designboom.com: ultimate guide to the venice art biennale 2026

The Venice Art Biennale returns for its 61st edition from May 9th to November 22nd, 2026, and designboom is here to guide you through this year’s main exhibition, national participations, collateral events, and everything unfolding across the city during the six-month event. Titled In Minor Keys, the 2026 International Art Exhibition was conceived by curator Koyo Kouoh, who developed the project before her passing in May 2025. The exhibition will be realized by the curatorial team she assembled, carrying forward the framework, artists, and exhibition architecture she had already defined. Conceived as an invitation to tune into quieter frequencies of artistic expression, In Minor Keys proposes a shift away from spectacle and toward slower, sensorial encounters with art. 

PAVILION OF AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan’s national pavilion centres on The Attention, an immersive project by artist Faig Ahmed curated by Gwendolyn Collaço. Structured as a sequence of interconnected spaces, the installation reflects on the anxiety and information overload of the contemporary era while inviting visitors to reconnect with inner consciousness.

Drawing on the legacy of Azerbaijani poet Imadaddin Nasimi and the Hurufi philosophical tradition, Ahmed combines traditional craft with advanced technologies to explore new ways of understanding reality.

title: The Attention | @azerbaijan.pavilion.venice

commissioner: Rashad Aslanov

curator: Gwendolyn Collaço

exhibitor: Faig Ahmed | @faigahmedstudio

venue: Campo della Tana, Castello

Source