Venice Biennale 2022: The pavilions

The Venice Biennale has returned to Italy! One of our favorite exhibits to explore during the Venice Biennale is the Pavilions. Nations from around the globe organize creative presentations to gain international exposure for their artists. Here are a few pavilions that we recommend checking out!

Many of the artists exhibiting in national pavilions this year—whether or not they were responding to the pandemic—sought to create distinctively  experiences for audiences that prioritized feeling over sight. Several artists aimed to reinvent our relationship with the screen, while others created presentations of ceramics and textiles, pushing sculpture and installation art to the fore.

Hungary

Zsófia Keresztes, “After Dreams: I Dare to Defy the Damage”

Curated by Mónika Zsikla

Giardini

United States

Simone Leigh, “Sovereignty”

Curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, ICA Boston

Giardini

Serbia

Vladimir Nikolić, “Walking with Water”

Curated by Biljana Ćirić

Giardini

After two years of pandemic-filled screen engagement, video art had much to prove at the Biennale.

In “Walking with Water,” Vladimir Nikolić  mounts two large screens to examine our relationship with vantage point and water.

Latvia

Skuja Braden (Ingūna Skuja and Melissa Braden), “Selling Water by the River”

Curated by Andra Silapētere and Solvita Krese

Arsenale

Artistic duo Ingūna Skuja and Melissa Braden, who operates under the name Skuja Braden, creates a ceramic funhouse representing an artist’s home.