Venice Biennale 2024 Information

Venice Biennale 2024 Information

Details of the Venice Biennale 2024 have already started to be announced. The 60th edition of the most prestigious and oldest-running art biennial will open on 20 April 2024 (until 24 November). 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: 60th International Art Exhibition, Giardini, Arsenale and various venues around Venice, 20 April-24 November 2024

Albania

Artist: Iva Lulashi

Organisers: Antonio Grulli; Blendi Gonxhja

Where: Arsenale

Argentina

Artist: Luciana Lamothe

Organisers: Sofia Dourron

Where: Arsenale

Armenia

Artist: Nina Khemchyan

Organisers: Armen Yesayants; Svetlana Sahakyan

Where: Magazzino del Sale n.3, Dorsoduro

 

Australia

Artist: Archie Moore

Organisers: Ellie Buttrose; Australia Council for the Arts

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

 

Austria

Artist: Anna Jermolaewa

Organisers: Gabriele Spindler; Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport

Where: Giardini

 

 

Vusala Agharaziyeva, Rashad Alakbarov and Irina Eldarova

Azerbaijan

Artists: Vusala Agharaziyeva, Rashad Alakbarov and Irina Eldarova

Organisers: Luca Beatrice and Amina Melikova; Rashad Aslanov

Where: Arsenale

Bangladesh

Artists: Abdur Rab, Syeda Mahbuba Karim, Shahjahan Ahmed Bikash, Shahid Kbir, Claudia De Leonardis, Anna Carla De Leonardis, Roberto Saglietto, Natalia Revoniuk, Patrizia Casagranda, DoJoong Jo, Jiyoon Oh and Franco Marrocco

Organisers: Viviana Vannucci; Liaquat Ali Lucky

Where: Spazio Staert, Santa Croce

 

Belgium

Artist: Petticoat Government collective

Organisers: Antoinette Jattiot; Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Wallonia-Brussels International

Where: Giardini

 

 

Benin

Artist: Ishola Akpo, Moufouli Bello, Romuald Hazoumé and Chloé Quenum

Organisers: Azu Nwagbogu; African Artists’ Foundation

Bolivia

Artists: Alexandra Bravo, Inés Fontenla, Ronald Moran, Lorgio Vaca, Humberto Velez and others

Organisers: Paola Pisanelli Nero; Juan Carlos Cordero Nina

Where: Giardini

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Artist: Stjepan Skoko

Organisers: Marin Ivanović

Where: Palazzo Zorzi, Castello

 

Bulgaria

Artists: Krasimira Butseva, Julian Chehirian and Lilia Topouzova

Organisers: Vasil Vladimirov; Nadezhda Dzhakova, Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria

Where: Sala Tiziano, Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Dorsoduro

 

 

Cameroon

Artists: Jean Michel Dissake, Hako Hankson, Kendji & Ollo Arts, Patrick-Joël Tatcheda Yonkeu, Guy Wouete, Angelo Accardi, Julia Bornefeld, Cesare Catania, Adélaïde Laurent-Bellue, Franco Mazzucchelli, Rex And Edna Volcan, Giorgio Tentolini And Liu Youju

Organisers: Sandro Orlandi Stagl and Paul Emmanuel Loga Mahop; Serge Achille Ndouma

Where: Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, Fondamente Nove

 

Canada

Artist: Kapwani Kiwanga

Organisers: Gaëtane Verna; National Gallery of Canada

Where: Giardini

 

Catalonia

Artist: Carlos Casas

Organisers: Filipa Ramos; Institut Ramon Llull

Where: Docks Cantieri Cucchini, Castello

Chile

Artist: Valeria Montti Colque

Organisers: Andrea Pacheco González and Carola Chacón Zuloaga; Florencia Loewenthal, Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Chile

Where: Arsenale

China

Artists: Xingtao, Shi Hui, Qiu Zhenzhong, Wang Shaoqiang, Wang Zhenghong and Zhu Jinshi

Organisers: Wang Xiaosong and Jiang Jun; China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG);

Where: Arsenale

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Artists: Primož Bizjak, Alessandro Librio, Scuola di Santa Rosa (Francesco Lauretta and Luigi Presicce), Tao Qiu, Kay Zevallos Villegas (KAY) and Stephan Zimmerli

Organisers: Federica Forti

Where: Gervasuti Foundation, Cannaregio

 

Croatia

Artist: Vlatka Horvat

Organisers: Antonia Majaca; Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia

Where: Fàbrica 33, Cannaregio

 

 

