Venice Biennale 2026
Press Overview

Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Main exhibition — In Minor Keys Daniel Lind-Ramos: Guardaverde (The Green Guardian) (Arsenale)

Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Netherlands — Dries Verhoeven: The Fortress Nordic Pavilion — Tori Wrånes, Klara Kristalova & Benjamin Orlow: How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? Belgium — Miet Warlop: It Never Ssst Japan — Ei Arakawa-Nash: Grass Babies, Moon Babies Spain — Oriol Vilanova (postcard installation) UK — Lubaina Himid: Predicting History: Testing Translation France — Yto Barrada Slovenia — Nonument Group (sound installation) Ukraine — Zhanna Kadyrova: The Origami Deer Finland — Jenna Sutela: Aeolian Suite

Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Greece — (abattoir/sex dungeon installation) Belgium — Miet Warlop: It Never Ssst Main exhibition — In Minor Keys: Sohrab Hura, Things Felt But Not Quite Expressed Main exhibition — In Minor Keys: Sanya Kantarovsky, Sub (Goya) Main exhibition — In Minor Keys: Saodat Ismailova, What Was My Name? Main exhibition — In Minor Keys: Eva & Franco Mattes, Rage Bait Denmark — Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come Japan — Ei Arakawa-Nash: Grass Babies, Moon Babies Finland — Jenna Sutela: Aeolian Suite Fondazione In Between Art Film — Janis Rafa: Baby I'm Yours, Forever (in Canicula)

Holy See — The Ear is the Eye of the Soul (Giardino Mistico, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist & Ben Vickers; music by Holly Herndon, Kali Malone, Patti Smith, Brian Eno, FKA Twigs, Devonté Hynes) Germany — Henrike Naumann & Sung Tieu: Ruin Denmark — Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come (incl. Cicciolina performance) Fondazione In Between Art Film: Canicula — Lawrence Abu Hamdan, P. Staff, Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk Fondazione Dries Van Noten: The Only True Protest is Beauty Main exhibition — In Minor Keys

Shirin Neshat: Do U Dare! — Palazzo Marin (8 May–6 Sep 2026) Hernan Bas: The Visitors — Ca' Pesaro (7 May–30 Aug 2026) Outta Love (Francesca Woodman, Jenny Saville, Wolfgang Tillmans) — Palazzo Vendramin ai Carmini (7 May–30 Jun 2026) Parasol unit: TURANDOT: To the Daughters of the East (Huma Bhabha, Mona Hatoum, Tala Madani et al.) — Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti (9 May–31 Oct 2026) Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector — Peggy Guggenheim Collection (until 19 Oct 2026) Arthur Jafa & Richard Prince: Helter Skelter (curated by Nancy Spector) — Fondazione Prada, Santa Croce (9 May–23 Nov 2026) Jennifer West: Stitched Cosmos — Ca' Foscari University (6 May–6 Jul 2026) Gaza—No Words—See the Exhibit (Palestine Museum US) — Palazzo Mora (9 May–22 Nov 2026) Lorna Simpson: Third Person — Punta della Dogana (until 22 Nov 2026) Fondazione In Between Art Film: Canicula — Complesso dell'Ospedaletto (6 May–22 Nov 2026): Lawrence Abu Hamdan, P. Staff, Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang et al.

Gabrielle Goliath: Elegy — Chiesa di Sant'Antonin in Castello (independent, after South Africa cancellation) Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Netherlands — Dries Verhoeven: The Fortress Denmark — Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come Main exhibition — Nicholas Hlobo (Arsenale) Lithuania — Eglė Budvytytė: Animism Sings Anarchy Switzerland — Nina Wakeford et al.: The Unfinished Business of Living Together Main exhibition — Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka (Giardini) Scotland — Bugarin + Castle: Shame Parade Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy — Gallerie dell'Accademia

