Annalee Davis represents Barbados at 2026 Venice Biennale with installation on ecological grief

Barbadian artist Annalee Davis (b. 1963, St. Michael) is representing Barbados at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026 with her installation "Let this be my Cathedral," part of the group exhibition "In Minor Keys" curated by the late Koyo Kouoh. The work addresses ecological grief, colonial memory, and the possibility of care without erasing conflict. Davis's practice treats landscape as a living archive, incorporating organic materials, embroidery, and research into her process. The installation was inspired by the near-extinction of the Eskimo curlew, shot in Barbados in 1963. Davis also discusses the risk of Caribbean art being flattened by European expectations. The Barbados Pavilion is located at the Corderie dell'Arsenale, Venice, and runs until November 22, 2026.