The 61st version of the Venice Biennale, probably the most prestigious and oldest-running artwork biennial, will open on 9 Might. The principle exhibition will comply with the curatorial plan set out by the late Koyo Kouoh, whereas nations from all over the world have been asserting the artists who will symbolize them within the nationwide pavilions.
That can assist you carry on high of the newest pavilion information, we now have introduced collectively all of the collaborating artists and organisers introduced to this point.
• Venice Biennale: 61st Worldwide Artwork Exhibition, Giardini, Arsenale and numerous venues round Venice, 9 Might-22 November 2026
Khaled Sabsabi Photograph: Anna Kucera
Australia
Artist: Khaled Sabsabi
Organisers: Michael Dagostino; Inventive Australia
The place: Giardini
• For extra on this pavilion, see Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia’s consultant on the 2026 Venice Biennale
Florentina Holzinger Photograph: Katia Wik
Austria
Artist: Florentina Holzinger
Organisers: Nora-Swantje Almes; Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Tradition, the Civil Service and Sport
The place: Giardini
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John Beadle and Lavar Munroe
Bahamas
Artist: Lavar Munroe and John Beadle
Organisers: Krista Thompson; The Associates of the Arts in The Bahamas Basis, Nationwide Artwork Gallery of The Bahamas and the Ministry of Youth Sports activities and Tradition
The place: Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Zattere, Dorsoduro
Belgium
Artist: Miet Warlop
Organisers: Caroline Dumalin; Flemish Neighborhood of Belgium
The place: Giardini
The curator Diane Lima (left) and the artists Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão Photograph: Wallace Domingues, Rodrigo Ladeira and Tinko Czetwertynski; Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Brazil
Artists: Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão
Organisers: Diane Lima; Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Ministry of International Affairs and the Ministry of Tradition
The place: Giardini
Abbas Akhavan Photograph: Alex de Brabant
Canada
Artist: Abbas Akhavan
Organisers: Kim Nguyen; Nationwide Gallery of Canada
The place: Giardini
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• For extra on this pavilion, see Canada and Estonia lead the race to call 2026 Venice Biennale artists
Cyprus
Artist: Marina Xenofontos
Organisers: Kyle Dancewicz
The place: Associazione Culturale Spiazzi, Castello
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Czech Republic and Slovakia
Artist: Jakub Jansa and Selmeci Kocka Jusko (Alex Selmeci and Tomáš Kocka Jusko)
Organisers: Peter Sit; Nationwide gallery Prague and Slovak Nationwide Gallery
The place: Giardini
The curator Chus Martínez (left) and the artist Maja Malou Lyse Photograph: Zoe Chait
Denmark
Artist: Maja Malou Lyse
Organisers: Chus Martínez; Danish Arts Basis
The place: Giardini
Merike Estna Photograph: Marta Vaarik
Estonia
Artist: Merike Estna
Organisers: Natalia Sielewicz; Estonian Centre for Modern Artwork
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Jenna Sutela Photograph: Matteo de Mayda
Finland
Artists: Jenna Sutela
Organisers: Stefanie Hessler; Body Modern Artwork Finland
The place: Giardini
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Yto Barrada Photograph: Benoît Peverelli
France
Artist: Yto Barrada
Organisers: Myriam Ben Salah; Institut Français, French Ministry of Europe and International Affairs, and the French Ministry of Tradition
The place: Giardini
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• For extra on this pavilion, see Yto Barrada to symbolize France at 2026 Venice Biennale
Germany
Artists: Henrike Naumann and Sung Tieu
Organisers: Kathleen Reinhardt; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, German Federal International Workplace
The place: Giardini
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Lubaina Himid Photograph: Adama Jalloh
Nice Britain
Artist: Lubaina Himid
Organisers: Ese Onojeruo; British Council
The place: Giardini
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• For extra on this pavilion, see Lubaina Himid will symbolize Nice Britain on the 2026 Venice Biennale
Andreas Angelidakis © Vasilis Karydis
Greece
Artist: Andreas Angelidakis
Organisers: George Bekirakis; Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visible Arts of Thessaloniki, Greek Ministry of Tradition
The place: Giardini
Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui
Hong Kong
Artists: Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui
Organisers: Hong Kong Museum of Artwork and Hong Kong Arts Growth Council
The place: Campo della Tana, Castello
The curator Luca Cserhalmi, the artist Endre Koronczi and the commissioner Julia Fabényi Photograph: Zsófia Szabó
Hungary
Artist: Endre Koronczi
Organisers: Luca Cserhalmi; Julia Fabényi, Ludwig Museum
The place: Giardini
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir Photograph: Sunday and White Studio, Courtesy of the Icelandic Pavilion
Iceland
Artist: Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Organisers: Margrét Áskelsdóttir and Unnar Örn; Icelandic Artwork Middle
The place: Arsenale
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4 of the 5 artists representing India, from left to proper: Asim Waqif, Skarma Sonam Tashi, Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala) and Ranjani Shettar (collaborating artist not pictured: Sumakshi Singh) © Joe Habben
India
Artists: Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala), Sumakshi Singh, Ranjani Shettar, Asim Waqif and Skarma Sonam Tashi
Organisers: Amin Jaffer; Ministry of Tradition, Authorities of India
The place: Arsenale
• For extra on this pavilion, see 5 artists introduced for India’s Venice Biennale pavilion
