My first trip to the Venice Biennale this May was a blast! I did not know what to expect, but I got so much more than I could imagine of intriguing works of art, historical architecture, food and all the things inbetween. Even though I got home three days ago, I still haven't quite landed yet and I guess I won't for some time. And theres still many pavillions and artwork I didn't have time to check out so maybe, just maybe I will return for a second blissful experience. This post will highlight some of the works I enjoyed the most, and I guess will stay with me forever. If you'd like to read more, please check out this webpage: https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2026
The first day it was a little rainy, so I went for the long showroom at the Arsenale first wich was indoors.
The Moroccan pavillion presented woven works from Amina Agueznay.
Beautiful knitted work at the Uzbekistan pavillion by A.A.Murakami.
Outside of the Arsenale I totally fell for this piece by Philip Aguirre (Belgium).
The last two days had better weather, so I went to the Giardini and off course visited the Nordic pavillion with this piece by Norway's Tori Wrånes.
As an old graffiti artist the german pavillion with a facade made by mosaic tiles by Sung Tieu intrigued me.
The huge interactive work by Ei Arakawa-Nash (Grass babies, Moon babies) at the Japanese pavillion was both fun and thought provoking.
Shoutout to Alma Allen at the US pavillion. I really endulged in these sculptures.
The spanish pavillion was bombarded with postcards gathered through flea markets over twenty years! Oriol Vilanova really made me think about what kind of images we use to communicate.
Right outside the Giardini you can find the Marinaressa Gardens. It's two smaller gardens filled with stupidly good sculptures here showing Avetis Sargsyan's "Loss of self".
And now my personal favourite :-). I have never before been weak in the knees and just standing still with my mouth open when looking at artworks, but this... This work called "Permanent address" by Sumakshi Singh at the Indian pavillion was just jaw-droppingly beautiful.
Thousands of small embroidered threads make up this architectural piece wich resembles a memory of a home. I'm lost for words.
If you have the means, please don't sleep on this years Biennale. You won't regret it!
