Pavilions - preliminary list

61st International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia

Already announced Pavilions of countries and institutions for 2026. This list is compiled from various sources, and will be constantly updated. We do not guarantee its accuracy. Links from names lead to photos and info related to the person in all the areas of Universes in Universe.

Special presentation by UiU:

United Arab Emirates
Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
Curator: Bana Kattan
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi
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Albania
A Place in the Sun
Artist: Genti Korini
Curator: Małgorzata Ludwisiak


Argentina
Monitor Yin Yang
Artist: Matías Duville
Curator: Josefina Barcia
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi


Armenia
Ode to Lord Byron
Artist: Zadik Zadikian
Curators: Tony Shafrazi, Tina Shakarian


Australia
Artist: Khaled Sabsabi
Curator: Michael Dagostino
Organizer: Creative Australia
Venue: Giardini


Austria
Seaworld Venice
Artist: Florentina Holzinger
Curator: Nora-Swantje Almes
Commissioner: The Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Venue: Giardini

The Bahamas
Artists: Lavar Munroe & John Beadle
Curator: Krista Thompson
Commissioner: The Bahamas in Venice Committee


Belgium
IT NEVER SSST
Artist: Miet Warlop
Curator: Caroline Dumalin
Institutional partners: Morpho and Kanal-Centre Pompidou
Venue: Giardini


Brazil
Comigo ninguém pode
[Nobody can do anything to me]
Artists: Rosana Paulino, Adriana Varejão
Curator: Diane Lima
Commissioner: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Venue: Giardini


Canada
Artist: Abbas Akhavan
Curator: Kim Nguyen
Commissioner: Jean-François Bélisle, Director & CEO of the National Gallery of Canada
Organizer: National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Ottawa
Venue: Giardini


Chile
Inter-Reality
Artist: Norton Maza
Curators: Dermis León, Marisa Caichiolo
Commissioner: Claudia Pertuzé
Venue: Arsenale


Cyprus
Artist: Marina Xenofontos
Curator: Kyle Dancewicz
Commissioner: Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture
Venue: Associazione Culturale Spiazzi


Czech and Slovak Republics
The Silence of the Mole
Artists: Jakub Jansa, Selmeci Kocka Jusko (Alex Selmeci, Tomáš Kocka Jusko)
Curator: Peter Sit
Commissioner: Michal Novotný
Venue: Giardini


Denmark
Completely Surreal
Artist: Maja Malou Lyse
Organizer: Danish Arts Foundation
Venue: Giardini


El Salvador
Cartografías del desplazamiento
[Cartographies of displacement]
Artist: Óscar Molina
Curator: Alejandra Cabezas
Commissioner: Astrid Bahamond
Venue: Palazzo Mora


Estonia
Artist: Merike Estna
Commissioner: Maria Arusoo, Director of the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
Organizer: Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art


Finland
Artist: Jenna Sutela
Curator: Stefanie Hessler
Commissioned and produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Venue: Giardini


France
Artist: Yto Barrada
Curator: Myriam Ben Salah
Commissioner: Institut français
Venue: Giardini


Germany
Artists: Henrike Naumann and Sung Tieu
Curator: Kathleen Reinhardt
Commissioner: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Venue: Giardini


Great Britain
Artist: Lubaina Himid
Commissioner: British Council
Venue: Giardini


Greece
Escape Room
Artist: Andreas Angelidakis 
Curator: George Bekirakis 
Venue: Giardini

Hong Kong
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: Campo della Tana, Castello


Hungary
Artist: Endre Koronczi
Curator: Luca Cserhalmi
Commissioner: Julia Fabényi
Venue: Giardini


Iceland
Artist: Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Organizer: Icelandic Art Center
Venue: Arsenale


Ireland
Artist: Isabel Nolan
Curator: Georgina Jackson, The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art
Commissioner: Culture Ireland
Producer: Cian O’Brien
Venue: Arsenale


Israel
Rose of Nothingness
Artist: Belu-Simion Fainarus
Curators: Sorin Heller and Avital Bar-Shay
Venue: Arsenale


Italy
Con te, con tutto
Artist: Chiara Camoni
Curator: Cecilia Canziani
Venue: Arsenale


Japan
Artist: Ei Arakawa-Nash
Co-curators: Lisa Horikawa, Mizuki Takahashi
Organizer: The Japan Foundation
Venue: Giardini


Korea (Republic of)
Artists: Choi Geon, Hyeree Ro
Curator: Binna Choi
Organizer: Arts Council Korea
Venue: Giardini


Kosovo
Strong Teeth
Artist: Brilant Milazimi
Curator: José Esparza Chong Cuy
Commissioner: Hana Halilaj, National Gallery of Kosovo


Latvia
Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Artists: Untamed Fashion Assemblies (Bruno Birmanis), MAREUNROL’S
Curators: Inga Lāce, Adomas Narkevičius
Commissioner: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art
Venue: Arsenale


Lebanon
Artist: Nabil Nahas
Curator: Nada Ghandour
Commissioner: Lebanese Visual Art Association
Venue: Arsenale


Lithuania
Warm Blooded and Earthbound
Artist: Eglė Budvytytė
Organizer: Lithuanian Council for Culture


Luxembourg
Artist: Aline Bouvy
Curator: Stilbé Schroeder
Organizers: Arts Council Kultur:LX, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi


