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333 Artists Selected for 60th Venice Biennale 'Foreigners Everywhere'

exhibition · 2026-04-22

Adriano Pedrosa, the curator for the 60th Venice Biennale, revealed the names of 333 artists and collectives who will take part in the exhibition titled 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere.' This edition, set for 2024, focuses on artists who have not previously been part of the International Exhibition, although some have participated in national pavilions or collateral events. The exhibition will take place in the Central Pavilion at the Giardini and the Arsenale, divided into two sections: Nucleo Contemporaneo and Nucleo Storico, the latter highlighting global modernisms and the Global South. The Biennale is scheduled from April 20 to November 24, 2024, with previews from April 17 to 19. Historical icons like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera will be featured alongside contemporary talents such as Yinka Shonibare and Bouchra Khalili. Beatriz Milhazes will represent the Applied Arts Pavilion out of competition.

Key facts

  • 333 artists and collectives selected for the 60th Venice Biennale
  • Curator Adriano Pedrosa announced the list at a press conference in Venice
  • Title: 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere'
  • Exhibition runs April 20 to November 24, 2024, preview April 17–19
  • Venues: Central Pavilion in Giardini and Arsenale
  • Two sections: Nucleo Contemporaneo and Nucleo Storico
  • Nucleo Storico dedicated to global modernisms and Global South
  • Outdoor projects and performance program highlighted

