Connecting to ask yourself “in small tests”. The Art Biennial in 2026 in the sign of Koyo Kouoh – Venice – Arte.it

Venezia – “Breathe deeply. Breathe out. Relax your shoulders. Close your eyes”.
With this call, which resonates as a prayer, written in her curatorial text to what the edition of the art should have been biennial of her by her, Koyo Kouoh still speaks to us, who invites us to slow down the step and tune into the frequencies of the small tints that manifest themselves, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope,, hope,, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, hope.. “”
The 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, entitled In small keysThat will take place from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 (pre-opening 7, 8, 9 May) in the gardens, the Arsenale and in various places in Venice. An exhibition, as the organizers today explained during the press conference of the presentation, “aimed at storing, improving and distributing” the ideas of the Cameroonian curator, whose disappearance, on 10 May, weaked deep emotion around the world of art and culture.

Met de volledige ondersteuning van de familie van Koyo Kouoh besloot de Biënnale van Venice om die tentoonstelling te creëren waarop, tussen mid -oktober 2024 en begin mei 2025, Koyo Kouoh intensief had gewerkt door de theoretische tekst van de tentoonstelling te definiëren en de tentoonstelling van de tentoonstelling te bepalen met de tentoonstelling van de tentoonstelling en de tentoonstelling van de tentoonstelling van de tentoonstelling en de tentoonstelling van de tentoonstelling van de tentoonstelling. Artists, dialogue with the artists who have been invited to participate.

Similar to small islands, worlds under the oceans, with different and infinitely rich ecosystems, articulated social lives, the small shades (Small keys) Come to life in the modest tones, in the lower frequencies, in the mutter, in the consolation of poetry. And it is precisely on these shades that the 61st edition of the Biennale Arte will coordinate, an exhibition that invites you to listen to the persistent signals of the earth and life, in connection with the frequencies of the soul, respond to the common need to “cure, to be laughing, to be with love again” “

Biennale Arte 2026 | Photo: © Andrea Avezzù | Thanks to the Biennale of Venice

Because if in music the small hues are sometimes associated with strangeness, pain, melancholy, in the future exhibition will also manifest itself in their joy, comfort, hope and transcendence. Through the relationship and sharing the artists and practices that operate in this spirit, such as in jazz, cross methods, stairs, senses and shapes, which offer visitors a more sensory exhibition experience that strengthens and renews instead of rising.
Far from “a litany of comments about world events, or a carelessness or escaping with complex and continuously intertwined crises”, is the goal of proposing a radical reconnection with the natural habitat and re -confirming the original role in art, visional, visional, visional, vision.

Small keys It is expected, as well as a succession of exciting journeys that speak to the sensitive and affordable, invite visitors to ask, meditate, dream, to rejoice, to reflect and introduce with dimensions in which time is not the property of companies, neither partnership of the tyranny of continuously accelerated productivity “.
Only in this way, which reject the show of the horror, will we succeed in listening to the small shades, to tailor to the Whispers, to the lowest frequencies by rediscovering those islands/oasis where the dignity of all living beings is protected.
The exhibition In small keys It presents itself as a collective score, compiled with artists who have built imagination universe and whose practices are naturally intertwined with society. Artists who welcome daily life as part of a logical and aesthetic consistent relationship between the parties.

The Arsenale of Venice

The 61. Exhibition will therefore be created by the Venice Biennale with the contribution of the selected professional figures and directly involved by Koyo Kouoh.
However, it will be necessary to wait for Wednesday 25 February 2026 to see, during the usual presentation that will be held in Venice, all the details of the project. An important novelty is already known and is the launch of a new collaboration with Bvlgari, which from the 61st edition will be a surplus partner of the international art exhibition for three consecutive editions (2026, 2028, 2030).