Cuba

Artist: Wilfredo Preito

Organisers: Nelson Ramirez de Arellano; Daneisy García Roque

Where: Teatro Fondamenta Nove, Cannaregio

Cyprus

Artists and curators: Lower Levant Company (Peter Eramian and Emiddio Vasquez),Endrosia (Andreas Andronikou, Marina Ashioti, Niki Charalambous, Doris Mari Demetriadou, Irini Khenkin, Rafailia Tsiridou, Alexandros Xenophontos) and Haig Aivazian

Organisers: Louli Michaelidou

Where: Associazione Culturale Spiazzi, Castello

 

Czech Republic

Artist: Eva Koťátková

Organisers: Hana Janečková; Michal Novotný, National Gallery of Prague

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

 

Denmark

Artist: Inuuteq Storch

Organisers: Louise Wolthers; Danish Arts Foundation

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

 

Egypt

Artist: Wael Shawky

Organisers: Egyptian Ministry of Culture

Where: Giardini

 

Estonia

Artist: Edith Karlson

Organisers: Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art

 

 

 

Ethiopia

Artist: Tesfaye Urgessa

Organisers: Lemn Sissay; Demitu Hambisa Bonsa-Ambassador,

Where: Palazzo Bollani, Castello

 

Vidha Saumya, Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen and Pia Lindman

Photo: Jo Hislop / Frame Contemporary Art Finland

Finland

Artists: Pia Lindman, Vidha Saumya and Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen

Organisers: Yvonne Billimore and Jussi Koitela; Frame Contemporary Art Finland

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

France

Artist: Julien Creuzet

Organisers: Institut Français, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and the French Ministry of Culture

Where: Giardini

 

Georgia

Artists: Nikoloz Koplatadze, Grigol Nodia, Juliette George, Rodrigue de Ferluc, Iliazd, Max Ernst and Ernst Wilhelm Tempel

Organisers: Julia Marchand and Davit Koroshinadze; Magda Guruli

Where: Palazzo Palumbo Fossati, San Marco

 

 

Germany

Artists: Yael Bartana and Ersan Mondtag

Organisers: Çağla Ilk; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, German Federal Foreign Office

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

Great Britain

Artist: John Akomfrah

Organisers: Tarini Malik; British Council

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

Greece

Artists: Thanassis Deligiannis, Elia Kalogianni, Giorgos Kyvernitis, Giannis Michalopoulos and Fotis Sagonas

Organisers: Katerina Gregos, artistic director, National Museum of Contemporary Art; Panos Giannikopoulos

Where: Giardini

Grenada

Artists: Frederika Adam, Breakfast, Jason deCaires Taylor, Antonello Diodato Guardigli, Alma Fakhre, Suelin Low Chew Tung, Gabriele Maquignaz, Lorenzo Marini, Benaiah Matheson, The Perceptive Group and Nello Petrucci

Organisers: Daniele Radini Tedeschi; Susan Mains

Where: Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Cannaregio

 

Hãhãwpuá (formerly Brazil)

Artist: Glicéria Tupinambá

Organisers: Arissana Pataxó, Denilson Baniwa and Gustavo Caboco Wapichana; Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture

Where: Giardini

Holy See

Artists: Maurizio Cattelan, Bintou Dembélé, Simone Fattal, Claire Fontaine, Sonia Gomes, Corita Kent, Marco Perego and Zoe Saldana and Claire Tabouret

Organisers: Chiara Parisi and Bruno Racine; Cardinale José Tolentino de Mendonça

Where: Casa Reclusione Femminile Venezia, Giudecca

 

The Hong Kong pavilion artist Trevor Yeung and the curator Olivia Chow

Photo: South Ho. Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Artist: Trevor Yeung

Organisers: Olivia Chow; M+ Museum and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Where: Campo della Tana, Castello

 

 

 

Hungary

Artist: Márton Nemes

Organisers: Róna Kopeczky; Julia Fabényi, Ludwig Museum

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

 

Iceland

Artist: Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir

Organisers: Dan Byers; Icelandic Art Center

Where: Arsenale

 

 

Iran

Artist: Jafar Vahedi

Organisers: Shoaib Hosseini Moghaddam; Mohammad Khorasanizadeh, Ministry of Culture

Where: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco

 

Eimear Walshe

Photo: Cáit Fahey

Ireland

Artist: Eimear Walshe

Organisers: Sara Greavu; Project Arts Centre, Culture Ireland and the Arts Council Ireland

Where: Arsenale

 

 

Israel

Artist: Ruth Patir

Organisers: Mira Lapidot and Tamar Margalit

Where: Giardini

N.B. The Israeli pavilion will remain closed until a ceasefire and hostage release agreement are reached in the Israel-Hamas war, says the artist Ruth Patir.