Taiwan — Li Yi-Fan: Screen Melancholy (Palazzo delle Prigioni) Cuba — Roberto Diago: Free Men (Il Giardino Bianco) Fondazione In Between Art Film: Canicula (Complesso dell'Ospedaletto) — Janis Rafa, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Maya Watanabe, Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk, Yuyan Wang, Massimo D'Anolfi & Martina Parenti Belarus Free Theatre: Official. Unofficial. Belarus. (Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista) Holy See — The Ear is the Eye of the Soul

Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Germany — Henrike Naumann & Sung Tieu: Ruin Denmark — Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come Timor-Leste — Across Words (Verónica Pereira Maia, Etson Caminha, Juventino Madeira)

Main exhibition — Khaled Sabsabi: khalil Main exhibition — Daniel Lind-Ramos: Guardaverde Main exhibition — Florence Lazar: It's All Thanks to Bad Weather Main exhibition — Sofía Gallisá Muriente: Observatorio de lagunas Main exhibition — Wangechi Mutu: The End, Where All Began, EdEN Main exhibition — Walid Raad: far from quieting Main exhibition — Issa Samb (paintings, 1991–2017) Main exhibition — Amina Saoudi Aït Khay (textiles) Main exhibition — Cauleen Smith: The Wanda Coleman Songbook Main exhibition — Rose Salane: Mercurial New York Main exhibition — Éric Baudelaire: Death Passed My Way and Stuck This Flower in My Mouth Main exhibition — Mohammed Joha: No Shelter Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (capsule exhibition, incl. C. Driciru)

Germany — Henrike Naumann & Sung Tieu: Ruin Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Taiwan — Li Yi-Fan: Screen Melancholy

Pinault Collection: Amar Kanwar: The Peacock's Graveyard ("Co-travellers") — Palazzo Grassi A plus A Gallery: Counterforms — Hannah Black, Ufuoma Essi Cyprus — Marina Xenofontos: Passer Holy See — The Ear is the Eye of the Soul (incl. Alexander Kluge, Benedictine nuns of Eibingen) Denmark — Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come France — Yto Barrada (incl. readings from Etel Adnan's My Center is Not in the Solar System) Italy — Chiara Camoni: Con te con tutto Finland — Jenna Sutela: Aeolian Suite Nordic Pavilion — Benjamin Orlow (angel sculptures) Qatar Pavilion — Tarek Atoui (sound performance) Lydia Ourahmane — Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation Gabrielle Goliath: Elegy (independent, incl. public Elegy Reader readings)

Japan — Ei Arakawa-Nash: Grass Babies, Moon Babies Denmark — Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come (incl. Stars in My Pocket) Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Egypt — Armen Agop (no-photo pavilion) Netherlands — Dries Verhoeven: The Fortress Holy See — The Ear is the Eye of the Soul (Patti Smith, FKA Twigs, Brian Eno) Belarus Free Theatre: Official. Unofficial. Belarus. Canada — Abbas Akhavan (water lily pool) Main exhibition — Wangechi Mutu (pregnant belly sculpture) Main exhibition — Buhlebezwe Siwani (soap sculptures) Main exhibition — Cauleen Smith: The Wanda Coleman Songbook Main exhibition — Michael Joo: Noospheres: Expanded Main exhibition — Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka (patchwork prints) Main exhibition — Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige (geological sculptures) Main exhibition — Dawn DeDeaux: Dirt Bowl Table Main exhibition — Temitayo Ogunbiyi (drawings/furniture) Main exhibition — Adebunmi Gbadebo (ceramic sculptures) Main exhibition — Alice Maher (drawings of Sibyls) Main exhibition — Marcia Kure (synthetic braid jackets) Argentina — Matías Duville: Monitor Yin Yang Oman — Haitham Al Busafi (sand & metal installation) Uzbekistan — The Aural Sea (Zulfiya Spowart, Zi Kakhramonova) Collateral — Melissa McGill: Marea (clothesline canvases) Collateral — Jewel: Heart of the Ocean (in Matriclysm) Collateral — Repatriates Collective: Tide of Returns (Ocean Space) Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy — Gallerie dell'Accademia Finland — Jenna Sutela: Aeolian Suite Thematic survey across 5 trends: birth & fertility, the unphotographable, water, raw materials, hair

