Artist Andreas Angelidakis will represent Greece at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026 with a project titled 'Escape Room'. He plans to split the Greek Pavilion in two, referencing the National Schism in Greek history, and will create an immersive experience that explores the building's dual identities as a national symbol and an exhibition space, set to the soundtrack of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 'Relax'.
The project directly engages with the Biennale's theme 'In Minor Keys' and uses the national pavilion as a mirror to examine contemporary nationalism and political history. Angelidakis views the Biennale as a crucial platform for artists to reconsider the concept of the nation-state, especially at a time of rising global nationalism, using the pavilion's own architecture and fraught history as central inspirations.