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
Khaled Sabsabi Photo: Anna Kucera
Australia
Artist: Khaled Sabsabi
Organisers: Michael Dagostino; Creative Australia
Where: Giardini
For more, see Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia’s representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Austria
Artist: Florentina Holzinger
Organisers: Nora-Swantje Almes; Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
Where: Giardini
Website
John Beadle and Lavar Munroe
Bahamas
Artist: Lavar Munroe and John Beadle
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
Belgium
Artist: Miet Warlop
Organisers: Caroline Dumalin; Flemish Community of Belgium
Where: Giardini
The curator Diane Lima (left) and the artists Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão Photo: 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 Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture
Where: Giardini
Abbas Akhavan Photo: Alex de Brabant
Canada
Artist: Abbas Akhavan
Organisers: Kim Nguyen; National Gallery of Canada
Where: Giardini
Website
For more, see Canada and Estonia lead the race to name 2026 Venice Biennale artists
Cyprus
Artist: Marina Xenofontos
Organisers: Kyle Dancewicz
Where: Associazione Culturale Spiazzi, Castello
Website
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Artist: Jakub Jansa and Selmeci Kocka Jusko (Alex Selmeci and Tomáš Kocka Jusko)
Organisers: Peter Sit; National gallery Prague and Slovak National Gallery
Where: Giardini
The curator Chus Martínez (left) and the artist Maja Malou Lyse Photo: Zoe Chait
Denmark
Artist: Maja Malou Lyse
Organisers: Chus Martínez; Danish Arts Foundation
Where: Giardini
Merike Estna Photo: Marta Vaarik
Estonia
Artist: Merike Estna
Organisers: Natalia Sielewicz; Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
Website
Jenna Sutela Photo: Matteo de Mayda
Finland
Artists: Jenna Sutela
Organisers: Stefanie Hessler; Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Where: Giardini
Website
Yto Barrada Photo: Benoît Peverelli
France
Artist: Yto Barrada
Organisers: Myriam Ben Salah; Institut Français, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and the French Ministry of Culture
Where: Giardini
Website
• For more, see Yto Barrada to represent France at 2026 Venice Biennale
Germany
Artists: Henrike Naumann and Sung Tieu
Organisers: Kathleen Reinhardt; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, German Federal Foreign Office
Where: Giardini
Website
Lubaina Himid Photo: Adama Jalloh
Great Britain
Artist: Lubaina Himid
Organisers: Ese Onojeruo; British Council
Where: Giardini
Website
• For more, see Lubaina Himid will represent Great Britain at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Andreas Angelidakis © Vasilis Karydis
Greece
Artist: Andreas Angelidakis
Organisers: George Bekirakis; Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki, Greek Ministry of Culture
Where: Giardini
Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui
Hong Kong
Artists: Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui
Organisers: Hong Kong Museum of Art and Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Where: Campo della Tana, Castello
The curator Luca Cserhalmi, the artist Endre Koronczi and the commissioner Julia Fabényi Photo: Zsófia Szabó
Hungary
Artist: Endre Koronczi
Organisers: Luca Cserhalmi; Julia Fabényi, Ludwig Museum
Where: Giardini
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir Photo: Sunday and White Studio, Courtesy of the Icelandic Pavilion
Iceland
Artist: Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Organisers: Margrét Áskelsdóttir and Unnar Örn; Icelandic Art Center
Where: Arsenale
Website
Four of the five artists representing India, from left to right: Asim Waqif, Skarma Sonam Tashi, Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala) and Ranjani Shettar (participating 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 Culture, Government of India
Where: Arsenale
• For more, see Five artists announced for India’s Venice Biennale pavilion
Isabel Nolan with the pavilion curator Georgina Jackson and the producer Cian O’Brien Photo: Ste Murray
Ireland
Artist: Isabel Nolan
Organisers: Georgina Jackson; Douglas Hyde Gallery, Culture Ireland and the Arts Council Ireland
Where: Arsenale
Website
• For more, see Isabel Nolan to represent Ireland at the 2026 Venice Biennale
The curator Cecilia Canziani and the artist Chiara Camoni Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri
Italy
Artist: Chiara Camoni
Organisers: Cecilia Canziani; Ministero della Cultura
Where: Arsenale
Website
Ei Arakawa-Nash Photo: Ricardo Nagaoka
Japan
Artist: Ei Arakawa-Nash
Organisers: Lisa Horikawa and Mizuki Takahashi; Japan Foundation
Where: Giardini
Website
Brilant Milazimi Photo: Majlinda Hoxha
Kosovo
Artist: Brilant Milazimi
Organisers: José Esparza Chong Cuy; Hana Halilaj, National Gallery of Kosovo, and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo
Where: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Pianto, Castello
Website
The duo MAREUNROL and Bruno Birmanis Photo: Ralfs Cimmermanis
Latvia
Artist: Bruno Birmanis and MAREUNROL
Organisers: Inga Lāce and Adomas Narkevičius; Solvita Krese, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Where: Arsenale
Nabil Nahas Photo: Farzad Owrang, courtesy of the artist
Lebanon
Artist: Nabil Nahas
Organisers: Nada Ghandour; Lebanese Visual Art Association
Where: Arsenale
Website
Eglė Budvytytė Photo: Alexandre Guirkinger
Lithuania
Artist: Eglė Budvytytė
Organisers: Louise O’Kelly; Lolita Jablonskienė, Lithuanian National Museum of Art and Lithuanian Council for Culture
