As Summer Fades, Athens Bursts Into a Vibrant September of Art Exhibitions

Athens is launching a vibrant September of art exhibitions, headlined by Art Athina at Zappeion Hall (September 18–22), featuring 72 galleries from Greece and abroad. The month also includes the opening of the Greek pavilion of the Gaza Biennale, a collective project uniting over 50 artists from Gaza across 14 cities worldwide, as well as solo shows by Panos Profitis at MOMus–Museum Alex Mylona and Aristeidis Lappas at The Breeder Gallery.

"One of the most dramatic Biennales": 11 unmissable art shows to see at Venice

Theo Christelis reports from the opening week of the 2024 Venice Biennale, describing it as one of the most dramatic editions in recent memory. Key events include the death of main curator Koyo Kouoh and German Pavilion artist Henrike Naumann, the resignation of the prize jury over the participation of Israel and Russia, a protest by Pussy Riot, and a boycott by half the participating artists. Amid the turmoil, Christelis highlights unmissable shows including the Indian Pavilion (returning after seven years), Jenny Saville at Ca' Pesaro, Michael Armitage at Palazzo Grassi, and presentations at the British, Japanese, and Saudi Arabian Pavilions.

el salvador first national pavilion 2026 venice biennale

El Salvador will debut its first national pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale, featuring Salvadoran American artist J. Oscar Molina. The pavilion, titled "Cartographies of the Displaced," will be curated by Alejandra Cabezas and commissioned by Astrid Bahamond, the national director for museums and exhibition spaces of El Salvador's Ministry of Culture. Molina will install at least 15 of his "Children of the World" sculptures at Palazzo Mora in Venice's Cannaregio district, each accompanied by QR codes linking to interactive stories from displaced communities, including his own experience fleeing El Salvador's civil war in 1989.

Delicacy as Resistance. Interview with the Curator of the Turkey Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

La delicatezza come resistenza. Intervista alla curatrice del Padiglione Turchia alla Biennale di Venezia

For the 2026 Venice Biennale, the Turkey Pavilion, commissioned by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), will present "A Kiss on the Eyes" by artist Nilbar Güreş, curated by Başak Doğa Temür. The exhibition takes its title from a Turkish expression conveying affectionate closeness without intrusion, and features a mix of new productions and earlier works spanning sculpture, installation, painting, and works on paper and fabric. In an interview, curator Temür explains that the project avoids a retrospective or didactic approach, instead creating a spatial rhythm of approach, pause, and slight withdrawal, where intimacy, politics, irony, and fragility press against one another.