Category: Works

Curated by Yasmine Helou
Organised by Chiara Bordin

Presented during La Biennale di Venezia
6 May – 30 September 2026
Palazzo Corner della Ca’ Granda & Aman Venice

SPECIAL PROGRAMME
on the occasion of Regata Storica and to celebrate the publication of the catalogue by SKIRA

Sunday 6 September 2026 | 3pm – 9pm

 

“Il faut cultiver notre jardin”
Voltaire

 

Charlotte Colbert brings her latest installation, “Possible Landscapes”, to the Venice Biennale Arte 2026. This promises to be a visionary journey through dream and imagination presenting surrealist sculptures that blur the boundaries between reality, fiction, and symbolism. Curated by Yasmine Helou, the exhibition unfolds along the Grand Canal, beginning with a monumental sculpture installed in the garden of Palazzo Corner della Ca’ Granda. This initial work conceptually extends to four additional installations situated in the manicured gardens of Aman Venice at Palazzo Papadopoli, together forming an expanded, almost mystical garden dispersed along the canal.

The British-French artist and filmmaker will engage with the city, unfolding in what will appear to be startling installations suspended between dream and imagination, substance and symbolism, fiction and reality. This project conceived specifically for Venice, is the tangible results of Charlotte Colbert’s spirited approach to life and positive exuberance. Richly adorned in meaningful gestures, “Possible Landscapes” is a mystical lend of Nature’s appreciation, beliefs and spiritual awakening, bringing the audience back to familiar references while pushing the boundaries of the multiple ways of perceiving reality in a context built by contrasts – a reflection of Venice itself – the epitome of the contemporary paradox.

The exhibition brings together works in stainless steel, each conceived as a distinct threshold between the visible and the imagined. At Palazzo Corner della Ca’ Granda, the titular sculpture Possible Landscapes anchors the show: a monumental arch surmounted by a single eye – symbol of consciousness, vision and creative potential – that stands as a portal between inner and outer worlds, inviting the viewer to cross into new imaginative territories. Celebrated musician BIRDY devised a lyrical soundscape in collaboration with Colbert to be played within the space for the opening event.

In the gardens of Aman Venice, Where Angels Live – a polished steel tree adorned with votive-like forms, relics, milagros, and amulets – evokes the healing power of belief and the sacred mystery of natural forms, drawing on Colbert’s own journeys through Mexico and along the Camino de Santiago. Supernatural Tendencies reinterprets the fairy-tale wishing well as a site of intention, projection, and desire: cast in reflective metal, the sculpture mirrors both its surroundings and the viewer. Finally, There is Light Somewhere – a sculptural lantern accompanied by a series of hanging pendants dispersed throughout the garden – extends the work into the landscape, creating an immersive environment.

On 6 September, artist and filmmaker Charlotte Colbert presents a special public programme in Venice celebrating “Possible Landscapes”, her exhibition presented during Biennale Arte 2026 and on view until 30 September. Bringing together music, conversation and publishing, the event marks a new chapter in the life of the project through the presentation of the exhibition catalogue, a public discussion with the artist, curator Yasmine Helou, Keti Stamo and Carolina Pasti, and a DJ set by Massimo Santi.

VENICE GALLERY WEEKEND 2026
March 27, 28, and 29, 2026
Cocktail Venice Gallery View (by invitation only)
Saturday, March 28, Spazio Berlendis

The Venetian art galleries of the Venice Galleries View association are pleased to announce, following last year’s success, the Venice Gallery Weekend, taking place on March 27, 28, and 29, 2026. For three days, galleries and project rooms will open their doors to the public in a city-wide programme of exhibitions, talks, openings, and guided tours.

The initiative continues with the aim of strengthening the dialogue between Venice’s art system and local and international visitors, highlighting the richness and diversity of the city’s artistic landscape. Today more than ever, the art market proves to be dynamic and constantly evolving, shaped also by ongoing political changes. Within this rapidly shifting context, new energies and visions emerge, while many organisations choose to redefine their presence, exploring different territories and alternative modes of existence. Venice, while welcoming impulses for renewal, chooses to resist excessive acceleration, proposing slower rhythms and community-based projects that reinforce a coherent cultural map.

The Venice Gallery Weekend route will unfold across several districts (sestieri) of the lagoon city, offering the opportunity to experience Venice beyond traditional museum circuits and to meet artists, curators, and gallerists.

ITINERARY BY DISTRICT

Friday, March 27: Dorsoduro – Giudecca*
Marignana Arte • Ncontemporary & Alessandro Casciaro Venezia • Patricia Low Contemporary

Saturday, March 28:  San Marco – Castello*
10 & Zero Uno • 193 Gallery • Barbati Gallery • Caterina Tognon arte contemporanea • La Galleria Dorothea van der Koelen • Galleria Michela Rizzo • Victoria Miro Venice

Sunday, March 29: San Polo – Cannaregio
Marina Bastianello Gallery • Beatrice Burati Anderson Art Space & Gallery • Tommaso Calabro • Galerie Negropontes • Ikona Venezia

*Galleria Alberta Pane, at its Dorsoduro venue, is currently undergoing renovation works and will reopen to the public at the beginning of May. On the occasion of the Venice Gallery Weekend, on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 March, a special event will be presented in Santa Croce. The exact address will be communicated upon registration.

