Venice Biennale to Honour Late Curator Koyo Kouoh with 2026 Exhibition

The 2026 Venice Biennale Wants to Cut Through the Noise

The Venice Biennale has announced the theme of its 2026 edition, slated to run from May 9 to November 22. Attuned with the late Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh’s vision, In Minor Keys will focus on low harmonies, connective hums, and enduring cadences of song and sound.Before her sudden death earlier this month, Kouoh, who was tapped to curate the 61st Biennale, elucidated her ideas for the theme in a curatorial text. “Through a visual and medita…

Venice Biennale to honour late curator Koyo Kouoh with 2026 exhibition

Plans for the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia will go ahead as envisioned by the late Cameroonian curator, following her sudden death aged 58 earlier this month.

The theme of the major international contemporary art exhibition in 2026 will remain ‘In Minor Keys’, despite Kouoh’s passing. The...

The Cameroonian Koyo Kouoh died suddenly at the beginning of the month, at the age of 57 The organizers of the Venice Bienal announced on this Wednesday that the edition of the following year will continue in accordance with the planned, despite the sudden death, this month, of Koyo Kouoh, curator who supervised the main exhibition. Kouoh died of cancer on May 10, a few days before revealing the title and the subject of the event. Christiana Cos…

2026 Venice Biennale Forges on With the Vision of Late Curator Koyo Kouoh

The international exhibition will carry out the curator's wish to give a tired world the space to heal with next year's exhibition.

Venice Biennale 2026 will carry out vision of late curator Koyo Kouoh after her sudden death

Venice Biennale 2026 will not select a new curator, and instead, will honour Koyo Kouoh by realising her theme, ‘In Minor Keys’.