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 their national pavilions, highlighting diverse themes and artistic approaches.
On November 6, Ireland confirmed that Dublin-based artist Isabel Nolan, known for her multidisciplinary work addressing cosmology, mythology, history, and mortality, will represent the nation, with curation by Georgina Jackson of The Douglas Hyde Gallery at Trinity College. Estonia revealed its choice on October 24, selecting Merike Estna, a formalist painter integrating craft traditions, whose work merges painting with performance to build collective trust in art. Canada’s October 24 selection is Abbas Akhavan, an artist whose site-specific installations explore geopolitical power and social spaces through themes of hospitality and domesticity, capturing intersections between architecture and societal structures. Luxembourg was the first to announce on September 11, selecting Aline Bouvy to represent the country. Her work, curated by Stilbé Schroeder, examines the body’s relationship with beauty and space through various media, including sculpture, drawing, and sound.
