A vibrant arrangement on a woven mat with a yellow flame held by pink hands, two painted eye-rocks, and everyday items like toothbrushes and fly swatters.

Detail of Guadalupe Maravilla, from the series ICE Age Disease Thrower, 2025. Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

Installation View

28 May 2026

Magazine América Latina

Words Camila Gonzatto

2 min read

Installation View

Biennial

Venice Biennale

Latin american art

Guadalupe Maravilla

61st Venice Biennale: Arsenale and Giardini

The project for this edition of the Venice Biennale was developed by curator Koyo Kouoh (1967–2025) and centers on the musical metaphor of Minor Keys, alluding to quiet tones, lower frequencies, hums, the consolations of poetry, and all other quieter creations of art.

According to Kouoh, the minor keys also represent "small islands—worlds amid oceans with distinct and endlessly rich ecosystems, and social lives articulated within much larger political forms and ecological stakes". The exhibition invited 111 participants from diverse geographies and regions to explore this concept. In this installation view, we highlight the work of Latin American and Caribbean artists that can be seen in the main exhibition at Arsenale and Giardini.

61st Venice Biennale
From 9 May to 22 November 2026.
Arsenale and Giardini
Venice, Italy

Visiting hours:
Summer hours (from 9 May to 27 September):
Giardini: 11 am - 7 pm (last admission 6:45 pm)
Arsenale: 11 am - 7 pm (last admission 6:45 pm); on Fridays and Saturdays, opening hours extended to 8 pm (last admission 7:45 pm)

Autumn hours (from 29 September to 22 November):
Giardini and Arsenale: 10 am - 6 pm (last admission 5:45 pm)
Closed on Mondays, except on 11 May, 1 June, 7 September, 16 November.

www.labiennale.org

Art exhibition featuring large colorful flower sculptures on white pedestals, with multi-panel botanical illustrations and figures in the background.

Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons. Anatomy of the Magnolia Tree for Koyo Kouoh and Toni Morrison, 2026. Aches archival paper, inkjet print, watercolour, ink, gouache on 4 framed panels. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

A vibrant red flower sculpture with prominent yellow stamens in the foreground. Behind it, multi-panel artwork depicts portraits of a woman with dark hair and a woman with white hair, interspersed with botanical illustrations of magnolias.

A white beaded bird sculpture with red feet stands on golden shells, draped with pearls, in front of a vibrant, ornate art installation.

Ebony G. Patterson, when the land is in plumage... Glitter, glue, beads, plaster, conch shells, gold leaf, porcelain, paint, trimmings, jewelry, embellishments, fabric, jacquard tapestry, paraffin wax. Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, 21c Museum Hotels. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

Close-up of an elaborate textile art piece, featuring white pearl fringe in the foreground and a blurred background of sparkling red, black, and patterned fabrics.

A tall, illuminated blue column with a decorated disc on top stands in a gallery, surrounded by four vibrant paintings and small dark sculptures on a blue wall.

Edouard Duval-Carrié, Installation view at Giardini. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

Dark, textured bust of a figure with organic and shell-like details on its head and shoulders, in an art gallery setting.

Detail of Edouard Duval-Carrié, The Vodou Parthenum, 1996-2000. 12 bronze sculptures. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

An art exhibition in a brick room shows multiple silver abstract sculptures on illuminated geometric bases, and two large dark panels with grids of light-colored squares.

Ayrson Heráclito, Juntó, 2023-2025. Installation of 20 stainless steel sculptures, dimensions variable. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

Three ornate metallic sculptures on blue stands in a gallery, with a person viewing them and a grid of framed art on a dark wall.

Two framed black and white prints on a blue wall, featuring somber veiled women, with one figure holding a sign that reads 'no'.

Leonilda González, Installation view from the series Novias Revolucionarias, 1968. Woodcut on paper. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

Three framed black, white, and red artworks featuring stylized figures, a crucifixion, and birds, on a grey wall.

A large pink truck and trailer, with the trailer styled like a castle wall displaying framed artworks, rests on vibrant yellow ground outdoors.

Alvaro Barrington, Labor Day Parade '91, 2026. Mixed-media installation. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

Three vibrant folk art paintings, the central one depicting a woman, child, blue bird, and eagle in a yellow frame, set against a pink wooden wall.

Art exhibition in a high-ceilinged, brick-walled gallery, featuring large hanging tapestries, projected video art, and a person viewing.

Carolina Caycedo, Installation view at Arsenale. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

A gray banner with green text 'WHEN YOU TAKE FROM MOTHER EARTH YOU CAN GIVE BACK BY SPRINKLING TOBACCO' hangs in an art exhibit with a smaller red banner showing a pink flower and brick columns.

A blue wall decorated with various dried plants and leaves, with a table covered in a cloth reading "LET THIS BE MY ITHACA" and holding a small metallic boat in the foreground.

Annalee Davis, Let this be my Cathedral, 2026. Multimedia installation: herbarium (leaves, fronds, inflorescence, pods, seeds, branches, grasses), lead cast of Eskimo curlew bird shot in Barbados in 1963, Damask woven cushion, blow-torched drawings on wood of The Yonge and The Olde Palmetto Royalls reproduced from Richard Ligon's The True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes (1657); hand-embroidered, appliquéd and dyed textile shroud; Olive Senior's "Birdshooting Season" from Fred Bodsworth's Last of the Curlews (1995). Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

A grey taxidermied bird with a long beak lies on an embroidered cloth, against a blue wall decorated with dried leaves.

Three elaborate, colorful textile and mixed-media sculptures resembling mythical creatures, displayed on blue platforms in a brick-walled gallery.

Guadalupe Maravilla, from the series ICE Age Disease Thrower, 2025. Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

A vibrant mixed-media art installation featuring pink and teal woven sections, textured beige fibers, a yellow cartoon-like head, and beaded strands.

Assemblage sculpture of abstract figures made from colorful fabrics and found objects on a circular base.

Daniel Lind-Ramos, Talegas de la memoria II, 2025. Sculptural assemblage. Collection of Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

A large, colorful abstract sculpture made of draped textiles with a circular patterned top, displayed on a round green base in an art gallery.

Daniel Lind-Ramos, Guardaverde (The Green Guardian), 2024-2025. Mixed media. Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

A dark room with white walls displaying projected art: a boxer's shadow, abstract shapes, a grid of photos, and handwritten Spanish text.

Lugar a Dudas, Forms of Struggle, 2026. Video installation, 16 min. Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Camila Gonzatto

A gray exhibition wall with white Italian text about conflict, respect, and interdependence, alongside 13 black-and-white photos of martial arts, grappling, and a boxing ring.

A dark room features a large projection of a woman in a white dress in a lush forest, with a tall, illuminated sculpture on the right.

Manuel Mathieu, Pendulum, 2023. Single-channel video, double-sided installation, scent, sculptures, 12 min. Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Camila Gonzatto