61st Venice Biennale Central Exhibition 'In Minor Keys' Opens with Strong Latin American Presence

The 61st Venice Biennale's central exhibition, 'In Minor Keys,' curated by the late Koyo Kouoh (1967–2025), opened its preview days on May 6, 2026, running through May 8. The exhibition was realized by a team selected by Kouoh: Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo, Marie Hélène Pereira, Rasha Salti, Siddhartha Mitter, and Rory Tsapayi. Featuring 110 participants, the show explores themes of colonial history, plantation, geological memory, and environmental crisis, drawing literary inspiration from Gabriel García Márquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude.' Latin America is represented by 15 artists, collectives, and organizations, including Alvaro Barrington, Carolina Caycedo, Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Leonilda González, Ayrson Heráclito, Alfredo Jaar, Natalia Lassalle-Morillo (with Gloria Morillo), Daniel Lind-Ramos, María Magdalena Campos-Pons & Kamaal Malak, Guadalupe Maravilla, Eustaquio Neves, Celia Vásquez Yui, and Gala Porras-Kim (in the Applied Arts Pavilion, a special project with the Victoria and Albert Museum). The Biennale runs until November 22, 2026.