The Turkish Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale will host Nilbar Güreş’s exhibition titledA Kiss On The Eyes, curated by Başak Doğa Temür. Bringing together new works produced specifically for the biennial alongside selected pieces from earlier periods of the artist’s practice,
The 61st Venice Biennale’s main exhibition, In Minor Keys, realized by her team following the sudden passing of curator Koyo Kouoh, opens on May 9. Bringing together the works of 111 participants, the exhibition gathers contemporary artistic practices around the motifs of
Nilbar Güreş will represent Türkiye at the 2026 Venice Biennale Pavilion, contributing a poetic and critical voice to the theme “In Minor Keys.”
The Venice Biennale announced that next year’s edition will follow the vision of its curator, Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer last month, just days before she was set to share its theme. Titled ‘In Minor Keys’, the 61st International Art Exhibition
Venice Biennale has announced that Koyo Kouoh has been selected to lead the world’s largest recurring art exhibition. She will become only the second African-born curator to oversee the Biennale, following Okwui Enwezor, who made history as the curator of its 2015
Though the Sixtieth Venice Biennale remains open through November 2024, several countries have already announced their representatives for the Sixty-First Biennale, which opens in April 2026. Ireland, Estonia, Canada, and Luxembourg have each named artists to bring fresh and innovative perspectives to
A landmark artwork that received acclaim and an award at the Venice Biennale has been acquired by both England’s Tate museum network and South Brisbane’s Queensland Art Gallery. Archie Moore’s kith and kin (2024), an installation currently exhibited at the Golden Lion–winning
Pope Francis made history by becoming the first pontiff to visit the Venice Biennale, where he visited the Vatican’s Holy See pavilion during the 60th Venice Biennale on Sunday, April 28. Arriving by helicopter, the 87-year-old leader of the Catholic Church embarked
Venice Biennale’s prizes went to indigenous artists. the Golden Lion for the main curated exhibition going to the Mataaho Collective, which consists of four Māori women artists: Bridget Reweti, Erena Baker, Sarah Hudson, and Terri Te Tau. The Golden Lion for the
Turkey’s prominent contemporary artist Nil Yalter has been awarded the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement by the Venice Biennale, along with Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino. The award has been given for their enduring influence and significant contributions to contemporary art. Both
Adriano Pedrosa, curator of this year’s 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, spoke about the biennial’s themes and the conceptual background of the biennial exhibition in a video call with Kate Brown from artnet. The biennial, which is expected to present a
The Türkiye Pavilion presents Hollow and Broken: A State of the World, a site-specific installation by Gülsün Karamustafa. The work reflects the artist’s contemplation of current affairs on various scales, from inter-personal to inter-national, encompassing themes of deficiency and desolation. Space plays
