The 59th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held between April and November 2022. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy, and participating nations select artists to show at their pavilions, hosted in the Venice Giardini, Arsenale, and palazzos throughout the city. The 2019 Venice Biennale's 90 national pavilions was a record for national participation.
National pavilions
Nation/regionLocationArtist(s)Curator(s)Ref Albania Arsenale Lumturi Blloshmi Adela Demetja Argentina Arsenale Mónica Heller Alejo Ponce de León Australia Giardini Alexie Glass-Kantor Austria Giardini and Ashley Hans Scheirl "Knebl und Scheirl 2021 für Österreich bei Kunstbiennale Venedig" in derstandard.at (in German) Belgium Giardini Francis Alÿs Hilde Teerlinck Bolivia Around Venice Warmichacha Collective Roberto Aguilar Quisbert - Mamani Mamani, Judith Cuba Brazil Giardini Jonathas de Andrade Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, José Olympio da Veiga Pereira Canada Giardini Stan Douglas Reid Shier Catalonia Around Venice Lara Fluxà Oriol Fondevila Croatia Around Venice Tomo Savić-Gecan Elena Filipović Denmark Giardini Uffe Isolotto Jacob Lillemose Estonia Giardini (Dutch pavilion) Kristina Norman and Bita Razavi Corina Apostol, Maria Arusoo Finland Giardini Pilvi Takala Christina Li France Giardini Zineb Sedira Germany Giardini Maria Eichhorn Yilmaz Dziewior Great Britain Giardini Sonia Boyce TBD Hong Kong Around Venice Angela Su Freya Chou Iceland Around Venice Sigurður Guðjónsson Mónica Bello Ireland Arsenale Niamh O'Malley Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Curatorial Team Israel GiardiniIlit Azoulay Dr. Shelley HartenItalyArsenaleGian Maria TosattiEugenio Viola Kosovo Arsenale Jakup FerriInke Arns Luxembourg Around Venice Tina Gillen Malta Arsenale Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, Brian Schembri Keith Sciberras, Jeffrey Uslip NamibiaLa CertosaRenn (namibian artist)Marco Furio FerrarioNetherlandsAround VeniceMelanie BonajoMaaike Gouwenberg, Geir Haraldseth, Soraya Pol Nepal Around Venice Tsherin Sherpa Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Hit Man Gurung New Zealand Around Venice Yuki Kihara Natalie King Nordic Pavilion Giardini Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sara, Anders Sunna North Macedonia Around Venice Robert Jankuloski and Monika Moteska Ana Frangovska, Sanja Kojić Mladenov Poland Giardini Małgorzata Mirga-Tas Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Wojciech Szymański, Joanna Warsza Serbia Giardini Vladimir Nikolić Biljana Ćirić Slovenia Around Venice Marko Jakše Robert Simonišek Spain Giardini Ignasi Aballí Beatriz Espejo Switzerland Giardini Latifa Echakhch Francesco Stocchi Taiwan Around Venice Sakuliu Pavavaljung Patrick Flores Turkey Around Venice Füsun Onur Bige ÖrerUkraineArsenalePavlo MakovLizaveta German, Maria Lanko, Borys Filonenko United Arab Emirates Around Venice Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim Maya AllisonUnited StatesGiardiniSimone LeighEva RespiniVenezuelaGiardiniPalmira Correa, César Vázquez, Mila Quast, Jorge RecioZacarías García
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