The 111 invited artists for the upcoming Venice Biennale’s main exhibition have been announced.
Participants include artists, collaborative duos and collectives, as well as artist-led organisations, selected by the late Koyo Kouoh, to show under the theme In Minor Keys. Gathering artists from territories and regions across the world, the exhibition invites audiences and participants alike to take the time to tune into the finer frequencies around us, encouraging a gentler and more measured approach to life while remaining open to new ways of perceiving and receiving our surroundings.
Artists from the region include Kader Attia, rana elnemr, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Mohammed Joha, Walid Raad, Khaled Sabsabi, Amina Saoudi Aït Khay, Hala Schoukair, Vera Tamari and Raed Yassin, among others.
Khaled Sabsabi’s inclusion is a rare occasions where an artist has presented both in the main exhibition and in a national pavilion, as the artist is set to represent Australia at the upcoming Venice Biennale, having been reinstated following the cancellation of his selection.
Participating Artists:
Pio Abad
Philip Aguirre y Otegui
Akinbode Akinbiyi
Laurie Anderson
Fabrice Aragno
arms ache avid aeon (Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka, fierce pussy, Jo-ey Tang)
Kader Attia
Sammy Baloji
Ranti Bam
Alvaro Barrington
Éric Baudelaire
Sabian Baumann
blaxTARLINES KUMASI
Beverly Buchanan
Seyni Awa Camara
Nick Cave
Carolina Caycedo
Annalee Davis
BuBu de la Madeleine
Dawn DeDeaux
Nolan Oswald Dennis
Denniston Hill
Bonnie Devine
Godfried Donkor
Marcel Duchamp
Edouard Duval-Carrié
Torkwase Dyson
rana elnemr
Theo Eshetu
Rachel Fallon (with Alice Maher)
G.A.S. Foundation
Sofía Gallisá Muriente
Adebunmi Gbadebo
Leonilda González
Linda Goode Bryant
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka
Ayrson Heráclito
Clarissa Herbst & Dominique Rust
Nicholas Hlobo
Carsten Höller
Sohrab Hura
Alfredo Jaar
Mohammed Joha
Michael Joo
Nina Katchadourian
Bodys Isek Kingelez
Sandra Knecht
Marcia Kure
Natalia Lassalle-Morillo (in collaboration with Gloria Morillo)
Florence Lazar
Dan Lie
Werewere Liking
lugar a dudas
Daniel Lind-Ramos
Alice Maher
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons & Kamaal Malak
Senzeni Marasela
Guadalupe Maravilla
Manuel Mathieu
Georgina Maxim
Tiona Nekkia McClodden
Big Chief Demond Melancon
Avi Mograbi
Wangechi Mutu
Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI)
Eustaquio Neves
Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn
Tammy Nguyen
Otobong Nkanga
Kaloki Nyamai
Temitayo Ogunbiyi
Pauline Oliveros
Kambui Olujimi
Hagar Ophir
Uriel Orlow
Ebony G. Patterson
Rajni Perera & Marigold Santos
Thania Petersen
Alan Phelan
Johannes Phokela
Léonard Pongo
Gala Porras-Kim*
Walid Raad
Mohammed Z. Rahman
RAW Material Company
Tabita Rezaire
Guadalupe Rosales
Yo-E Ryou
Khaled Sabsabi
Rose Salane
Issa Samb
Amina Saoudi Aït Khay
Carrie Schneider
Hala Schoukair
Berni Searle
Mmakgabo Mmapula Helen Sebidi
Wardha Shabbir
Yoshiko Shimada
Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser
Buhlebezwe Siwani
Cauleen Smith
Vera Tamari
Tsai Ming-liang
Victoria-Idongesit Udondian
Celia Vásquez Yui
Kemang Wa Lehulere
Kennedy Yanko
Raed Yassin
Sawangwongse Yawnghwe
Billie Zangewa
International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia runs from 9 May until 22 November 2026