Venice Gallery Weekend is realised in media partnership with My Art Guides, where visitors can find the location and description of each gallery, as well as special itineraries for each district via the My Art Guides Global App.

Pavilion of the Republic of Nauru
61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

“AIM Inundated, Imagining Life After Land”
Commissioning authority: Ministry of National Heritage, Culture, and Tourism, Republic of Nauru
Chief curator: Khaled Ramada
Artists: Kauw Tsitsi, CPS (Khaled Ramadan, Alfredo Cramerotti), Patricia Jacomella Bonola, Tedo Rekhviashvili, Sylvia Grace Borda, Ron Laboray, Dorian Batycka, Khaled Hafez, Iv Toshain, Stefano Cagol

Venue: Spazio Castello 3683, Calle Bosello 3683, Castello – Venice
May 9 – November 22, 2026

 

The Republic di Nauru presents the project “AIM Inundated, Imagining Life After Land” at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Khaled Ramadan with the collaboration of Camilla Boemio and Stefano Cagol, and with works by artists Kauw Tsitsi, CPS (Khaled Ramadan, Alfredo Cramerotti), Patricia Jacomella Bonola, Tedo Rekhviashvili, Sylvia Grace Borda, Ron Laboray, Dorian Batycka, Khaled Hafez, Iv Toshain, and Stefano Cagol. Located in Spazio Castello 3683, the collective exhibition presents ecological precarity not as a distant horizon, but as an ongoing condition.

Marking Nauru’s first participation to the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the Pavilion positions the world’s smallest island nation as a site where the long-term consequences of global economic and political decisions have been materially lived, and thresholds have already been crossed. Once perceived as a remote or marginal territory, Nauru is reframes as both a universal warning and a crucial guide for a shared future.

Venice Winefest is not a trade fair.
It is citywide wine celebration.

Venice Winefest was born from the collaboration between Winecore and Lightbox. The organisers selected 11 venues and 21 producers: each venue hosts two producers behind the counter, presenting their wines to the public.

A day dedicated to natural wine, with an itinerary that guides you to discover the best wine bars in Venice.

Collect the stickers from each venue and end the day by celebrating from 7pm at Bea Vita. During the party, at 8pm, prizes will be awarded by draw to those who have collected all the stickers.

The event is held in memory of Luca Elettri.

 

VENICE WINECORE

Venice Winecore is not a brand. It is a scene.

An independent visual and narrative culture that tells the story of good wine through the people who make it and the places that bring it to life. We believe in wine as an expression of its territory. We believe in producers who put their hands in the soil, in venues that create culture beyond service, and in imperfection as a value. No filters. No pose. We want to tell the story of natural wine without denaturalizing it. To build real moments of encounter between those who produce, those who pour and those who drink.

To restore Venice to a living, contemporary dimension, far from the postcard and close to the people. To create events and images that do not chase trends, but build a community. Venice Winecore dreams of a city that becomes a place to move through, to inhabit and to share.
And when needed, to set alight with celebration.

Founders: Estevan Bruno – Nicola Favaro – Stéphane Grenet – Alessandro Moretti

Pavilion of the Republic of Slovenia
61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

“Soundtrack for an Invisible House”
Commissioner: Martina Vovk (Moderna galerija Ljubljana)
Curator: Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez
Exhibitors: NONUMENT GROUP (Neja Tomšič, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar, Miloš Kosec)
Scientific Advisor: Anja Zalta

Venue: Arsenale Exhibition Spaces, Venice
May 9 – November 22, 2026
Preview days: 6, 7, 8 May
Opening Ceremony: May 6, 3:15pm

The Republic of Slovenia presents “Soundtrack for an Invisible House” at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez and developed by the Nonument Group (Neja Tomšič, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar, and Miloš Kosec). Installed in the Arsenale Exhibition Spaces, the project transforms a forgotten architectural trace into a resonant space for listening, reflection, and historical re-examination.

Soundtrack for an Invisible House is rooted in a little-known episode of European history: the construction in 1917 of a temporary wooden mosque by the Austro-Hungarian Army in Log pod Mangartom, near Slovenia’s northwestern border. Built to serve Bosnian Muslim soldiers fighting on the Isonzo Front during World War I, the mosque functioned as part of the empire’s military infrastructure, where religion was mobilised in the service of politics, propaganda and power. After the war, the structure disappeared, leaving behind only a handful of photographs and no visible trace in the landscape. Recently unearthed through archaeological excavations and officially registered as a heritage site in 2025, the mosque today exists as a “nonument”: a site whose meaning transformed due to political and social changes, and whose absence speaks powerfully of political, religious, and territorial histories.