Bahamas — John Beadle & Lavar Munroe: In Another Man's Yard (San Trovaso Art Space) Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Holy See — The Ear is the Eye of the Soul (cur. Hans Ulrich Obrist & Ben Vickers; Holly Herndon, Brian Eno, FKA Twigs, Meredith Monk, Patti Smith et al.) Saudi Arabia — Dana Awartani: May your tears never dry, you who weep over stones (cur. Antonia Carver) Morocco — Amina Agueznay: Asǝṭṭa (cur. Meriem Berrada, Arsenale) Belgium — Miet Warlop: It Never Ssst Argentina — Matías Duville: Monitor Yin Yang (cur. Josefina Barcia) India — Geographies of Distance: remembering home — Sumakshi Singh: Permanent Address, Asim Waqif, Alwar Balasubramaniam, Ranjani Shettar, Skarma Sonam Tashi (cur. Amin Jaffer) Japan — Ei Arakawa-Nash: Grass Babies, Moon Babies (cur. Horikawa Lisa & Takahashi Mizuki) Germany — Henrike Naumann & Sung Tieu: Ruin (cur. Kathleen Reinhardt)

Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy — Gallerie dell'Accademia (6 May–19 Oct) Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector — Peggy Guggenheim Collection (25 Apr–19 Oct) Lorna Simpson: Third Person — Punta della Dogana (29 Mar–22 Nov) Michael Armitage: The Promise of Change — Palazzo Grassi (29 Mar–10 Jan 2027) Amoako Boafo — Museo di Palazzo Grimani (9 May–22 Nov) Jenny Saville — Ca' Pesaro (28 Mar–22 Nov) Arthur Jafa & Richard Prince: Helter Skelter (cur. Nancy Spector) — Fondazione Prada (9 May–23 Nov) Joseph Kosuth: The-exchange-value-of-language-has-fallen-to-zero — Berggruen Institute Europe, Casa dei Tre Oci (28 Mar–22 Nov) Repatriates Collective: Tide of Returns — Ocean Space (28 Mar–11 Oct) Lee Ufan — SMAC Venice, St Mark's Square (9 May–22 Nov)

Lee Ufan — SMAC Venice, Piazza San Marco (cur. Jessica Morgan, Dia Art Foundation; 9 May–22 Nov) Arthur Jafa & Richard Prince: Helter Skelter (cur. Nancy Spector) — Fondazione Prada, Ca' Corner della Regina (9 May–23 Nov) Strange Rules (cur. Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon; Trevor Paglen, Ayoung Kim, Agnieszka Kurant, Avery Singer, Simon Denny, Stephanie Dinkins, Lawrence Abu Hamdan et al.) — Palazzo Diedo, Berggruen Arts & Culture (4 May–22 Nov) Saidiya Hartman: Minor Music at the End of the World (dir. Sarah Benson; André Holland, Okwui Okpokwasili, Arthur Jafa film, Precious Okoyomon, Cameron Rowland) — Teatro Goldoni (5–7 May only) Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Isola di San Giacomo — Matt Copson: Fanfare/Lament (cur. Hans Ulrich Obrist); Don't have hope, be hope!; outdoor installations by Goshka Macuga, Pamela Rosenkranz, Claire Fontaine, Thomas Schütte, Hugh Hayden, Mario García Torres (from 7 May) Nalini Malani: Of Woman Born — Magazzini del Sale n. 5 (cur. Roobina Karode, KNMA; 9 May–22 Nov) Pier Luigi Nervi Foundation: If All Time Is Eternally Present — Palazzo Nervi Scattolin (Kandis Williams, Meriem Bennani & Orian Barki, Tai Shani; 6 May–7 Jun) Iván Tovar: Le Retour — Ex Istituto Idrografico (cur. Christian Viveros-Fauné; 9 May–22 Nov) Paulo Nazareth: Algebra — Punta della Dogana (cur. Fernanda Brenner; through 22 Nov) Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy — Gallerie dell'Accademia (6 May–19 Oct)