Entities

Artists

  • Adriano Pedrosa
  • Pacita Abad
  • Mariam Abdel-Aleem
  • Etel Adnan
  • Sandy Adsett
  • Affandi
  • Zubeida Agha
  • Dia al-Azzawi
  • Claudia Alarcón
  • Silät
  • Rafa al-Nasiri
  • Miguel Alandia Pantoja
  • Aloïse
  • Giulia Andreani
  • Claudia Andujar
  • María Aranís Valdivia
  • Iván Argote
  • Karimah Ashadu
  • Dana Awartani
  • Aycoobo (Wilson Rodríguez)
  • Margarita Azurdia
  • Leilah Babirye
  • Libero Badii
  • Ezekiel Baroukh
  • Baya
  • Aly Ben Salem
  • Semiha Berksoy
  • Gianni Bertini
  • Lina Bo Bardi
  • Maria Bonomi
  • Victor Brecheret
  • Huguette Caland
  • Sol Calero
  • Elda Cerrato
  • Mohammed Chebaa
  • Georgette Chen
  • Galileo Chini
  • Kudzanai Chiurai
  • Isaac Chong Wai
  • Saloua Raouda Choucair
  • Chaouki Choukini
  • Chua Mia Tee
  • Claire Fontaine
  • Manauara Clandestina
  • River Claure
  • Julia Codesido
  • Liz Collins
  • Jaime Colson
  • Waldemar Cordeiro
  • Monika Correa
  • Beatriz Cortez
  • Olga Costa
  • Miguel Covarrubias
  • Victor Juan Cúnsolo
  • Andrés Curruchich
  • Rosa Elena Curruchich
  • Djanira da Motta e Silva
  • Olga De Amaral
  • Filippo de Pisis
  • Juan Del Prete
  • Pablo Delano
  • Emiliano Di Cavalcanti
  • Danilo Di Prete
  • Cícero Dias
  • Marco Scotini
  • Ursula Biemann
  • Seba Calfuqueo
  • Simone Cangelosi
  • Critical Art Ensemble
  • Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
  • Marcelo Expósito
  • Maria Galindo
  • Barbara Hammer
  • mixrice
  • Khaled Jarrar
  • Sara Jordenö
  • Bani Khoshnoudi
  • Maria Kourkouta
  • Niki Giannari
  • Pedro Lemebel
  • Angela Melitopoulos
  • Jota Mombaça
  • Carlos Motta
  • Zanele Muholi
  • Pınar Öğrenci
  • Daniela Ortiz
  • Thunska Pansittivorakul
  • Anand Patwardhan
  • Oliver Ressler
  • Zanny Begg
  • Carole Roussopoulos
  • Güliz Sağlam
  • Irwan Ahmett
  • Tita Salina
  • Tejal Shah
  • Chi Yin Sim
  • Hito Steyerl
  • Raphaël Grisey
  • Bouba Touré
  • Nguyễn Trinh Thi
  • James Wentzy
  • Želimir Žilnik
  • Juana Elena Diz
  • Tarsila do Amaral
  • Saliba Douaihy
  • Dullah
  • Inji Efflatoun
  • Uzo Egonu
  • Mohammad Ehsaei
  • Hatem El Mekki
  • Aref El Rayess
  • Ibrahim El-Salahi
  • Elyla
  • Ben Enwonwu
  • Romany Eveleigh
  • Hamed Ewais
  • Dumile Feni
  • Alessandra Ferrini
  • Cesare Ferro Milone
  • Raquel Forner
  • Simone Forti
  • Victor Fotso Nyie
  • Louis Fratino
  • Paolo Gasparini
  • Sangodare Gbadegesin Ajala
  • Umberto Giangrandi
  • Madge Gill
  • Marlene Gilson
  • Luigi Domenico Gismondi
  • Domenico Gnoli
  • Gabrielle Goliath
  • Brett Graham
  • Fred Graham
  • Enrique Grau Araújo
  • Oswaldo Guayasamín
  • Nedda Guidi
  • Hendra Gunawan
  • Antonio Jose Guzman
  • Iva Jankovic
  • Marie Hadad
  • Samia Halaby
  • Tahia Halim
  • Lauren Halsey
  • Nazek Hamdi
  • Mohamed Hamidi
  • Faik Hassan
  • Kadhim Hayder
  • Gilberto Hernández Ortega
  • Carmen Herrera
  • Evan Ifekoya
  • Julia Isídrez
  • Mohammed Issiakhem
  • Elena Izcue Cobián
  • María Izquierdo
  • Nour Jaouda
  • Rindon Johnson
  • Joyce Joumaa
  • Mohammed Kacimi
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Nazira Karimi
  • George Keyt
  • Bhupen Khakhar
  • Bouchra Khalili
  • Kiluanji Kia Henda
  • Linda Kohen
  • Shalom Kufakwatenzi
  • Ram Kumar
  • Fred Kuwornu
  • Grace Salome Kwami
  • Lai Foong Moi
  • Wifredo Lam
  • Judith Lauand
  • Maggie Laubser
  • Simon Lekgetho
  • Celia Leyton Vidal
  • Lim Mu Hue
  • Romualdo Locatelli
  • Bertina Lopes
  • Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato
  • Anita Magsaysay-Ho
  • Esther Mahlangu
  • Anna Maria Maiolino
  • Anita Malfatti
  • Ernest Mancoba
