La Biennale di Venezia

30/05/2026

Haven't visited yet?
Don't miss the SPECIAL OPENING of the ! On the occasion of the presentation of the new premises at the Arsenale, the 61st International Art Exhibition will be exceptionally open to the public also on MONDAY 1 JUNE.

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Non hai ancora visitato ?
Non perdere l'APERTURA STRAORDINARIA della ! In occasione della presentazione della nuova sede della all’Arsenale, la 61. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte sarà eccezionalmente aperta al pubblico anche LUNEDÌ 1 GIUGNO.

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30/05/2026

Memory is never still – it speaks, shifts, and dissolves.
During the three-day presentation of the new premises of the International Centre for Research on Contemporary Arts (1 > 3 June 2026), Sala 2 of the "new" heart of the Arsenale will host WE WERE TOGETHER, I FORGET THE REST, a reading curated by the Artistic Director Willem Dafoe: a reflection on memory through voice and presence – an improvised choral reading of fragments of memory from our Historical Archive.

Free admission upon reservation.

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Memory is never still – it speaks, shifts, and dissolves.
During the three-day presentation of the new premises of the International Centre for Research on Contemporary Arts (1 > 3 June 2026), Sala 2 of the "new" heart of the Arsenale will host WE WERE TOGETHER, I FORGET THE REST, a reading curated by the Artistic Director Willem Dafoe: a reflection on memory through voice and presence – an improvised choral reading of fragments of memory from our Historical Archive, with sound by Soundwalk Collective.

Free admission upon reservation.

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30/05/2026

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"The origin is always in the gesture that dies every night and is never repeated the same way twice. Theatre is the other place where the dead can be found, where the living can live side by side with those who no longer exist. [...] I have always believed that a story performed onstage should bear some relation to revolution. For me, theatre-making is a way of rebelling against the system, writing a new set of rules. It's an alternative approach to life." Emma Dante

SATURDAY 13.06, 8 pm / SUNDAY 14.06, 7 pm
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
EMMA DANTE
I FANTASMI DI BASILE

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29/05/2026

What traces does time leave upon bodies, sounds, and images?
As part of the three-day presentation of the new premises of the International Centre for Research on Contemporary Arts at the Arsenale (1 > 3 June 2026), artists Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and Kamaal Malak present WATERMARKS: a performance where spoken word, electric bass, movement, and image-making converge to explore how we perceive ourselves within the flow of time, as dreams begin to take shape in space.

Between Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 June, this journey will lead us across a liminal passage where what we preserve from the past meets what we imagine for the future – through resonant sounds and shared gestures that linger like marks upon water.

Free admission upon reservation.

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Quali tracce lascia il tempo nei corpi, nei suoni, nelle immagini?
In occasione delle tre giornate di presentazione della nuova sede del Centro Internazionale della Ricerca sulle Arti Contemporanee all'Arsenale (1 > 3 giugno 2026), gli artisti della Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons e Kamaal Malak presentano WATERMARKS: una performance che intreccia parola, basso elettrico, movimento e costruzione dell'immagine per interrogare il modo in cui percepiamo noi stessi rispetto allo scorrere del tempo, mentre i sogni prendono forma nello spazio.

Tra lunedì 1 e martedì 2 giugno, questo viaggio ci condurrà attraverso una soglia dove ciò che custodiamo del passato incontra ciò immaginiamo per il futuro – tra suoni e gesti condivisi, come segni lasciati sull'acqua.

Ingresso gratuito su prenotazione.