 

Italy

Artist: Massimo Bartolini

Organisers: Luca Cerizza; Ministero della Cultura

Where: Arsenale

 

 

Ivory Coast

Artists: Jems Koko Bi, François Xavier Gbré, Sadikou Oukpedjo, Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny and Marie Claire Messouma

Organisers: Simon Njami; Illa Ginette Donwahi

Where: Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Dorsoduro

Japan

Artist: Yuko Mohri

Organisers: Sook-Kyung Lee; Japan Foundation

Where: Giardini

 

 

Kazakhstan

Artists: Kamil Mulashev, Saken Narynov, Yerbolat Tolepbay, Sergey Maslov, Anvar Musrepov, The2vvoJerūiyq

Organisers: Danagul Tolepbay and Anvar Musrepov; Aida Balayeva

Where: Museo Storico Navale di Venezia, Castello

Kenya

Artists: Elkana Ong’esa, Gerald Oroo Motondi,Robin Okeyo Mbera, John Tabule Abuya Ogao, Peter Kenyanya Oendo and Charles Duke Kombo

Organisers: Edward Mwaura Ndeker; Milka Mugo; Curator:

 

Kosovo

Artist: Doruntina Kastrati
Organisers: Erëmirë Krasniqi; Hana Halilaj, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo

Where: Museo Storico Navale

 

 

 

Latvia

Artist: Amanda Ziemele

Organisers: Adam Budak; Daiga Rudzāte, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia

 

Lebanon

Artist: Mounira Al-Solh

Organisers: Nada Ghandour and Dini Bizri

Where: Arsenale

 

 

 

 

Lithuania

Artists: Pakui Hardware (Neringa Cerniauskaite and Ugnius Gelguda) and Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė

Organisers: Valentinas Klimasauskas and João Laia; Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Lithuanian Council for Culture

 

 

 

 

Luxembourg

Artists: Andrea Mancini and Every Island
Organisers: Joel Valabrega; Mudam Luxembourg and Kultur lx Arts Council Luxembourg

Where: Arsenale

 

 

 

 

Malta

Artist: Matthew Attard

Organisers: Sara Dolfi Agostini and Elyse Tonna; Arts Council Malta

Where: Arsenale

Mexico

Artist: Erick Meyenberg

Organisers: Tania Ragasol; Ana Catalina Valenzuela González

Where: Arsenale

Mongolia

Artist: Ochirbold Ayurzana

Organisers: Oyuntuya Oyunjargal; Nomin Chinbat, Minister of Culture of Mongolia

Where: Arsenale

 

Montenegro

Artist: Darja Bajagić

Organisers: Ana Simona Zelenović; Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro

Where: Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Castello

 

Netherlands

Artists: Renzo Martens and Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC)

Organisers: Hicham Khalidi, Mondriaan Fund

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

 

Nigeria

Artists: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ndidi Dike, Onyeka Igwe, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Abraham Oghobase, Precious Okoyomon, Yinka Shonibare and Fatimah Tuggar

Organisers: Aindrea Emelife; Godwin Obaseki, Federal Ministry of Culture and Information

Where: Dorsoduro

 

 

 

Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden and Finland)

Artists: Lap-See Lam, Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho

Organisers: Asrin Haidari; Moderna Museet

Where: Giardini

 

North Macedonia

Artist: Slavica Janešlieva

Organisers: Ana Frangovska; Dita Starova Qerimi

Where: Scuola dei Laneri, Santa Croce

 

Oman

Artists: Alia al Farsi, Ali al Jabri, Essa al Mufarji, Adham al Farsi and Sarah al OlaqiMalath

Organisers: Alia al Farsi; Sayyd Saeed bin Sultan bin Yarub Al Busaidi

Where: Palazzo Navagero, Castello

Panama

Artists: Brooke Alfaro, Isabel De Obaldía, Cisco Merel and Giana De Dier

Organisers: Ana Elizabeth Gonzalez and Monica Kupfer; Itzela Quirós

Where: Spazio Castello 2131

Peru

Artist: Roberto Huarcaya

Organisers: Alejandro León Cannock; Armando Andrade de Lucio

Where: Arsenale

Philippines

Artist: Mark Salvatus

Organisers: Carlos Quijon, Jr.; National Commission for Culture and the Arts in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Office of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda

Where: Arsenale

 

Poland

Artists: Оpen Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach and Anton Varga)

Organisers: Marta Czyż

Where: Giardini

 

 

 

Portugal

Artists and curators: Greenhouse (Mónica de Miranda, Sónia Vaz Borges and Vânia Gala)

Organisers: Américo Rodrigues, Ministry of Culture of Portugal

Where: Palazzo Franchetti

 