Isabel Nolan with the pavilion curator Georgina Jackson and the producer Cian O’Brien Photograph: Ste Murray
Eire
Artist: Isabel Nolan
Organisers: Georgina Jackson; Douglas Hyde Gallery, Tradition Eire and the Arts Council Eire
The place: Arsenale
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• For extra on this pavilion, see Isabel Nolan to symbolize Eire on the 2026 Venice Biennale
The curator Cecilia Canziani and the artist Chiara Camoni Photograph: Lorenzo Palmieri
Italy
Artist: Chiara Camoni
Organisers: Cecilia Canziani; Ministero della Cultura
The place: Arsenale
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Ei Arakawa-Nash Photograph: Ricardo Nagaoka
Japan
Artist: Ei Arakawa-Nash
Organisers: Lisa Horikawa and Mizuki Takahashi; Japan Basis
The place: Giardini
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Brilant Milazimi Photograph: Majlinda Hoxha
Kosovo
Artist: Brilant Milazimi
Organisers: José Esparza Chong Cuy; Hana Halilaj, Nationwide Gallery of Kosovo, and Ministry of Tradition, Youth and Sports activities of the Republic of Kosovo
The place: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Pianto, Castello
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The duo MAREUNROL and Bruno Birmanis Photograph: Ralfs Cimmermanis
Latvia
Artist: Bruno Birmanis and MAREUNROL
Organisers: Inga Lāce and Adomas Narkevičius; Solvita Krese, Latvian Centre for Modern Artwork and the Ministry of Tradition of the Republic of Latvia
The place: Arsenale
Nabil Nahas Photograph: Farzad Owrang, courtesy of the artist
Lebanon
Artist: Nabil Nahas
Organisers: Nada Ghandour; Lebanese Visible Artwork Affiliation
The place: Arsenale
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Eglė Budvytytė Photograph: Alexandre Guirkinger
Lithuania
Artist: Eglė Budvytytė
Organisers: Louise O’Kelly; Lolita Jablonskienė, Lithuanian Nationwide Museum of Artwork and Lithuanian Council for Tradition
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• For extra on this pavilion, see Venice Biennale 2026: The Netherlands and Lithuania reveal artists
The artist Aline Bouvy and the curator Stilbé Schroeder © Ernest Thiesmeier 2025
Luxembourg
Artist: Aline Bouvy
Organisers: Stilbé Schroeder; On line casino Luxembourg and Kultur lx Arts Council Luxembourg
The place: Arsenale
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Adrian MM Abela, Charlie Cauchi and Raphael Vella
Malta
Artists: Adrian MM Abela, Charlie Cauchi and Raphael Vella
Organisers: Margerita Pulè; Arts Council Malta
The place: Arsenale
Noé Martínez and María Sosa of the artist duo RojoNegro Photograph: Alberto Rubi. Courtesy of the artists and PATRON
Mexico
Artist: RojoNegroOrganisers: Jessica Berlanga;
The place: Arsenale
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Amina Agueznay Photograph: © Ayoub El Bardii
Morocco
Artist: Amina Agueznay
Organisers: Meriem Berrada; Mohammed Benyaacoub, Ministry of Youth, Tradition and Communication
The place: Arsenale
Dries Verhoeven Photograph: Robin de Puy
Netherlands
Artist: Dries Verhoeven
Organisers: Rieke Vos; Mondriaan Fund
The place: Giardini
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• For extra on this pavilion, see Venice Biennale 2026: The Netherlands and Lithuania reveal artists
New Zealand, Aotearoa
Artist: Fiona Pardington
Organisers: Felicity Milburn and Chloe Cull; Inventive New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa in partnership with Christchurch Artwork Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
The place: Pietà Venezia, Castello
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Benjamin Orlow, Tori Wrånes and Klara Kristalova Finnish Nationwide Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen
Nordic nations (Norway, Sweden and Finland)
Artists: Klara Kristalovav, Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånesv
Organisers: Anna Mustonen; Museum of Modern Artwork Kiasma with Moderna Museet and OCA – Workplace for Modern Artwork Norway
The place: Giardini
• For extra on this pavilion, see Venice Biennale 2026: Switzerland and Nordic Nations reveal artists
Pakistan
Artist: Faiza Butt
Organisers: Beatriz Cifuentes Feliciano; Yaqoob Bangash, Ministry of Nationwide Heritage and Tradition of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
The place: Ex Farmacia Solveni, Dorsoduro
Peru
Artist: Sara Flores
Organisers: Issela Ccoyllo and Matteo Norzi
The place: Arsenale
Jon Cuyson Photograph: Kieran Punay
Philippines
Artist: Jon Cuyson
Organisers: Mara Gladstone; Philippine Arts in Venice Biennale
The place: Arsenale
From left to proper: Ewa Chomicka, Bogna Burska, Jolanta Woszczenko, Daniel Kotowski Photograph: Filip Preis / Zachęta Archive
Poland
Artists: Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski
Organisers: Ewa Chomicka and Jolanta Woszczenko; Agnieszka Pindera, Polish Pavilion in Venice
The place: Giardini
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Mark Francis Photograph: Erin Francis
San Marino
Artist: Mark Francis
Organisers: Luca Tommasi; FR Istituto d’Arte Contemporanea and State Secretariat for Schooling and Tradition
The place: Tana Artwork House, Fondamenta de la Tana, Castello
Dana Awartani Photograph: Anastasia Tikhonova. Courtesy of the Visible Arts Fee
Saudi Arabia
Artist: Dana Awartani
Organisers: Antonia Carver and Hafsa Alkhudairi; Visible Arts Fee, Ministry of Tradition
The place: Arsenale
• For extra on this pavilion, see Unique: Dana Awartani to symbolize Saudi Arabia at Venice Biennale 2026
Bugarin + Fort (Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Fort) Photograph: Charlotte Cullen, courtesy Scotland + Venice
Scotland
Artists: Bugarin + Fort (Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Fort)
Organisers: Mount Stuart Belief; Scotland + Venice, Inventive Scotland, British Council Scotland and the Nationwide Galleries of Scotland.
