19/05/2026
In early May, the global art world descended upon Venice for the 61st International Art Exhibition of . Curated by Koyo Kouoh, this year’s main exhibition, In Minor Keys, explored quieter gestures, intimate histories, and alternative ways of relating to the world.
It was an especially strong moment for South Asia, with artists featured across the official Biennale, the India Pavilion, and a number of significant off-site exhibitions and foundations across the city.
It was a rainy week, schedules were rigorous, but here are a few images we managed to take along the way.
1. Su Xiaobai at Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, designed by /
2. Matt Copson at ’s s newly inaugurate space in San Giacomo
3. Ranjani Shettar’s 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 at the official India Pavilion, 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆: 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆
4. ’s 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 at ’s 𝑰𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑲𝒆𝒚𝒔, curated by Koyo Kouoh
5. and 🤍
6. and ’s 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 at ’s 𝑰𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑲𝒆𝒚𝒔
7. Noelle Kadar in front of ’s 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 at the India Pavilion
8. Inside ’s 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒍 installation at the India Pavilion
9. At ’s 𝑶𝒇 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒏, presented by
10. Noelle Kadar with .nadar on her 75th birthday
11. At ’s Venice exhibition, marking the launch of
12. At the Japanese Pavilion, featuring 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒔 by .arakawa.nash
13. at the Louis Vuitton store
14. ’s 𝑰𝒍 𝑮𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐 at the Venice Venice Hotel
15. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒔 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 title of the exhibition at
16. Leaving Venice ✨