Website
• For more, 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; Casino Luxembourg and Kultur lx Arts Council Luxembourg
Where: Arsenale
Website
Noé Martínez and María Sosa of the artist duo RojoNegro Photo: Alberto Rubi. Courtesy of the artists and PATRON
Mexico
Artist: RojoNegro
Organisers: Jessica Berlanga;
Where: Arsenale
Website
Morocco
Artist: Amina Agueznay
Organisers: Meriem Berrada
Dries Verhoeven Photo: Robin de Puy
Netherlands
Artist: Dries Verhoeven
Organisers: Rieke Vos; Mondriaan Fund
Where: Giardini
Website
• For more, see Venice Biennale 2026: The Netherlands and Lithuania reveal artists
New Zealand, Aotearoa
Artist: Fiona Pardington
Organisers: Felicity Milburn and Chloe Cull; Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa in partnership with Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Where: Pietà Venezia, Castello
Website
Benjamin Orlow, Tori Wrånes and Klara Kristalova Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen
Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden and Finland)
Artists: Klara Kristalovav, Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånesv
Organisers: Anna Mustonen; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma with Moderna Museet and OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Where: Giardini
• For more, see Venice Biennale 2026: Switzerland and Nordic Countries reveal artists
Pakistan
Artist: Faiza Butt
Organisers: Beatriz Cifuentes Feliciano; Yaqoob Bangash, Ministry of National Heritage and Culture of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Where: Ex Farmacia Solveni, Dorsoduro
Peru
Artist: Sara Flores
Organisers: Issela Ccoyllo and Matteo Norzi
Where: Arsenale
Jon Cuyson Photo: Kieran Punay
Philippines
Artist: Jon Cuyson
Organisers: Mara Gladstone; Philippine Arts in Venice Biennale
Where: Arsenale
From left to right: Ewa Chomicka, Bogna Burska, Jolanta Woszczenko, Daniel Kotowski Photo: Filip Preis / Zachęta Archive
Poland
Artists: Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski
Organisers: Ewa Chomicka and Jolanta Woszczenko; Agnieszka Pindera, Polish Pavilion in Venice
Where: Giardini
Website
Mark Francis Photo: Erin Francis
San Marino
Artist: Mark Francis
Organisers: Luca Tommasi; FR Istituto d’Arte Contemporanea and State Secretariat for Education and Culture
Where: Tana Art Space, Fondamenta de la Tana, Castello
Dana Awartani Photo: Anastasia Tikhonova. Courtesy of the Visual Arts Commission
Saudi Arabia
Artist: Dana Awartani
Organisers: Antonia Carver and Hafsa Alkhudairi; Visual Arts Commission, Ministry of Culture
Where: Arsenale
For more, see Exclusive: Dana Awartani to represent Saudi Arabia at Venice Biennale 2026
Bugarin + Castle (Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Castle) Photo: Charlotte Cullen, courtesy Scotland + Venice
Scotland
Artists: Bugarin + Castle (Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Castle)
Organisers: Mount Stuart Trust; Scotland + Venice, Creative Scotland, British Council Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland.
For more, see Scotland and Wales to return to Venice Biennale after years-long break
Singapore
Artist: Amanda Heng
Organisers: Selene Yap; Singapore Art Museum, National Arts Council Singapore
Where: Arsenale
Slovenia
Artist: Nonument Group
Organisers: Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez
Website
South Korea
Artists: Goen Choi and Hyeree Ro
Organisers: Binna Choi; Arts Council Korea
Where: Giardini
Oriol Vilanova Photo: Ingrid Sala
Spain
Artist: Oriol Vilanova
Organisers: Carles Guerra; Spanish Agency for lnternational Development Cooperation and Acción Cultural Española
Where: Giardini
From left to right: Miriam Laura Leonardi, Yul Tomatala, Nina Wakeford, Gianmaria Andreetta, Luca Beeler and Lithic Alliance Photo: Del LaGrace Volcano
Switzerland
Artists: Miriam Laura Leonardi, Lithic Alliance, Yul Tomatala and
Nina Wakeford
Organisers: Gianmaria Andreetta and Luca Beeler and Nina Wakeford; Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Katharina Brandl, Sandi Paucic and Rachele Giudici Legittimo
Where: Giardini
Website
• For more, see Venice Biennale 2026: Switzerland and Nordic Countries reveal artists
Sara Shamma Photo: Mohammad Azaat
Syria
Artist: Sara Shamma
Organisers: Yuko Hasegawa; Ministry of Culture
Where: Università IUAV di Venezia, Cotonificio campus, Dorsoduro
Taiwan
Artist: Li Yi-Fan
Organisers: Abby Chen; Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Veronica Pereira Maia, Etson Caminha and Juventino Madeira Photo: 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, Arts and Culture, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Nilbar Güreş Photo: Luca Gioacchino Di Bernardo
Turkey
Artist: Nilbar Güreş
Organisers: Başak Doğa Temür; Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
Where: Arsenale
Alma Allen Photo: Ana Hop
United States
Artist: Alma Allen
Organisers: Jeffrey Uslip; Jenni Parido, American Arts Conservancy and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Where: Giardini
For more, see Sculptor Alma Allen officially selected to represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale and The US Venice Biennale saga, Queer Islamic art in Oslo, Duane Linklater in Ottawa—podcast
Uruguay
Artist: Margaret Whyte
Organisers: Patricia Bentancur; Martín Craciun, INAV-DNC
Where: Giardini
Website
Wales
Artists: Manon Awst and Dylan Huw
Organisers: Wales in Venice and Arts Council of Wales
For more, 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; National Gallery of Zimbabwe
