Artribune's Top 10 National Pavilions at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Artribune has identified the top ten national pavilions at the 60th Venice Biennale, titled 'Stranieri Ovunque' (Foreigners Everywhere) and curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Notable features include Yuko Mohri's 'Compose' showcased at the Japan Pavilion; the US Pavilion, which marks the first representation by a Native American artist, Jeffrey Gibson; Julien Creuzet's work at the France Pavilion; Open Group's 'Repeat after Me II' in the Poland Pavilion; John Akomfrah's 'Listening All Night to the Rain' at the UK Pavilion; Massimo Bartolini's 'Due qui/To Hear' in the Italy Pavilion; Matthew Attard's 'I will follow the ship' at the Malta Pavilion; Gülsün Karamustafa's 'Hollow and Broken' at the Turkey Pavilion; 'Nigeria Imaginary' at the Nigeria Pavilion in Palazzo Correr; and Vlatka Horvat's project at the Croatia Pavilion.
Key facts
- The 60th Venice Biennale is titled 'Stranieri Ovunque' and curated by Adriano Pedrosa.
- Artribune selected ten best national pavilions from 43 participating countries.
- Yuko Mohri's Japan Pavilion uses fruit electrodes to transform impulses into music.
- Jeffrey Gibson is the first Native American artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale.
- The Poland Pavilion features Ukrainian collective Open Group with war sound reenactments.
- John Akomfrah's UK Pavilion focuses on listening as activism and the importance of water.
- Massimo Bartolini's Italy Pavilion includes a wave pool that repeats itself harmonically.
- Matthew Attard's Malta Pavilion uses an eye-tracker to draw ship graffiti.
- Gülsün Karamustafa's Turkey Pavilion combines Venetian glass chandeliers with barbed wire.
- The Nigeria Pavilion includes Yinka Shonibare's 'Monument to the Restitution of the Mind and Soul'.
Entities
Artists
- Yuko Mohri
- Jeffrey Gibson
- Julien Creuzet
- John Akomfrah
- Massimo Bartolini
- Matthew Attard
- Gülsün Karamustafa
- Vlatka Horvat
- Ndidi Dike
- Yinka Shonibare
- Adriano Pedrosa
- Sook-Kyung Lee
- Luca Cerizza
- Marta Czyż
- Open Group
- The Halluci Nation
Institutions
- Artribune
- Venice Biennale
- Japan Pavilion
- US Pavilion
- France Pavilion
- Poland Pavilion
- UK Pavilion
- Italy Pavilion
- Malta Pavilion
- Turkey Pavilion
- Nigeria Pavilion
- Croatia Pavilion
- Palazzo Correr
- Museum of West African Art
- Mbari Club
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Giardini
- Arsenale
- Dorsoduro
- Cannaregio
- Japan
- Kanagawa
- United States
- Colorado Springs
- France
- Paris
- Poland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Ghana
- Accra
- Cecina
- Malta
- Turkey
- Ankara
- Nigeria
- Croatia
- Martinique
- Ibadan