South Africa’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Sits Empty as Gabrielle Goliath’s Banned Work on Gaza Appears Nearby

Gabrielle Goliath to Show Work Banned from Venice Biennale Outside Main Exhibition

Gabrielle Goliath, who was to have to have represented South Africa at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale before a government official abruptly canceled her exhibition, will instead show her work outside the event. The latest version of Goliath’s Elegy project will be on view at the Chiesa di Sant’Antonin in Venice’s Castello district, near the Biennale’s main exhibition, from May 5 to […]

South Africa’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Sits Empty as Gabrielle Goliath’s Banned Work on Gaza Appears Nearby

South Africa’s contribution to this year’s Venice Biennale will be both absent and impossible to ignore. Months after the government abruptly canceled a planned pavilion by artist Gabrielle Goliath, the work at the center of the dispute is now set to appear in Venice anyway, just not inside the Biennale proper. Instead, according to The Guardian, Goliath’s Elegy will be installed nearby at the Chiesa di Sant’Antonin, where it will run for thre…

Scrapped South Africa Pavilion Exhibition to Be Restaged in Venice

Gabrielle Goliath’s 'Elegy,' canceled by South Africa's culture minister, will be presented at a new venue during the Venice Biennale.

Cancelled Gabrielle Goliath pavilion to show outside of Venice Biennale

Gabrielle Goliath © Anthea Pokroy The artist Gabrielle Goliath, whose South Africa Pavilion exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale was cancelled by the South Africa Ministry for Sport, Arts and Culture, will now show the planned work, Elegy, independently of the Biennale at Chiesa di Sant’Antonin in Castello, Venice. The exhibition will open on Tuesday 5 May through Friday 31 July 2026, then move to Ibraaz in London, from October 2026. ‘Convened…

Banned South African Pavilion Artist Defies Government With Venice Show

Gabrielle Goliath, whose Venice performance commemorating Palestinian civilians was blocked by the South African government, will now show the work during the biennale.