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29/05/2026

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"In this performance, cries of exile or displacement are not illustrated; they are activated. By avoiding linear storytelling and psychological characterisation, CRIES resists turning otherness into an object. Instead, it invites spectators to listen, to feel, to endure, to experience." Christos Stergioglou

"[...] The music at times underscores the relationship between humans and nature; at other moments, it reflects the urge to escape pain and war; and elsewhere, it expresses the deep need for life beyond every hardship and tragic condition one may endure." Alex Drakos Ktistakis

TUESDAY 9.06, 9:30 pm / WEDNESDAY 10.06, 9:30 pm
Isola di San Giorgio, Teatro Verde
CHRISTOS STERGIOGLOU / ALEX DRAKOS KTISTAKIS
CRIES

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28/05/2026

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"Telling a story with music is one of the oldest forms of theatre, found in all cultures. In Rwanda, it is the form of the epic poet who recounts family and popular sagas while accompanying himself on his zither; it is the same configuration found among the griots of West Africa; and further afield, one could say that it is the form in which Homer's epics were told, with aoidoi playing the lyre. We found ourselves at the sources whose language is universal for all audiences." Dorcy Rugamba

WEDNESDAY 10.06, 9 pm / THURSDAY 11.06, 9 pm
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese
DORCY RUGAMBA
HEWA RWANDA, LETTER TO THE ABSENT

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28/05/2026

How can an archive become living matter? And what happens when choreographic gesture meets machine learning?
From 1 to 3 June 2026, as the new premises of the International Centre for Research on Contemporary Arts opens at the Arsenale, the Artistic Director Wayne McGregor presents BODY AS ARCHIVE – a performance-installation where sixteen young dancers from the collaborate with AISOMA, an interactive machine learning-powered choreographic tool developed by McGregor and Google Arts & Culture.

Trained on McGregor's thirty-year creative archive, AISOMA suggests unexpected variations, new movement possibilities and unprecedented creative trajectories. Part research lab, part performance, BODY AS ARCHIVE brings the creative process itself on stage, making visible what is usually hidden and creating an immersive experience shaped by the lighting design of Theresa Baumgartner and live music by Yraki. Here, body, memory, archive and artificial intelligence converge within the new spaces of the Historical Archive.

Free admission upon reservation.

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Come può un archivio trasformarsi in materia viva? E cosa accade quando il gesto coreografico incontra il machine learning?
Nelle giornate di presentazione della nuova sede del Centro Internazionale della Ricerca sulle Arti Contemporanee all’Arsenale (1 > 3 giugno 2026), il Direttore Artistico della Wayne McGregor (Studio Wayne McGregor) presenta BODY AS ARCHIVE, una performance-installazione in cui sedici giovani danzatrici e danzatori della collaborano con AISOMA, strumento coreografico interattivo sviluppato da McGregor con Google Arts & Culture.

Allenato sull'archivio trentennale delle creazioni di McGregor, AISOMA suggerisce variazioni inattese, nuove possibilità di movimento e inedite traiettorie creative. A metà tra laboratorio di ricerca e spettacolo, BODY AS ARCHIVE porta in scena il processo creativo stesso, rendendo visibile ciò che normalmente resta invisibile, dando vita a un'esperienza immersiva, attraversata dalle luci di Theresa Baumgartner e dalla musica live di Yraki, dove corpo, memoria, archivio e intelligenza artificiale si incontrano nei nuovi spazi dell'Archivio Storico.

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27/05/2026

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"You see I don't see anyone as a stranger; I can always be the Other, the Other is always me, a possible version of myself. I could have been homeless, or in prison; I could have had to board a rubber boat or been disabled, and I will probably grow old, ending my days in a care home. The others – 'them' – are always us. Always." Davide Iodice

9.06 > 14.06, 4 pm
Centro Servizi San Giobbe, Cannaregio 890
DAVIDE IODICE
PROMEMORIA

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27/05/2026

Architecture, memory and the future meet at the Arsenale!
On Tuesday 2 June (11 am) in the Sala 2, Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu – Curators of the – take part in a lecture dedicated to their design practice and to the research of Amateur Architecture Studio, the studio they founded in Hangzhou, China.

The event, part of the three-day programme marking the presentation of the new premises of the International Centre for Research on the Contemporary Arts at the Arsenale (1 > 3 June 2026), will be an opportunity to explore an idea of architecture that brings together tradition, transformation and the contemporary landscape.

