National participations, collateral events and other exhibitions outside the Arsenale and the Giardini, during the 61st International Art Exhibition.
National participations, collateral events and other exhibitions outside the Arsenale and the Giardini, during the 61st International Art Exhibition.
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Bringing together 20 artists from Southeast Asia, as well as Ireland, Serbia and beyond, the exhibition explores themes of identity, displacement, diaspora, memory and spiritual resilience in a world shaped by migration and global transformation.
Curator: Apinan Poshyananda
Organizer: Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation
Venue: Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù, Dorsoduro 1057/D
09 May - 02 August, 2026
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Commissioned by the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), Nalini Malani returns to Venice with a large-scale multichannel installation, to transform the Magazzini del Sale into a contin-ually changing "thought chamber" on women, myth, and global conflict.
Curator: Roobina Karode
Organizer: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA)
Venue: Magazzino del Sale no. 5, Dorsoduro 262
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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The exhibition by artist Li Yi-Fan will respond to today's overload of information and images, reflect on the complex interactions between humanity and technology, and examine how individuals relying on their own strength can participate in, understand, and construct the world they inhabit.
Curator: Raphael Fonseca. Organizer: Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan
Venue: Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello 4209
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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* Gaza - No Words - See the Exhibit
Organizer: Palestine Museum US
Venue: Palazzo Mora, Strada Nova, Cannaregio 3659
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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José Ruíz entre la Botella y el Lienzo y su Narración Naïf de Puerto Rico.
Organizer: Consolato REM Brega
Venue: Magma Gallery, Castello 1735
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Paper Tears
Organizing institution: Institut Ramon Llull
Venue: Docks Cantieri Cucchini, Castello 40A
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Sownd: Manon Awst and Dylan Huw.
Arts Council of Wales
Venue: Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello 3701
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Artists: Kingsley Ng & Angel Hui
Curator: Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)
Organizers: Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) & Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC)
Venue: Ramo della Tana, Castello 2126
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Diaspora: dissonances in Fa minor
Organizer: Association Tissali Arts & Culture
Venue: Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, Cannaregio 5038
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Lara Favaretto, Momentary Monument – The Library
Monia Ben Hamouda, Fragments of Fire Worship
Organizer: Fondazione Bvlgari
Venue: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Piazza San Marco 7
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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A dialogue between Erlich’s sculptural practice and a space where design, culture, and vision have long converged. Approximately twenty works, including several previously unseen sculptures.
A project by Associazione Arte Continua in collaboration with FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano, with the support of Galleria Continua. Curated by Marcello Dantas.
Leandro Erlich in UiU
Venue: Negozio Olivetti, Piazza San Marco 101
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Curated by Giusy Caroppo.
Organizer: Eclettica Cultura dell’Arte
Venue: Riva San Biasio, Castello 2145
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: Fundación Iván Tovar
Venue: Ex Istituto Idrografico, Museo Storico Navale, Riva San Biasio, Castello 2148
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Exhibition from Macao, China.
Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Macao Museum of Art
Venue: Campo della Tana, Castello 2126/A
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: Fondation d’Entreprise Wilmotte
Venue: Corte Nuova, Fondamenta dell'Abbazia, Cannaregio 3560
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Developed in close partnership with the artist, the exhibition traces the evolution of his iconic visual language with works ranging from new and historical paintings to large-scale installations and a new site-specific commission.
Organized by Dia Art Foundation. Curated by Jessica Morgan, Dia’s Nathalie de Gunzburg Director
Venue: SMAC - San Marco Art Centre, Piazza San Marco, 105
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Large-scale open-air installation by Anna Kamyshan - a floating shtetl synagogue on a massive rock above the Venetian Lagoon.
Curated by Maria Veits and Yevgeniy Fiks.
Organizer: Museum of Jewish Montreal
Venue: Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
09 May - 09 July, 2026
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Organizer: Belarus Free Theatre
Venue: Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista, San Polo 2454
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo.
FM 101.8 MHz, 7 May – 10 May, online until 22 November
Venue: Radio Vanessa, 1923 Castello
07 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: MUSE – Museo delle Scienze e Castel Belasi – Contemporary Art Center for Eco Thought
Venue: Docks Cantieri Cucchini, Castello 1/A, San Pietro di Castello
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: Scotland + Venice
Venue: Olivolo, Castello 59/C, San Pietro di Castello
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: ERES Foundation
Venue: Fondazione ERES, Ca’ Sarasina, Castello 1228
09 May - 01 November, 2026
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Organizer: The Foundation of ART NYC
Venue: Spazio 996/A, Fondamenta S Anna 996/A, Castello
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Venue: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Dorsoduro, 874
09 May - 01 August, 2026
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Organizer: LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Su Xiaobai Foundation
Venue: Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Fondamenta Van Axel o de le Erbe
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: Starak Family Foundation
Venue: Procuratie Vecchie, San Marco 139 - 153/A
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art
Venue: Palazzo Franchetti, S. Marco, 2847
09 May - 31 October, 2026
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Spanning painting, drawing, video, and installation, the exhibition traces five decades of Akhunov’s practice, bringing together introspective, poetic, and subtly subversive works - including several unrealised and previously unseen pieces from the 1970s shown publicly for the first time.
Presented by the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent. Curated by Sara Raza.
Vyacheslav Akhunov in UiU
Venue: Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, San Marco, 2847
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Organizer: VCUarts Qatar – Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
Venue: Palazzo Cavanis, Fondamenta Zattere ai Gesuati, 920
09 May - 22 November, 2026
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Gerhard Haupt and Pat Binder, Universes in Universe
61st International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
9 May – 22 November 2026
Title: In Minor Keys
Curatorial concept by Koyo Kouoh (1967 - 2025)
Produced by La Biennale di Venezia, with professionals selected by Koyo Kouoh: Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo, Marie Helene Pereira and Rasha Salti (advisors); Siddhartha Mitter (editor-in-chief); Rory Tsapayi (assistant).
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