• For extra on this pavilion, see Scotland and Wales to return to Venice Biennale after years-long break
Singapore
Artist: Amanda Heng
Organisers: Selene Yap; Singapore Artwork Museum, Nationwide Arts Council Singapore
The place: Arsenale
Slovenia
Artist: Nonument Group
Organisers: Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez
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South Korea
Artists: Goen Choi and Hyeree Ro
Organisers: Binna Choi; Arts Council Korea
The place: Giardini
Oriol Vilanova Photograph: Ingrid Sala
Spain
Artist: Oriol Vilanova
Organisers: Carles Guerra; Spanish Company for lnternational Growth Cooperation and Acción Cultural Española
The place: Giardini
From left to proper: Miriam Laura Leonardi, Yul Tomatala, Nina Wakeford, Gianmaria Andreetta, Luca Beeler and Lithic Alliance Photograph: Del LaGrace Volcano
Switzerland
Artists: Miriam Laura Leonardi, Lithic Alliance, Yul Tomatala andNina Wakeford
Organisers: Gianmaria Andreetta and Luca Beeler and Nina Wakeford; Swiss Arts Council Professional Helvetia, Katharina Brandl, Sandi Paucic and Rachele Giudici Legittimo
The place: Giardini
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• For extra on this pavilion, see Venice Biennale 2026: Switzerland and Nordic Nations reveal artists
Sara Shamma Photograph: Mohammad Azaat
Syria
Artist: Sara Shamma
Organisers: Yuko Hasegawa; Ministry of Tradition
The place: Università IUAV di Venezia, Cotonificio campus, Dorsoduro
Li Yi-Fan Courtesy of Taipei Fantastic Arts Museum
Taiwan
Artist: Li Yi-Fan
Organisers: Raphael Fonseca; Taipei Fantastic Arts Museum
The place: Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello
Veronica Pereira Maia, Etson Caminha and Juventino Madeira Photograph: courtesy Simão Cardoso Pereira
Timor-Leste
Artists: Veronica Pereira Maia, Etson Caminha and Juventino Madeira
Organisers: Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani; Jorge Soares Cristovão, Ministry of Youth, Sports activities, Arts and Tradition, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Nilbar Güreş Photograph: Luca Gioacchino Di Bernardo
Turkey
Artist: Nilbar Güreş
Organisers: Başak Doğa Temür; Istanbul Basis for Tradition and Arts
The place: Arsenale
Zhanna Kadyrova Photograph: Ministry of Tradition of Ukraine
Ukraine
Artist: Zhanna Kadyrova
Organisers: Ksenia Malykh and Leonid Marushchak; Tetyana Berezhna, Ministry of Tradition of Ukraine
The place: Arsenale
• For extra on this pavilion, see Dangling sculpture—‘evacuated’ from Russian frontline—might be focus of Ukraine’s pavilion at Venice Biennale
Alma Allen Photograph: Ana Hop
United States
Artist: Alma Allen
Organisers: Jeffrey Uslip; Jenni Parido, American Arts Conservancy and Bureau of Instructional and Cultural Affairs
The place: Giardini
• For extra on this pavilion, see Sculptor Alma Allen formally chosen to symbolize US at 2026 Venice Biennale and The US Venice Biennale saga, Queer Islamic artwork in Oslo, Duane Linklater in Ottawa—podcast
Uruguay
Artist: Margaret Whyte
Organisers: Patricia Bentancur; Martín Craciun, INAV-DNC
The place: Giardini
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Wales
Artists: Manon Awst and Dylan Huw
Organisers: Wales in Venice and Arts Council of Wales
• For extra on this pavilion, see Scotland and Wales to return to Venice Biennale after years-long break
Zimbabwe
Artists: Franklyn Dzingai, Gideon Gomo, Pardon Mapondera, Eva Raath and Felix Shumba
Organisers: Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa; Nationwide Gallery of Zimbabwe