An open dialogue on design as a form of research, shaped by materials, places and visions of the future.

Free admission upon reservation.

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Architettura, memoria e futuro si incontrano all'Arsenale!
Martedì 2 giugno (ore 11) nella Sala 2, Wang Shu e Lu Wenyu – Curatori della – saranno protagonisti di una lecture dedicata alla loro pratica progettuale e alla ricerca di Amateur Architecture Studio, lo studio da loro fondato ad Hangzhou, in Cina.

L'incontro, organizzato nell’ambito delle tre giornate di presentazione della nuova sede del Centro Internazionale della Ricerca sulle Arti Contemporanee all’Arsenale (1 > 3 giugno 2026), sarà un'occasione per esplorare un'idea di architettura capace di mettere in relazione tradizione, trasformazione e paesaggio contemporaneo.

Un dialogo aperto sul progetto come forma di ricerca, tra materiali, luoghi e visioni del futuro.

Ingresso gratuito su prenotazione.

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27/05/2026

In May, Venice shifts into another rhythm. The city fills with unexpected encounters and the heightened intensity that only arrives when the takes over the lagoon – transforming it into a place where archives spark future visions, theatre unsettles every certainty, and art expands far beyond its exhibition walls. And Episode 9 of our Podcast moves through this shifting landscape.

Featuring Linda Goode Bryant, Wayne McGregor, Mona Fastvold, Willem Dafoe and Mario Banushi, this month’s episode flows across care, memory, dissent, and performance – from a living garden planted inside to cinematic archives reconstructed frame by frame for the , from reflections on peace at the to the charged energy of the .

And the journey continues: from 1 to 3 June 2026, the new premises at the Arsenale open to the public for the first time!

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A maggio Venezia cambia ritmo! La città si riempie di incontri inattesi e di un'intensità unica, che prende forma solo quando la si diffonde nella laguna – facendola diventare un luogo in cui gli archivi accendono nuove visioni per il futuro, il teatro mette in crisi ogni certezza e l'arte si espande ben oltre gli spazi espositivi. Il nono episodio del nostro Podcast racconta questo paesaggio in continua trasformazione.

Con Linda Goode Bryant, Wayne McGregor (Studio Wayne McGregor), Mona Fastvold, Willem Dafoe e Mario Banushi, la puntata si muove tra cura, memoria, dissenso e performance – dai Giardini "viventi" di agli archivi cinematografici ricostruiti fotogramma per fotogramma alla , dalle riflessioni sulla pace in occasione della fino all'energia della .

E il viaggio prosegue oltre l'ascolto: dall'1 al 3 giugno 2026, i nuovi spazi del all'Arsenale saranno presentati al pubblico per la prima volta.

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26/05/2026

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"Every time I start working on a new piece, I want to be – and I am – very open to the new. I usually have a theme in mind, but I don't want to set limits. [...] So yes, I always look back, because from there I can draw memories, images, information. But at the same time, I make sure to look forward as well." Mario Banushi

7.06 > 8.06, 5 pm
9.06, 3 pm
11.06 > 12.06, 6 pm
13.06, 5 pm
14.06, 4 pm and 6 pm
Ca' Malcanton, Santa Croce 49
MARIO BANUSHI
ROMANCE FAMILIARE
CHAPTER 1: RAGADA

8.06, 9 pm / 9.06, 7 pm
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese
MARIO BANUSHI
ROMANCE FAMILIARE
CHAPTER 2: GOODBYE, LINDITA

13.06, 10 pm / 14.06, 9 pm
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese
MARIO BANUSHI
ROMANCE FAMILIARE
CHAPTER 3: TAVERNA MIRESIA – MARIO, BELLA, ANASTASIA

Mario Banushi's ROMANCE FAMILIARE trilogy is presented as a co-production between La Biennale di Venezia and Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.

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