Macao (China)
Jacone’s Polyphony
Artists: Fok Hoi Seng, O Chi Wai, Lei Fung Ieng
Curators: Feng Yan, Ng Sio Ieng
Organizer: Macao Museum of Art


Malta
No Need to Sparkle
Artists: Adrian Abela, Charlie Cauchi, Raphael Vella
Curator: Margerita Pulè
Commissioner: Arts Council Malta
Venue: Arsenale


Mexico
Actos invisibles para sostener el universo
[Invisible acts to sustain the universe] 
Artists: RojoNegro (María Sosa, Noé Martínez)
Curator: Jessica Berlanga Taylor
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi


Morocco
Asǝṭṭa project
Artist: Amina Agueznay
Curator: Meryem Berrada
Commissioner: Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication


The Netherlands
Artist: Dries Verhoeven
Curator: Rieke Vos
Commissioner: Eelco van der Lingen, Director Mondriaan Fund
Venue: Giardini

New Zealand
Artist: Fiona Pardington
Commissioner: Kent Gardner
Organizers: The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa and Christchurch Art Gallery
Venue: Arsenale


Nordic Countries
(Finland, Norway, Sweden)
Artists: Klara Kristalova, Benjamin Orlow, Tori Wrånes
Curator: Anna Mustonen
Commissioners: Kiasma in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Sweden, and OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway.
Venue: Giardini


North Macedonia
Pieta in the Veils of Urgency
Artist: Velimir Žernovski


Panama
Artists: Antonio José Guzmán & Iva Jankovic
Curators: Mónica Kúpfer, Ana Elizabeth González


Peru
Sara Flores. De otros mundos
[Sara Flores. From other worlds]
Artist: Sara Flores
Curators: Issela Ccoyllo, Matteo Norzi
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi


Philippines
Sea of Love: A History of Movement / Dagat ng Pag-Ibig: Isang Kasaysayan ng Paglalayag
Artist: Jon Cuyson
Curator: Mara Gladstone
Venue: Arsenale


Poland
Liquid Tongues
Artist: Bogna Burska & Daniel Kotowski
with the participation of Chór w Ruchu, Alicja Czyczel, Aleksandra Gryka, Magdalena Mosiewicz
Curators: Ewa Chomicka, Jolanta Woszczenko
Venue: Giardini


Portugal
RedSkyFalls
Artist: Alexandre Estrella
Curators: Ana Baliza, Ricardo Nicolau
Curator of the public program: Marco Bene


San Marino
Sea of Sound
Artist: Mark Francis
Curator: Luca Tommasi
Commissioner: Valentina Garavini Venue: Tana Art Space


Saudi Arabia
Artist: Dana Awartani
Curator: Antonia Carver
Assistant Curator: Hafsa Al-Khudairi
Organizer: Visual Arts Commission of the Ministry of Culture
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi


Scotland
Artists: Bugarin + Castle (Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Castle)
Curator: Mount Stuart Trust
Commissioner: Scotland + Venice


Serbia
From Golgotha to Resurrection
Artist: Predrag Đaković
Curators: Tomislav Todorović, Olga Čučković


Singapore
Artist: Amanda Heng
Curator: Selene Yap
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi


Slovenia
Discomfort of Memorialisation
Artists: Nonument Group (Neja Tomšič, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar, Miloš Kosec)
Curator: Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez


Spain
Los restos
[The remains]
Artist: Oriol Vilanova
Curator: Carles Guerra
Commissioner: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Venue: Giardini


Switzerland
The Unfinished Business of Living Together
Artists: A collective made up of Gianmaria Andreetta, Luca Beeler, Nina Wakeford, Miriam Laura Leonardi, Lithic Alliance and Yul Tomatala
Commissioner: Swiss arts council Pro Helvetia
Venue: Giardini


Taiwan
Artist: Li Yi-Fan
Curator: Raphael Fonseca
Organizer: Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan
Venue: Palazzo delle Prigioni


Timor-Leste
Artists: Veronica Pereira Maia, Etson Caminha, Juventino Madeira
Curator: Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani
Commissioner: Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture of Timor-Leste


Türkiye
Artist: Nilbar Güreş
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür
Organizer: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV)
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi

Ukraine
Security Guarantees
Artist: Zhanna Kadyrova
Curators: Ksenia Malykh, Leonid Marushchak
Organizer: Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi


Uruguay
Antifrágil
Artist: Margaret Whyte
Curator: Patricia Bentancur
Commissioner: Martín Craciun, Coordinator of the National Institute of Visual Arts, National Directorate of Culture of the Ministry of Education and Culture
Venue: Giardini


USA
Call Me the Breeze
Artist: Alma Allen
Curator: Jeffrey Uslip
Commissioner: Jenni Parido, The American Arts Conservancy (AAC) 
Venue: Giardini


Wales
Exhibitors: Manon Awst and Dylan Huw
Organizers: Oriel Davies and Oriel Myrddin
Commissioner: Arts Council of Wales


Zimbabwe
Second Nature | Manyonga
Artists: Franklyn Dzingai, Gideon Gomo, Pardon Mapondera, Eva Raath, Felix Shumba
Curator: Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa
Commissioner: Raphael Chikukwa, National Gallery of Zimbabwe


61st International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia

9 May – 22 November 2026
(Pre-opening days: 6 – 8 May)

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).

Pavilions - preliminary list


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