The Bahamas Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale presents "In Another Man's Yard," an intergenerational exhibition curated by Dr. Krista Thompson featuring works by the late John Beadle (1964–2024) and Lavar Munroe. The show explores Junkanoo, the biannual Bahamian festival, through collaborative artmaking, discarded materials, and posthumous collaboration—including Munroe's monumental 11-panel painting based on photographs by Jackson Petit and works incorporating materials from Beadle's studio.
The exhibition matters because it marks The Bahamas' return to the Venice Biennale after a 13-year absence and foregrounds Junkanoo as a vital cultural and spiritual practice. It also demonstrates how posthumous collaboration can honor an artist's legacy while extending creative dialogue across generations. The pavilion resonates with the Biennale's theme "In Minor Keys" by highlighting overlooked materials, processes, and communities within the African diaspora.