The pavilion unfolds as a sound-based installation that invites visitors to slow down and listen. A platform resembling a ruin, constructed from recycled material waste from the previous Architecture Biennale, rests within an apparently empty space. From this still landscape emerges a layered sound composition of whispers, murmurs, fragments of songs, shepherds’ calls, and voices, evoking both the Alpine environment of the original site and the buried histories beneath it. The installation functions simultaneously as shelter and amplifier, transforming absence into presence through sound. Mirrored walls extend the pavilion into an infinite landscape of reflections, referencing the Arsenale’s own history as a military-industrial complex.

Through “Soundtrack for an Invisible House”, the Slovenian Pavilion offers a contemplative space that connects past and present, asking urgent questions about the entanglements of religion, power, and conflict in today’s world.

Pedro Cabrita Reis: XIV Steps

A project by Pedro Cabrita Reis
with Luca Berta and Michael Short

May 4 – November 22, 2026
Magazzino del Sale 3 – Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
Dorsoduro 264, 30123 Venice

Press preview and opening: May 4, 2026, 5pm

 

“My name is Pedro Cabrita Reis and I’ve always been a painter.”

Portuguese Artist Pedro Cabrita Reis, on the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, returns to Venice at Magazzino del Sale 3 – Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia with a radically different gesture: “XIV Steps”, a cycle of fourteen paintings inspired by the Stations of the Cross.

With “XIV Steps” Pedro Cabrita Reis, a painter at heart, marks a significant new chapter in his practice and ongoing investigation into culture, memory, and the complexities of the human condition.

Born in 1956 in Lisbon, where he lives and works, Cabrita Reis is widely regarded as one of the leading figures of contemporary art. In “XIV Steps” the Artist engages with the dramatic narrative structure of the Stations of the Cross, a theme whose resonance extends far beyond its theological origins. As famously observed by Barnett Newman, the Stations articulate a universal reflection on suffering, endurance, and the human condition, dimensions that find renewed expression in this cycle of paintings.

My Art Guides returns to Mexico City with the 2026 edition of My Art Guide Mexico City.

Mexico City Art Week will take place from 1 to 8 February 2026, featuring the city’s two major art fairs — ZsONA MACO, the leading art fair in Latin America, held at Centro Citibanamex, and Material Art Fair — alongside a vibrant programme of exhibitions and cultural events across Mexico City.

My Art Guide Mexico City 2026 will provide a comprehensive overview of the best exhibitions, events, leading galleries, and unmissable art spaces throughout CDMX, complemented by a curated selection of must-see events.

Our local editorial committee will also share recommendations on the best places to dine, stay and explore, offering readers a complete guide to experiencing Mexico City during the art week.

This edition will also be fully featured in our new Global App, bringing the world of contemporary art to your fingertips — and offering unique opportunities to enhance your visibility and connect with our international audience.

My Art Guides’ Global App is your new compass to experience contemporary art around the globe. The app lets you explore museums, galleries, and art spaces carefully selected by local editorial committees.

The app covers major contemporary art hubs – in its first release, you will find dedicated issues on Art Basel Paris 2025 and the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Let the app guide you through exhibitions, art venues, and delightful restaurants and hotels. Save your favourite spots, create personalised lists, and keep your art map updated for your next trip.

My Art Guide Basel 2025 provides a comprehensive overview of Basel’s art scene during Art Basel, taking place from 19 to 22 June 2025.

The guide also brings together essential information for navigating the city’s art fairs, including Africa Basel, Liste Art Fair, Photo Basel, Basel Social Club, and I Never Read Art Book Fair.

Our locally based Editorial Committee includes Mohamed Almusibli, Director and Chief Curator of Kunsthalle Basel; Letizia Elia, CEO of Basel Tourism; and Marina Meijer, President of Kunsthaus Baselland. They have handpicked a selection of must-see exhibitions, major galleries, and art spaces, along with curated recommendations on where to dine, relax, and stay while exploring the city’s rich cultural landscape.

The guide is available at Art Basel, as well as in a selection of museums, foundations, galleries, art spaces, and hotels across the city. Additionally, the My Art Guide Basel app for iOS and Android, along with an online edition, will be released simultaneously.

My Art Guide Paris 2025 offers a curated overview of the city’s cultural landscape during the fourth edition of Art Basel Paris, taking place from 24 to 26 October 2025. The guide also serves as a resource for navigating key events and exhibitions across the city, highlighting major galleries, institutions, and independent art spaces.

This year’s local committee includes Philippe Charpentier, Founding Director of mor charpentier; Yvannoé Kruger, Director of Poush; and Hélène Nguyen-Ban, Founder and CEO of DOCENT.

The guide opens with an interview by with sculptor and stage director Théo Mercier, reflecting on fragility, the audience, and the city of Paris.

The guide will be distributed at Art Basel Paris, Asia NOW, Christie’s France, Offscreen, as well as in a selection of museums, foundations, galleries, art spaces, and hotels across the city.