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The 2026 Venice Art Biennale is all about the slow and sensory

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 787 words · By Rebecca Ann Hughes
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After Koyo Kouoh’s untimely death in May 2025, the Cameroonian-Swiss curator’s concept for the Biennale is now being realised by her team.

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What happened

After Koyo Kouoh’s untimely death in May 2025, the Cameroonian-Swiss curator’s concept for the Biennale is now being realised by her team.

Why it matters

The Venice Biennale is one of the world’s most prominent art happenings, a dynamic, global event coloured by and, in turn, commenting on the socio-political order of the day.

Common ground

For the 61st edition, however, late curator Koyo Kouoh’s vision was to reorient the show away from the “anxious cacophony of the present chaos raging through the world” to focus on softer tones of emotion, connectivity and grounding, encapsulated in the theme…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/09/oases-sonic-prayers-and-nurture-veni…

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Claim 1: “The installation of the central exhibition by Wolff Architects draws inspiration from two books - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez and Beloved by Toni Morrison”
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Claim 2: “Artists including Big Chief Demond Melancon, Nick Cave, Alvaro Barrington, Daniel Lind-Ramos, and Ebony G. Patterson explore gatherings”
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Claim 3: “Represented by artist-led organisations such as Raw Material Company in Dakar, GAS Foundation in Lagos, and the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institution”
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The search results for 'Raw' returned WWE wrestling content rather than information about the Raw Material Company or the exhibition's 'Schools' motif.
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web search NEUTRAL — Visit Sony LIV to sign in or sign up and enjoy WWE's premium content. Watch WrestleMania and other WWE Premium Live Events on Flow. Learn how to access and stream WWE content online, including every W…
https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Five days before Backlash, WWE rolled into the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, for the go-home episode of Raw, headlined by the contract signing between Jacob Fatu and world heavywe…
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25424978-wwe-raw-results…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 20, 2026 · Get live WWE RAW results, match recaps, highlights, winners, and spoilers updated during every episode of Monday Night RAW.
https://www.ringsidenews.com/wwe-results/wwe-raw-results/
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Claim 4: “For the 61st edition, however, late curator Koyo Kouoh’s vision was to reorient the show... encapsulated in the theme ‘In Minor Keys’.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm that the theme for the 61st Venice Biennale (2026) is 'In Minor Keys'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 61st Venice Biennale is an upcoming international contemporary art exhibition to be held in 2026. The Venice Biennale takes place every two years in Venice, Italy. In 2026, the theme of the main c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Venice_Biennale
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web search NEUTRAL — ‘In Minor Keys’: discover the themes that define the 61st Venice Biennale exhibition.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 61st Venice Biennale, one of the oldest and most prestigious events in contemporary art, has opened in Italy.According to the curator, the theme of "In Minor Keys" resonated with the very essence …
https://qazaqculture.com/en/articles/81c8982e-3bd9-4042-844e…
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Claim 5: “After Koyo Kouoh’s untimely death in May 2025”
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Two independent news sources (Deutsche Welle and EuroNews) confirm the death of Koyo Kouoh in May 2025.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the Biennale's main international art exhibition, titled "In Minor Keys," which was curated by the late Cameroonian-born artistic director Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer in May 2025, at the age of 57
https://www.dw.com/en/venice-biennale-in-crisis-the-controve…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Koyo Kouoh, 2026 Venice Art Biennale curator, dies suddenly aged 58
https://www.euronews.com/news/africa/south-africa
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Claim 6: “Werewere Liking’s Village Ki-Yi MBock, a theatrical cooperative in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.”
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The search results returned irrelevant information about residential villages in Idaho and did not mention Werewere Liking's Village Ki-Yi MBock.
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web search NEUTRAL — The perfect gathering place for friends and family, The Village at Meridian features upscale apparel and specialty retail, fine restaurants and cafes, and Village Cinema.
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to Village East, where home transcends the ordinary. Designed for those who seek elevated living, our exclusive community showcases sophisticated style and meticulous attention to detail in ev…
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web search NEUTRAL — Columbia Village offers 1, 2 & 3-bedroom apartments for rent in Southeast Boise, Idaho. Browse through the photos and check out our amazing amenities!
https://www.thevillageboise.com/
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Claim 7: “There’s Issa Samb’s former courtyard (La Cour) on Rue Jules Ferry in downtown Dakar”
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While sources confirm Issa Samb is a Senegalese artist, the provided evidence does not mention a courtyard called 'La Cour' on Rue Jules Ferry in Dakar.
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web search NEUTRAL — Issa Samb, also known as Joe Ouakam (31 December 1945 – 25 April 2017) was a Senegalese painter, sculptor, performance artist, playwright and poet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issa_Samb
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web search NEUTRAL — Issa Samb and the Undecipherable Formʼ is the first solo exhibition in Europe by the seminal Senegalese artist Issa Samb. The Sudanese artist Fadlabi, based in Oslo, met Samb for an interview.
https://contemporaryand.com/en/c-and-magazine/texts/an-artis…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Issa Samb is considered a total artist. His practice ranges from acting, for both theatre and cinema, to writing (poetry, essays, novels), installing