Romania

Artists: Șerban Savu with Atelier Brenda

Organisers: Ciprian Mureșan; Ioana Ciocan, Romanian Ministry of Culture, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Romanian Cultural Institute

Where: Giardini

 

 

San Marino

Artist: Eddie Martinez

Organisers: Alison M. Gingeras; Paolo Rondelli

Where: Fucina del futuro, Castello

 

Saudi Arabia

Artist: Manal AlDowayan

Organisers: Jessica Cerasi and Maya El Khalil with Shadin AlBulaihed; Visual Arts Commission, Ministry of Culture

Where: Arsenale

 

 

 

Senegal

Artist: Alioune Diagne

Organisers: Massamba Mbaye; Senegalese Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage

Where: Arsenale

Serbia

Artist: Aleksandar Denić

Organisers: Ksenija Samadržija; Jelena Medakovic

Where: Giardini

 

Seychelles

Artists: Jude Ally, Ryan Chetty, Danielle Freakley and Juliette Zelime aka Jadez

Organisers: Martin Kennedy; Emmanuel D’Offay

Where: Arsenale

 

Singapore

Artist: Robert Zhao Renhui

Organisers: Haeju Kim; Singapore Art Museum and Low Eng Teong, National Arts Council Singapore

Where: Arsenale

 

 

Slovakia

Artist: Oto Hudec

Organisers: Lýdia Pribišová; Monika Krčmárik

Where: Giardini

Slovenia

Artist: Nika Špan

Organisers: Vladimir Vidmar; Martina Vovk

Where: Serra dei Giardini di Castello

South Africa

Artists: Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho

Organisers: Portia Malatjie; Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile

Where: Arsenale

 

South Korea

Artist: Koo Jeong A

Organisers: Jacob Fabricius and Lee Seol-hui; Arts Council Korea

Where: Giardini

 

Spain

Artist: Sandra Gamarra

Organisers: Agustín Pérez Rubio; Spanish Agency for lnternational Development Cooperation and Acción Cultural Española

Where: Giardini

 

Switzerland

Artist: Guerreiro do Divino Amor

Organisers: Andrea Bellini,; Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

Where: Giardini

 

Taiwan

Artist: Yuan Goang-Ming

Organisers: Abby Chen; Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Where: Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello

Tanzania

Artists: Happy Robert, Naby, Haji Chilonga and Lutengano Mwakisopile

Organisers: Enrico BittotoLeah Kihimbi, Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports

Where: La Fabbrica del Vedere, Cannaregio

Timor-Leste

Artist: Maria Madeira

Organisers: Natalie King; Jorge Soares Cristovão, Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

 

Turkey

Artist: Gülsün Karamustafa

Organisers: Esra Sarıgedik Öktem; Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

Where: Arsenale

 

 

Uganda

Artists: Artisan Weavers’ Collective, Sana Gateja, Taga Nuwagaba, Xenson Ssenkaba, Jose Hendo and Odur Ronald

Organisers: Elizabeth Acaye Kerunen; Juliana Naumo Akoryo

Where: Bragora Gallery, Castello

Ukraine

Artists: Katya Buchatska, Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva, Daniil Revkovskyi, Andrii Rachynskyi and Oleksandr Burlaka

Organisers: Viktoria Bavykina and Max Gorbatskyi; Taras Shevchenko

Where: Arsenale

 

Abdullah Al Saadi

Image courtesy of National Pavilion UAE-La Biennale di Venezia; Photo: Daryll Borja

United Arab Emirates

Artist: Abdullah Al Saadi

Organisers: Tarek Abou El Fetouh; Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation

Where: Arsenale

 

United States

Artist: Jeffrey Gibson

Organisers: Kathleen Ash-Milby, Louis Grachos and Abigail Winograd; Portland Art Museum in Oregon and Site Santa Fe

Where: Giardini

 

 

Uruguay

Artist: Eduardo Cardozo

Organisers: Elisa Valerio; Facundo de Almeida

Where: Giardini

Uzbekistan

Artist: Aziza Kadyri

Organisers: Center for Contemporary Art Tashkent; Art and Culture Development Foundation

Where: Arsenale

Venezuela

Artist: Juvenal Ravelo

Organisers: Edgar Ernesto Gonzalez; Reinaldo J Landaeta Diaz

Where: Giardini

Zimbabwe

Artists: Gillian Rosselli, Kombo Chapfika, Moffat Takadiwa, Sekai Machache, Troy Makaza and Victor Nyakauru

Organisers: Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa; Raphael Chikukwa, National Gallery of Zimbabwe

Where: Santa Maria della Pieta, Castello