Venice Biennale 2025 Honors Late Curator with Bold New Vision
The 61st Venice Biennale will open under the theme In Minor Keys—or In Molltonarten—amid major exhibitions across Europe and the U.S. This year’s main event follows the unexpected death of its lead curator, Koyo Kouoh, whose team will now bring her vision to life. Meanwhile, museums from New York to Cologne are preparing retrospectives of iconic artists like Marcel Duchamp and Yayoi Kusama.
The Biennale’s U.S. Pavilion will showcase California sculptor Alma Allen, marking the first time the Trump administration’s influence appears prominently in the events near me. Nearby, the Austrian Pavilion takes a bold turn under Florentina Holzinger, a performance artist known for extreme works. She plans to stage actions across Venice, including a dive into the city’s canals.
In New York, the Museum of Modern Art will host a Marcel Duchamp retrospective from April 12 to August 22. Curated by Nora-Swantje Almes and her team, the show later travels to Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Yayoi Kusama’s immersive worlds of mirrors, dots, and pumpkins will tour Cologne’s Museum Ludwig and Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum. Europe’s schedule also includes a dialogue between Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch at Hamburg’s Kunsthalle, running March 27 to August 30. The exhibition explores shared themes of grief, love, and pain. Over in Switzerland, the Fondation Beyeler pays tribute to Paul Cézanne’s late work from January 25 to May 25.
The 61st Venice Biennale and its surrounding events near me will present a mix of historical retrospectives and daring contemporary works. With Kouoh’s team guiding the Biennale and major shows unfolding in parallel, the main event promises a dynamic blend of tradition and experimentation. The programme runs from spring into late summer across multiple cities.
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