newsVenice Biennale 2026: all the national pavilions, artists and curators so farThe latest announcements of the key players representing their countries at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia José da Silva28 April 2026ShareVenice © The Art Newspaper
The 61st edition of the Venice Biennale, the most prestigious and oldest-running art biennial, will open on 9 May. The main exhibition will follow the curatorial plan set out by the late Koyo Kouoh, while countries from around the world have been announcing the artists who will represent them in the national pavilions.
To help you keep on top of the latest pavilion news, we have brought together all the participating artists and organisers announced so far.
• Venice Biennale: 61st International Art Exhibition, Giardini, Arsenale and various venues around Venice, 9 May-22 November 2026
Organisers: Małgorzata Ludwisiak; Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Albania
Organisers: Josefina Barcia; Directorate for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
Organisers: Tony Shafrazi and Tina Chakarian; Svetlana Sahakyan
• For more on this pavilion, see Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia's representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale and Khaled Sabsabi—who had his Australia Pavilion cancelled and reinstated—will also exhibit in main Venice Biennale show
Organisers: Nora-Swantje Almes; Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
• For more on this pavilion, see Austrian pavilion artist Florentina Holzinger joins Thaddaeus Ropac
Faig Ahmed Photo: Aslan Alikhanov, courtesy of Faig Ahmed Studio
Organisers: Gwendolyn Collaço; Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Organisers: Krista Thompson; The Friends of the Arts in The Bahamas Foundation, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture
Where: Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Zattere, Dorsoduro
From left to right: Rosana Paulino, the curator Diane Lima and Adriana Varejão © Igor Furtado / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Organisers: Diane Lima; Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture
Clockwise from top left: Veneta Androva, Rayna Teneva, Gery Georgieva and Maria Nalbantova © YanaLozeva; © Tilmann Rödiger; ©Maya Venkova; © YanaLozeva
Artists: Gery Georgieva, Maria Nalbantova, Rayna Teneva and Veneta Androva
Organisers: Martina Yordanova; Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria, Dessislava Dimova and National Gallery, Sofia
Where: Sala Tiziano, Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Dorsoduro
