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The PhotoPhore's mission is to design, create, manage and communicate art exhibitions, screenings and cultural events. It curates high quality contents, dedicating its attention to projects characterized by a great visual impact and distinctive concepts. From renowned artists and architects to emerging talents, the PhotoPhore offers a daily dose of inspiring information about artists and exhibitions, architecture projects, galleries and competitions.

08/09/2026

Among the best exhibitions of , "Screen Melancholy: Li Yi-Fan" is the project selected to represent Taiwan as an official Collateral Event of La Biennale di Venezia.

The key element of the show, is undoubtedly the video by Li Yi-Fan: an incredibly rich work, both visually and in terms of the themes it explores.

As the curator Raphael Fonseca says, quoting Hippocrates of Kos: “Vita brevis, ars longa“, life is short, knowledge long. Indeed, Li Yi-Fan’s work is so complex and multi-layered that it allows for a vast array of possible readings, interpretations, and reflections.

On .com we offer our impressions about this great project

Li Yi-Fan
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25/08/2026

traverses the skies of Venice. It is one of the official Collateral Events of the , an installation conceived by artist Anna Kamyshan.

In order to see it, one must look up: the installation floats in the air, appearing almost weightless.
This is the work’s first, fundamental ingredient: the unexpected, perhaps even the seemingly impossible, confronts us, leaving us open-mouthed.

We experienced the work during its preview presentation, and we are glad to share with you our impressions on .com

Nabatele | Collateral Event Biennale Arte 2026
Curators: Maria Veits, Yevgeniy Fiks
Exhibitor: Anna Kamyshan
Organizer: Montreal Jewish Museum

Image: © Anna Kamyshan

24/07/2026

Summer tour of exhibitions in Venice, among museums, galleries and the :

- Elegy at Chiesa di Sant'Antonin
Gabrielle Goliath's independent exhibition of her
acclaimed, long term performance project Elegy: a ritual lamentof shared breath and song.

- Tide of Returns at Ocean Space
An exhibition based on the artistic-research of the Repatriates Collective, which is formed by artists from Australia’s Pacific North, South and West Africa, Europe, and Latin America.

- Michael Armitage. The Promise of Change at Palazzo Grassi
The exhibition addresses issues of our time, including sociopolitical tensions, violence, alluring ideologies, and the global migration crisis.

- animism sings anarchy - Lithuanian Pavilion
A performative and poetic attempt by Eglė Budvytytė to translate archaeological research and materials into songs, feelings, movement, and altered states.

09/05/2026

Biennale Arte 2026 opens to the public today in Venice, after an intense week of previews, events and public debates. "In Minor Keys" by Koyo Kouoh spreads among Giardini, Arsenale and each corner of the city. An edition characterized by protests and strikes that particoulary stresses about what is the sense of the art today.

While waiting for our report on .com, here for you a selection of what to expect on the main venues of

28/04/2026

NATIONAL PAVILIONS TO SEE - Part 1

The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia , titeld by Koyo Kouoh, features 100 National Pavilions located in the Arsenale, Giardini and around the city of Venice.

The PhotoPhore’s editors selected the not-to-be-missed National Pavilions of :

- AUSTRIA
Seaworld Venice
Curator: Nora-Swantje Almes
Exhibitor: Florentina Holzinger
Venue: Giardini

- BRAZIL
Comigo ninguém pode
Curator: Diane Lima
Exhibitors: Rosana Paulino, Adriana Varejão
Venue: Giardini

- BULGARIA
The Federation of Minor Practices
Curator: Martina Yordanova
Exhibitors: Gery Georgieva, Maria Nalbantova, Rayna Teneva, Veneta Androva
Venue: Sala Tiziano at Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Fondamenta Delle Zattere Ai Gesuiti 919

- DENMARK
Things to Come
Curator: Chus Martínez
Exhibitor: Maja Malou Lyse
Venue: Giardini

- GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
La M***e
Curator: Stilbé Schroeder, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
Exhibitor: Aline Bouvy
Venue: Arsenale

- GREECE
ESCAPE ROOM
Curator: George Bekirakis
Exhibitor: Andreas Angelidakis
Venue: Giardini

Discover all of them on .com

20/04/2026

Not only National Pavilions and Collateral Events! During the 2026 the city is full of parallel exhibitions and events.

A sort of “fuori-Biennale” with several great shows. Discover all of them through The PhotoPhore’s Master Guide (constantly updated on .com).

- "DOKU The Illusion" at Espaces Louis Vuitton: a solo presentation by Chinese-born artist Lu Yang

- "Natasha Tontey: The Phantom Combatants" at Ateneo Veneto: Tontey’s multimedia installation relays the story of a 1950s female resistance fighter in Indonesia

- "The Shape of Time" at Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore: a major survey of the sculptural practice of the American artist Barry X Ball

- "Amoako Boafo" at Museo di Palazzo Grimani: the artist's first exhibition in Italy

- "CARMEN. Utopias of Belonging" at Oratorio dei Crociferi: the new video and sound installation “Carmen” (2026) by Ieva Lygnugarytė, curated by Meral Karacaoğlan

Complete list on .com

09/04/2026

One month to in !

"In Minor Keys" is the title chosen by for the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, with 111 artists featured in the Central Pavilions, 99 National Pavilions and the 31 official Collateral Events.

The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh, will run from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 at the Giardini, the Arsenale and in various locations around Venice. The pre-opening will take place on May 6, 7, and 8.

More on .com

Pic. Chiara Camoni, Colonne, 2025. Photp b Camilla Maria Santini. Chiara Camoni is the artist selected for the Italian Pavilion.

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