https://iniva.org/programme/projects/issa-samb-from-the-ethi…
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Claim 8: “It provides a framework for the works on show in the central exhibition, spread across two principal venues in the Giardini and the Arsenale and featuring 111 artists”
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Multiple sources confirm the 61st Biennale's location in the Giardini and Arsenale and specifically mention the inclusion of 111 artists.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 61st Venice Biennale is an upcoming international contemporary art exhibition to be held in 2026. The Venice Biennale takes place every two years in Venice, Italy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Venice_Biennale
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web search NEUTRAL — The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled In Minor Keys, is set to open on Saturday, 9 May 2026, and run until Sunday, 22 November 2026.
https://www.flolondon.co.uk/all-posts/111-artists-announced-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 61st International Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys, imagined by Koyo Kouoh and open from May 9 to November 22, 2026 in the Giardini, Arsenale, and the city, promises to be one of the most discussed …
https://www.internimagazine.com/biennale-2026-eng/he-2026-ve…
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Claim 9: “Established norms in art history and classical literature are subverted in the work of Johannes Phokela, Tammy Nguyen, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Sammy Baloji and Godfried Donkor.”
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Claim 10: “Marcel Duchamp’s last studio, where he worked for 20 years in secret on the same installation”
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TheArtStory and Artsy confirm that Duchamp worked in secret for over twenty years on his installation 'Étant donnés'.
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web search NEUTRAL — In 1905, Duchamp began his compulsory military service with the 39th Infantry Regiment,[15] working for a printer in Rouen. There he learned typography and printing processes—skills he would use in hi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp
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web search NEUTRAL — For over twenty years Duchamp labored in complete secrecy at his second masterwork, Etant donnes, an elaborate, sexualized diorama (the work is currently permanently installed at the Philadelphia Muse…
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/duchamp-marcel/
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web search NEUTRAL — Artist Serkan Özkaya spent three years assembling a painstaking replica of Marcel Duchamp's Étant Donnés—all to test an audacious hypothesis.So he made a 10-to-1 scale model of the work in his Lower E…
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-duchamps-work-…
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Claim 11: “The Japan Pavilion also embraces participation, with Grass Babies, Moon Babies by Japanese American queer artist Ei Arakawa-Nash.”
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Claim 12: “Linda Goode Bryant’s Still Life will take the form of an urban farm, which will be tended to by formerly incarcerated women throughout the duration of the exhibition.”
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Multiple sources confirm Linda Goode Bryant's work 'Still Life' for the 2026 Biennale involves a farm in the Giardini.
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web search NEUTRAL — Linda Goode Bryant (born July 21, 1949) is an African-American documentary filmmaker and activist. She founded the gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM), which was the focus of an exhibition at the Museum …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Goode_Bryant
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web search NEUTRAL — Linda Goode Bryant: The first component is a farm in the Giardini. The second is film clips of uncultivated plants that cover buildings and other human-made structures in Venice.
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2026/linda-goode-bryant
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web search NEUTRAL — Still Life is a multi-media, site-specific installation by Linda Goode Bryant debuting at the 2026 Venice Biennale in the main exhibition, "Minor Keys" curated by the late Koyo Kouoh.This ambitious...
https://www.nyfa.org/projects/project-info/?id=LB2075
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Claim 13: “For Qatar, artist Rirkrit Tiravanija has designed a tent-like structure to serve as a place for cultural exchange”
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No evidence was found after searching for Rirkrit Tiravanija's design for the Qatar pavilion.
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Claim 14: “with a film by Qatari-American artist Sophia Al-Maria, live performances organised by Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui, a large-scale sculpture by Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid, and a culinary programme of Middle Eastern cuisine designed by Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan.”
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Claim 15: “The Holy See Pavilion will feature a sound-based experience inspired by the writings of 12th-century abbess Hildegard of Bingen”
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Multiple sources, including an official press release from the Holy See (dce.va), confirm the pavilion is inspired by Hildegard of Bingen and features sound-based experiences.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Holy See is turning to sound, prayer and medieval mysticism for its 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion. Titled The Ear is the Eye of the Soul, the project will unfold from May 9 to November 22 across t…
https://usaartnews.com/news/fka-twigs-and-brian-eno-among-ar…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Holy See's Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale is centered on the concept of listening and is inspired by the work and figure of the German Saint and Doctor of the Church, Hildegard of Bingen. Th…
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2026-04/veni…
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web search NEUTRAL — The first site of the Pavilion features new sound works by 20 contemporary composers, musicians and poets, responding to Hildegard's chants, writings, and visionary images through voice, instrumentati…
https://www.dce.va/content/dam/dce/biennale-di-venezia/bienn…
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