Dayanita Singh: Archivio — Archivio di Stato di Venezia (17 Apr–31 Jul; first time opened as exhibition venue) Sanya Kantarovsky: Basic Failure — Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (6 May–22 Nov) Bracha L. Ettinger: The Room Is Shared — Hotel Metropole (cur. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev; 4–10 May) Taiwan — Li Yi-Fan: Screen Melancholy — Palazzo delle Prigioni (9 May–22 Nov) Hernan Bas: The Visitors — Ca' Pesaro (cur. Elisabetta Barisoni; 7 May–30 Aug) Lydia Ourahmane: 5 Works — Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation (cur. Polly Staple; 5 May–22 Nov) Strange Rules (cur. Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon) — Palazzo Diedo, Berggruen Arts & Culture (4 May–22 Nov) Arthur Jafa & Richard Prince: Helter Skelter (cur. Nancy Spector) — Fondazione Prada (9 May–23 Nov) Radio GAMeC: Pedagogy of Hope — Radio Vanessa & online (5 May–22 Nov) Wales — Manon Awst & Dylan Huw: Sownd — Instituto Santa Maria della Pietà (9 May–22 Nov) Fondazione In Between Art Film: Canicula — Complesso dell'Ospedaletto (Lawrence Abu Hamdan, P. Staff, Massimo D'Anolfi & Martina Parenti et al.; 6 May–22 Nov) Lorna Simpson: Third Person — Punta della Dogana (29 Mar–22 Nov) Paulo Nazareth: Algebra — Punta della Dogana (cur. Fernanda Brenner; 29 Mar–22 Nov)

Denmark — Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come Austria — Florentina Holzinger: Seaworld Venice Netherlands — Dries Verhoeven: The Fortress UK — Lubaina Himid: Predicting History: Testing Translations Japan — Ei Arakawa-Nash: Grass Babies, Moon Babies Estonia — Merike Estna: The House of Leaking Sky Czech & Slovak Republic — Jakub Jansa & Selmeci Kocka Jusko: The Silence of the Mole Hungary — Endre Koronczi: Pneuma Cosmic Gabrielle Goliath: Elegy — Chiesa di Sant'Antonin (independent, after South Africa cancellation)

Main exhibition — In Minor Keys (central exhibition review) Main exhibition — Kaloki Nyamai (stitched paintings, Arsenale) Main exhibition — Kader Attia: Whispers of Traces Main exhibition — Alfredo Jaar: The End of the World Main exhibition — Sohrab Hura: The Coast (film) & pastel works Main exhibition — María Magdalena Campos-Pons (tribute to Koyo Kouoh & Toni Morrison) Main exhibition — Tiona Nekkia McClodden: RUINOUS Main exhibition — Ayrson Heráclito: Juntó Main exhibition — Celia Vásquez Yui: The Council of the Mother Spirits of the Animals From the June 2026 issue of Apollo — critical review of the overcrowded central exhibition

Germany — Henrike Naumann & Sung Tieu: Ruin (cur. Kathleen Reinhardt) Finland — Jenna Sutela: Aeolian Suite (cur. Stefanie Hessler) Lydia Ourahmane — Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation (solo show incl. 10.5m pier destined for Poveglia island) Fondazione In Between Art Film: Canicula — P Staff: Terminal Lucidity (Complesso dell'Ospedaletto; co-cur. Alessandro Rabottini) Main exhibition — In Minor Keys (Koyo Kouoh) Essay on the 'post-medium condition' and a new generation of artists, with artist interviews (Sung Tieu, Lydia Ourahmane, P Staff)