cracks that were once unsuspected, and the figures animating it-artists, critics, curators, public and private ins...
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Venice Biennale 2026, here are the invited artists: no Italians on the list

The 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, titled In Minor Keys, which will open to the public on Saturday, May 9, and remain open to the public until Sunday, Nov. 22, 2026, was presented this morning, spreading across the Giardini...
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South Africa forgoes 2026 biennial after clash over Gaza

South Africa will not participate in the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026. The national pavilion will remain empty, breaking an uninterrupted presence that lasted since 2011. The decision, confirmed by South Africa's Ministry of Culture to The Art Ne...
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Henrike Naumann, the artist of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026, passes away at just 41 years old

Henrike Naumann, the artist who, together with Vietnamese artist Sung Tieu, is representing Germany at the Venice Art Biennale 2026, curated by Kathleen Reinhardt, passed away at just 41 years old following a cancer diagnosis that came too late. Bo...
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