Venice Biennale 2026: Key Exhibitions from Fondazione Prada to Espace Louis Vuitton

The article highlights six major exhibitions during the 2026 Venice Biennale. At Fondazione Prada's Ca' Corner della Regina, curator Nancy Spector stages "Helter Skelter," a dialogue between Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince featuring over fifty works across media, exploring appropriation and mass media. The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art presents Nalini Malani's "Of Woman Born" at Magazzini del Sale, a nine-channel iPad animation installation with 67 animations from 30,000 sketches, commissioned as an official Collateral Event. At Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, "Matthew Wong: Interiors" curated by John Cheim displays 35 rarely seen works focusing on interior spaces, organized by the Matthew Wong Foundation. Dale Chihuly returns to Venice with "CHIHULY: Venice 2026," anchored by three monumental glass installations along the Grand Canal visible from the Accademia Bridge, presented by Pilchuck Glass School and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, with an interpretive exhibition at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Ca' Pesaro hosts the first large-scale Jenny Saville exhibition in Venice, curated by Elisabetta Barisoni, with over 30 paintings and drawings from the 1990s to today, including a new cycle of works. At Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia, curator Claire Staebler presents Lu Yang's "DOKU The Illusion," the fourth chapter in the DOKU series, featuring a film projected on a monumental LED screen with sculptural elements, blending Buddhist philosophy and digital culture.