Latin American Practices and Trajectories at the 2026 Venice Biennale

Key facts

• The 61st Venice Biennale's international exhibition 'In Minor Keys' is curated by Koyo Kouoh.
• Latin American artists in the exhibition include Carolina Caycedo, Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Leonilda González, Ayrson Heráclito, Alfredo Jaar, Natalia Lassalle-Morillo, Daniel Lind-Ramos, Guadalupe Maravilla, Eustáquio Neves, Celia Vásquez Yui, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, and Kamaal Malak.
• The Colombian organization lugar a dudas participates in the Biennale.
• Gala Porras-Kim is part of the Applied Arts Pavilion, a special project with the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Paulo Nazareth's solo exhibition 'Algebra' is on view at Punta della Dogana, curated by Fernanda Brenner for the Pinault Collection.
• Maya Watanabe's video installation 'Kharkov' (2026) is shown at the Complesso dell'Ospedaletto in the exhibition 'Canicula' curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi.
• Sofía Gallisá Muriente presents 'Observatorio de lagunas' at the Arsenale, addressing gaps in Puerto Rico's historical documentation.
• Nazareth's 'Algebra' includes works from over twenty years and features the installation referencing the 'tumbeiro' slave ships.
• Watanabe's 'Kharkov' was filmed in permafrost galleries in Siberia and features a woolly mammoth preserved at -12°C.
• The article was originally published on exibart.ar.