Notes related to Bienal
GUATEMALA PRESENTS “LAS INVISIBLES” AT THE 61st VENICE BIENNALE
Memory, identity, and abstraction intersect in the exhibition by Ana Lorena Núñez, Jorge Chavarría, Manuel Navichoc, and Elsie Wunderlich for the international art fair.
A MENTAL GARDEN: HAITI AT THE VENICE BIENNALE 2026
Haitian artist Enock Placide's installation offers an immersive experience of time, space, and perception, on view through November 22 at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello.
WHAT IS "SEAWORLD VENICE"? THE INSTALLATION AT THE BIENNALE THAT STAGES ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL COLLAPSE
Florentina Holzinger represents Austria at the 61st International Art Exhibition with a live installation exploring water, purity and feminist resistance. On view through 22 November at the Giardini della Biennale.
JUNKANOO IN VENICE: ART, MEMORY, AND POSTHUMOUS COLLABORATION AT THE BAHAMAS PAVILION
The 2026 Venice Biennale hosts an exhibition exploring the Bahamian Junkanoo tradition through the work of John Beadle and Lavar Munroe — two generations of artists united by discarded materials and collective memory.
BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: CANADA BRINGS TWILIGHT TO THE VENICE BIENNALE
With Victoria water lilies as protagonists, Abbas Akhavan transforms the Canadian pavilion into a liminal space that invites to rethink humanity's relationship with the natural world.
US SCULPTURES AMID CONTROVERSY AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
No formal application, no galleries, and uncertain funding: the artist representing the United States in Venice explores the transformation of matter and the American landscape.
SPAIN: ORIOL VILANOVA AND THE ABOLITION OF THE MUSEUM AND THE ARCHIVE
The Spanish Pavilion at the Biennale is transformed into an anti-museum led by the Catalan artist, grounded in the accumulation of postcards, memory, and a critique of the archive.
NEW ZEALAND PHOTOGRAPHER FIONA PARDINGTON REPRESENTS AOTEAROA AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
A new series of large-scale photographs of taxidermied birds — some extinct, many endangered — explores the intersection of colonial history, Māori spirituality, and ecological loss.
DENMARK’S PAVILION AT VENICE BIENNALE EXAMINES PORNOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, AND HUMAN REPRODUCTION
For the 61st edition of the world's oldest contemporary art exhibition, Denmark selected Maja Malou Lyse and curator Chus Martínez to represent the country at the Giardini.
ECUADOR UNVEILS “KANUA” IN THE CANALS OF VENICE
In the run-up to the Venice Biennale, the Ecuador Pavilion project offers solar-powered boat tours and intimate conversations about extractivism, rivers, territories, and ways of life in the Amazon.
THE VENICE BIENNALE IN AN EDITION MARKED BY POLITICAL GAMES
By: María Galarza and Álvaro de Benito
The Venice Art Biennale is approaching the inauguration of its 61st edition amid resignations, protests, and controversies. Never indifferent to its time, its launch also converges within an intense context of wars, genocides, and geopolitical crises. From Arte al Día, we ask ourselves: how can we trace the relationships between politics and art?
BE PART OF A COLLECTIVE ART WORK BY CHIHARU SHIOTA FOR THE CURITIBA INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL
Open call to participate in a new installation by internationally renowned artist Chiharu Shiota at the Museu Oscar Niemeyer.
CHILE AT THE 2026 VENICE BIENNALE: NORTON MAZA PRESENTS "INTER-REALITY"
The proposal selected for the Chilean pavilion brings an immersive experience in Venice that addresses contemporary tensions.
EL SALVADOR MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE VENICE BIENNALE WITH ITS OWN PAVILION
The Central American country will bring Oscar Molina's work to the Biennale, paying tribute to displaced communities and the global diaspora.
MARGARET WHYTE TURNS FRAGILITY INTO LANGUAGE AT THE 2026 VENICE BIENNALE
The Uruguayan Pavilion in Venice will present Whyte’s work, which combines textiles, obsolete machines, and scraps of waste to demonstrate that disorder does not destroy.
"MONITOR YIN YANG": ARGENTINA ARRIVES AT THE VENICE BIENNALE WITH AN OPEN CARTOGRAPHY
Matías Duville's installation proposes a traversable landscape where light and shadow, permanence and transformation coexist without resolution.
SILENCE HAS MATTER: ETHIOPIA BRINGS THE WORK OF TEGENE KUNBI TO THE VENICE BIENNALE
The exhibition offers a political reading through paintings that bring together sacred, industrial, and domestic textiles within a single visual field.
CUBA PRESENTS "FREE MEN" AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
Cuban artist Roberto Diago presents a sculptural installation that turns the scar into an emblem of identity and precariousness into an act of sovereignty.
"NOBODY CAN DEFEAT ME": THE BRAZILIAN PAVILION IN VENICE BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY, HISTORY, AND NATURE
Curated by Diane Lima, the exhibition brings together Adriana Varejão and Rosana Paulino for the first time to rewrite the wounds of colonialism.
ARMANDO ANDRADE: “SARA FLORES PRESENTS A SERIES OF WORKS THAT TAKE KENÉ TO A SCALE NEVER BEFORE EXPLORED”
As curator of the Peruvian pavilion in Venice, Andrade examines how the Shipibo-Konibo artist transforms a visual thinking system into an all-encompassing experience —and why that gesture reshapes the scale of what contemporary art can hold.
OSCAR SANTILLÁN AND THE TAWNA COLLECTIVE WILL REPRESENT ECUADOR AT THE 61ST VENICE BIENNALE
This May, the Ecuador Pavilion will present an exhibition curated by Manuela Moscoso that explores territory, knowledge, and coexistence.
MAYA WATANABE IN A GROUP EXHIBITION AT THE HOSPEDALETTO COMPLEX IN VENICE
The exhibition evokes a present marked by oppression, where bodies, sensibilities, and politics are deeply intertwined.
THE WIND AS PROTAGONIST AT THE FINLAND PAVILION
Combining science, music, and theatricality, Jenna Sutela’s work—curated by Stefanie Hessler—explores the unpredictable nature of the wind and its connection to the contemporary environmental crisis.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF LIVING TOGETHER AT THE SWISS PAVILION
An exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale that revisits television archives to reflect on coexistence as both a social promise and a contested field.
WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2026, A FIELD DENSE WITH ENCOUNTERS
The intergenerational selection traces a sensitive map of practices connected to the United States, where affective, political, and technological ties intertwine through an experimental lens.
TROPICAL HYPERSTITION, A SPACE OF MEMORY AND RESISTANCE AT THE BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2026
With the large-scale installation and performative work of Antonio José Guzmán and Iva Jankovic, Panama participates for the second time as a National Pavilion in the Biennale di Venezia 2026.
MEXICAN CURATOR ANNOUNCED FOR LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 2027
Lucía Sanromán and Aimee Harrison to co-curate the 14th edition of the festival, taking place from 5 June 2027 until 12 September 2027.
LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS AT THE BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2026
Fifteen artists from the region will take part in In Minor Keys, the 61st International Art Exhibition opening in Venice in May 2026.
MIET WARLOP’S “ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” SPIRIT WILL REPRESENT BELGIUM AT THE 61ST VENICE BIENNALE
The artist will present a performative work that addresses the chaotic state of the world and the need for human connection in the face of today’s turbulent context.
FIRST INDIGENOUS ART BIENNIAL IN BUENOS AIRES
The event will bring together 46 Indigenous artists from different regions of Argentina and neighboring countries, with exhibitions and activities taking place between February and April.