  • Edna Manley
  • Josiah Manzi
  • Teresa Margolles
  • Maria Martins
  • María Martorell
  • Naminapu Maymuru-White
  • Mohamed Melehi
  • Carlos Mérida
  • Gladys Mgudlandlu
  • Omar Mismar
  • Sabelo Mlangeni
  • Tina Modotti
  • Bahman Mohasses
  • Roberto Montenegro
  • Camilo Mori Serrano
  • Ahmed Morsi
  • Effat Naghi
  • Ismael Nery
  • Malangatana Valente Ngwenya
  • Paula Nicho
  • Costantino Nivola
  • Taylor Nkomo
  • Marina Núñez del Prado
  • Philomé Obin
  • Sénèque Obin
  • Alejandro Obregón
  • Tomie Ohtake
  • Uche Okeke
  • Marco Ospina
  • Samia Osseiran Junblatt
  • Daniel Otero Torres
  • Lydia Ourahmane
  • Pan Yuliang
  • Dalton Paula
  • Amelia Peláez
  • George Pemba
  • Fulvio Pennacchi
  • Claudio Perna
  • Emilio Pettoruti
  • Lê Phổ
  • Bona Pieyre De Mandiargues
  • Ester Pilone
  • La Chola Poblete
  • Charmaine Poh
  • Maria Polo
  • Candido Portinari
  • Sandra Poulson
  • B. Prabha
  • Lidy Prati
  • Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)
  • Lee Qoede
  • Agnes Questionmark
  • Violeta Quispe
  • Alfredo Ramos Martinez
  • Sayed Haider Raza
  • Armando Reverón
  • Emma Reyes
  • Diego Rivera
  • Juana Marta Rodas
  • Laura Rodig Pizarro
  • Abel Rodríguez
  • Aydeé Rodriguez Lopez
  • Freddy Rodriguez
  • Miguel Ángel Rojas
  • Rosa Rolanda
  • Jamini Roy
  • Rómulo Rozo
  • Erica Rutherford
  • José Sabogal
  • Mahmoud Sabri
  • Syed Sadequain
  • Nena Saguil
  • Mahmoud Saïd
  • Kazuya Sakai
  • Ione Saldanha
  • Dean Sameshima
  • Zilia Sánchez
  • Bárbara Sánchez-Kane
  • Nenne Sanguineti Poggi
  • Fanny Sanín
  • Aligi Sassu
  • Greta Schödl
  • Ana Segovia
  • Gerard Sekoto
  • Jewad Selim
  • Lorna Selim
  • Joshua Serafin
  • Kang Seung Lee
  • Gino Severini
  • Amrita Sher-Gil
  • Anwar Jalal Shemza
  • Yinka Shonibare
  • Doreen Sibanda
  • Fadjar Sidik
  • Gazbia Sirry
  • Lucas Sithole
  • Francis Newton Souza
  • Joseph Stella
  • Irma Stern
  • Leopold Strobl
  • Emiria Sunassa
  • Superflex
  • Armodio Tamayo
  • Maria Taniguchi
  • Evelyn Taocheng Wang
  • Lucy Tejada
  • Mariana Telleria
  • Güneş Terkol
  • Eduardo Terrazas
  • Clorindo Testa
  • Salman Toor
  • Frieda Toranzo Jaeger
  • Horacio Torres
  • Joaquin Torres-García
  • Mario Tozzi
  • Twins Seven Seven
  • Ahmed Umar
  • Rubem Valentim
  • Edoardo Daniele Villa
  • Eliseu Visconti
  • Alfredo Volpi
  • Kay WalkingStick
  • WangShui
  • Agnes Waruguru
  • Barrington Watson
  • Osmond Watson
  • Susanne Wenger
  • Emmi Whitehorse
  • Selwyn Wilson
  • Chang Woosoung
  • Celeste Woss y Gil
  • Xiyadie
  • Rember Yahuarcani
  • Santiago Yahuarcani
  • Nil Yalter
  • Joseca Mokahesi Yanomami
  • André Taniki Yanomami
  • Yêdamaria
  • Ramses Younan
  • Kim YunShin
  • Fahrelnissa Zeid
  • Anna Zemánková
  • Bibi Zogbé
  • Beatriz Milhazes
  • Aravani Art Project
  • Bordadoras de Isla Negra
  • Disobedience Archive
  • MAHKU (Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin)
  • Mataaho Collective
  • Black Audio-Film Collective
  • Cinéastes pour les sans-papiers
  • Mujeres Creando
  • LIMINAL
  • Border Forensics
  • Pilot TV Collective
  • Queerocracy
  • Sweatmother
  • Faik Nazek Hamdi

Institutions

  • Venice Biennale
  • Giardini
  • Arsenale
  • Applied Arts Pavilion
  • La Biennale di Venezia
  • Biennale College Arte

Locations

  • Venice
  • Italy
  • Giardini
  • Arsenale
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Egypt
  • Lebanon
  • Turkey
  • Latin America
  • Africa
  • Middle East
  • Asia
  • Palermo
  • Turin
  • Arab world
  • Europe
  • Global South
  • Global North

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