🎭 Culture May 12, 2026 · Annabel Keenan and Josie Thaddeus-Johns

5 Trends Shaping the 2026 Venice Biennale

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5 Trends Shaping the 2026 Venice Biennale
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The 2026 Venice Biennale opened to the public last weekend, weighted with politics and emotion. The main exhibition, “In Minor Keys,” was conceived by the late Cameroonian Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh—the first African woman appointed to lead the Biennale—who died unexpectedly in May 2025. Her curatorial team, including Rasha Salti, Marie Hélène Pereira, and Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo, carried forward her vision, which reflects Kouoh’s belief in art as a “shared and sustaining force.” Throughout opening

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