The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh will run from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 (preview 6, 7, 8 May) at the Giardini, the Arsenale and in various locations around Venice.

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Through a visual and meditative procession, the Exhibition will prompt all senses to interconnect and meander from one universe to the other, proposing a radical reconnection with art’s natural habitat and role in society: that is the emotional, the visual, the sensory, the affective, the subjective.

The invited participants of this exhibition – among them, individual artists, collaborative duos, collectives, and artist-led organisations – selected by the curator are 111.

The conceptual core of the Exhibition will be articulated through motifs sifted from a reservoir of art that acts deeply on the soul and mind. They brought into focus a compositional method for the exhibition, which is not organised according to sections but rather in respect of undercurrent priorities: “Shrines”; processional assemblies; enchantment in the face of cynicism about what art can do; spiritual and physical rest opened up by the oases – the keys or small islands of artists’ universes; and finally, the curator’s commitment to artist-centred institution building or “Schools”, in which energy and resource is directed towards a social purpose.

OPENING HOURS
Giardini / Arsenale
11 am - 7 pm from (May – September) - last admission: 6:45 pm
Until the end of September, Arsenale venue only: on Fridays and Saturdays, opening hours extended to 8 pm (last admission 7:45 pm)
10 am - 7 pm from (October-November - last admission 5:45 pm
Closed on Mondays (except 11 May, 1 June, 7 September and 16 November)

INFO
La Biennale di Venezia
promozione@labiennale.org
Ph. +39 041 5218 828
www.labiennale.org

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