60th Venice Biennale announces national pavilion artists for 2024 edition curated by Adriano Pedrosa
The 60th Venice Biennale will take place from April 20 to November 24, 2024, under the artistic leadership of Adriano Pedrosa, who has announced the artists representing various national pavilions. Albania has chosen Iva Lulashi, whose artwork reflects on Albanian visual culture and the complexities of communist-era propaganda. Australia features First Nations artist Archie Moore, while Austria presents Anna Jermolaewa, who fled the Soviet Union in 1989. Argentina selects Luciana Lamothe for site-specific sculptures, and Belgium showcases the collective Petticoat Government. Other notable selections include Wael Shawky for Egypt, Julien Creuzet for France, and Jeffrey Gibson, the first Indigenous artist to represent the US.
Key facts
- The 60th Venice Biennale runs from 20 April to 24 November 2024.
- Adriano Pedrosa serves as artistic director.
- Benin, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Timor-Leste debut national pavilions.
- Jeffrey Gibson is the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States.
- Poland replaced original artist Ignacy Czwartos with Open Group collective.
- Brazil's pavilion is renamed Hãhãwpuá, referencing Pataxó territory.
- The overarching theme is 'Foreigners Everywhere'.
- Multiple pavilions address themes of displacement, colonialism, and identity.
Entities
Artists
- Iva Lulashi
- Archie Moore
- Anna Jermolaewa
- Luciana Lamothe
- Ishola Akpo
- Moufouli Bello
- Romuald Hazoumè
- Chloé Quenum
- Glicéria Tupinambá
- Célia Tupinambá
- Krasimira Butseva
- Lilia Topouzova
- Julian Chehirian
- Kapwani Kiwanga
- Valeria Montti Colque
- Vlatka Horvat
- Eva Kot'átková
- Himali Singh Soin
- David Soin Tappeser
- Oto Hudec
- Inuuteq Storch
- Wael Shawky
- Edith Karlson
- Tesfaye Urgessa
- Pia Lindman
- Vidha Saumya
- Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen
- Julien Creuzet
- Ilia Zdanevich
- Max Ernst
- Nikoloz Koplatadze
- Grigol Nodia
- Juliette George
- Rodrigue De Ferluc
- Wilhelm Ernst Tempel
- Yael Bartana
- Ersan Mondtag
- Michael Akstaller
- Nicole L'Huillier
- Robert Lippok
- Jan St. Werner
- John Akomfrah
- Trevor Yeung
- Márton Nemes
- Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir
- Eimear Walshe
- Massimo Bartolini
- Yuko Mohri
- Doruntina Kastrati
- Amanda Ziemele
- Mounira Al Solh
- Neringa Cerniauskaite
- Ugnius Gelguda
- Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
- Andrea Mancini
- Matthew Attard
- Darja Bajagić
- Renzo Martens
- Yinka Shonibare
- Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
- Ndidi Dike
- Onyeka Igwe
- Toyin Ojih Odutola
- Abraham Oghobase
- Precious Okoyomon
- Fatimah Tuggar
- Lap-See Lam
- Kholod Hawash
- Tze Yeung Ho
- Slavica Janešlieva
- Brooke Alfaro
- Isabel De Obaldia
- Giana De Dier
- Cisco Merel
- Mark Salvatus
- Ignacy Czwartos
- Yuriy Biley
- Pavlo Kovach
- Anton Varga
- Mónica de Miranda
- Vânia Gala
- Sónia Vaz Borges
- Șerban Savu
- Ciprian Mureșan
- Eddie Martinez
- Manal AlDowayan
- Aleksandar Denić
- Robert Zhao Renhui
- Molemo Moiloa
- Nare Mokgotho
- Koo Jeong-a
- Sandra Gamarra Heshiki
- Guerreiro do Divino Amor
- Yuan Goang-Ming
- Happy Robert
- Naby
- Haji Chilonga
- Lute Mwakisopile
- Maria Madeira
- Gülsün Karamustafa
- Abdullah Al Saadi
- Jeffrey Gibson
Institutions
- ArtReview
- National Gallery of Canada
- Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
- Frame Contemporary Art Finland
- M+
- Hong Kong Arts Development Council
- Ludwig Museum
- Project Arts Centre
- National Gallery of Kosovo
- Kestner Gesellschaft
- Latvian National Museum of Art
- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
- Lithuanian National Museum of Art
- MUDAM
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro
- White Cube
- Museum of West African Art
- Singapore Art Museum
- Institute of Creative Repair
- Arts Council Korea
- Asian Art Museum
- Istanbul Biennial
- Portland Art Museum
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Tirana
- Albania
- Milan
- Queensland
- Australia
- Vienna
- Austria
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Argentina
- Belgium
- Benin
- Nigeria
- Lagos
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Stockholm
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Slovak Republic
- Kenya
- Prague
- Denmark
- New York
- Copenhagen
- Greenland
- Egypt
- Alexandria
- Philadelphia
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa
- Stuttgart
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Berlin
- Amsterdam
- Israel
- La Certosa
- Great Britain
- Accra
- UK
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Budapest
- London
- Cologne
- Iceland
- Reykjavik
- Ireland
- Longford
- Dublin
- Cecina
- Japan
- Tokyo
- Kanagawa
- Gwangju
- Kosovo
- Prishtina
- Latvia
- Dresden
- Lebanon
- Beirut
- Gateshead
- Netherlands
- South Africa
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Brussels
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Podgorica
- United States
- Yale
- Poitiers
- Annandale-on-Hudson
- Graz
- Lusanga
- DRC
- Benin City
- Nordic Countries
- Sweden
- Norway
- North Macedonia
- Panama
- Colombia
- Philippines
- Lucban
- Spain
- Poland
- Lviv
- Ukraine
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Dhahran
- Guggenheim
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Gillman Barracks
- Busan
- Johannesburg
- South Korea
- Aarhus
- Lima
- São Paulo
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- San Francisco
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Perth
- Indonesia
- Turkey
- Arsenale
- Istanbul
- UAE
- Emirati
- Mississippi
- Cherokee
- Navajo Nation