Les Insolites Monique Thibaudin 2023 Installation under the palm trees on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France Composite, ceramic, canvas coated with oil paint, pigmented paper Approx. 170 cm x 40 cm x 30 cm Monique Thibaudin’s installation “Les Insolites” (The Exceptionals) are two monumental sculptures of a female lower body. These anti-busts are the… (read more)
Despite differences of the actual themes, three national contributions stand out for their treatment of light and colour. In the Canadian Pavilion dominates the pink of the Victoria amazonica water lilies, while the Spanish one is multicoloured, due to countless postcards. Whereas the paintings in the Ethiopian exhibition are radiating bright tints. Additionally, there is… (read more)
Inside and outside the traditional Biennale venues, there are exhibitions which deal with the way we treat nature. Fiona Pardington shows in the Pavilion of Aotearoa New Zealand photographs of native birds that are threatened with disappearance or are already extinct. Ten international artists reflect in the Nauru-Pavilion on the endangered island in Oceania and… (read more)
Some national participations at this year’s Venice Biennale engage with history. This involves personal experiences as well as national and global sensibilities. In the Serbian Pavilion, Predrag Djaković presents contemporary documents from the 20th and 21st centuries that deal with the global conflicts of these periods and their consequences. Whereas the works by Sung Tieu… (read more)
The national pavilions of various states all around the globe are always an important part of the Venice Biennale, besides the main exhibition. This year’s title of the show in the central pavilion of the Giardini and in the Arsenale “In Minor Keys” was somehow adopted by several of the 100 national contributions, whilst others… (read more)
We started 2026 with a three-dimensional mosaic. Afterwards we presented three very different paintings and a photo, which seems a little bit puzzling. January In occasion of the IX Biennale di Mosaico di Ravenna, we discovered the work of Joanna Ewa Piszczek and her mosaic “Quotidianità” (Everyday life). February Even though Roberta… (read more)
Übergang zu Europa (Passage to Europe) Betty Zanelli 2026 Digital print and mixed media on paper 82 cm x 62 cm Edition 1/5 The image “Übergang zu Europa” (Passage to Europe) by Betty Zanelli seems to be a photography of a view through an archway into a courtyard with another building at the far end…. (read more)
Interview with Patricia Jacomella Bonola about the Nauru-Pavilion “AIM Inundated, Imagining Life After Land” at this years’ Venice Biennale* In a narrow alleyway, not far from the Riva degli Schiavoni, visitors to this year’s Venice Biennale will find a rather surprising national pavilion. Close to the participations from New Zealand and Zimbabwe is the country… (read more)
il y a un trou dans le réel. (there is a hole in the real.) Dora García 2025 Neon installation led lights inside light boxes as letters 16 m x 1,5 m (approx.) Since 15 January 2026, a huge neon sign is perched at the very top of the roof of the student housing of… (read more)
Entitled “In Minor Keys”, the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia opened on Saturday 9 May 2026. A team of curators (1) continued the work of Koyo Kouoh, who passed away a year ago, in keeping with her vision: to “propose to visitors an exhibitional experience that is more sensory than didactic”…. (read more)
