Her 61st International Art Exhibition of the Biennale Di Venezia It will take place from May 9 to November 22, 2026, Bajo the theme In minor keysbe the project that leads the disappeared Cameroonian Comisari-Sieza Koyo Kouh. Tears papera work by the Barcelona artist Claudia Pagès Rabal Comisaro por Elise Lammer, has been the selected project for the participation of Catalan culture in the event of the Collaterali of the Biennale, organized by the Institut Ramon Llull.
The concept of duality, a crucial aspect of the search continues to Claudia Pagès Rabalthis one is explored through the rich history of the water marks or watermarks that are created during the process of manufacturing papel and its transition from the water dulce to the salt water, Tejiendo nuevas connections between the visible and what the surface was permanent.
The Catalan artist focuses on water marks preserved in the archive of the Capellades Molino Museum He is paid to the 12th century, and that they have been from the north of Italy to Spain. The prophet Pone en tensión this rich archivo of historical watermarks, which were dando the form designed to a silver or cobre hilo that was sewn on the crib of the form or mold used for the manufacture of papel, with a collection of own drawing, it comes out of original wanders that the wide artist and animal artist Proyecciones. These drawings will coexist me of Catalonia in Venice with a sound composition and a video.
Tears paper Koyo kouoh mediante is aligned with the creation of an installation with multiple heads that literally and metaphorically tuning with the “tonalidades minors”, in the form of sound, luz and narrative.
The project presented by Catalan culture at the Arte de Venetia Biennial is scree Selection process organized by the Institut Ramon Llull through an expert jury. The Jurado of this edition has been presided over by Pepe SerraDirector of the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC). They have formed parts, like vowels, Cristina AngladaIndependent and Cultural Manager; co-commission of the Opening Section of Arcomadrid 2023-2024 and 2024-2025; María BerríosDirector of Conservation and Research of the MACBA; Amanda de la GarzaArtistic Deputy Director of the National Museum Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; former Director General of Visual Arts of the Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) of the Unam (Mexico); Chus Martinezdirector of the Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN) at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Basel; Artistic director of the 36th edition of the Biennial of Gráficas de Ljubljana; Philip Ramosteacher of the Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN, FHNW Basel) and artistic director of the Loop Festival; Commissaria of the project “Catalonia in Venice | Bestiari | Carlos Casas” in the Biennial of Art of Venecia 2024: y Eva Soria, Director of Cultural Sectors of the Institute of Culture of Barcelona (Barcelona City Council).
On the projection they have shattered, the Jurado considers that “The history of the papel, related to the water, and with the Jewish and Muslim communities resumed in the history of our present. The history of the 15th century Catalonia resumed in the history of the world of Hoy. In the same time, the project understands and hugs the motto –in minor keys – squeezed by koyo kouoh. The personal and indirect methods of an artistic language that bequeathed to the depth of social and political sustains “without ruid”, in a manner elocuente but not prescriptive “. They also expose that “It is a project of a great excellence that we are sure that it will be able to get to a general public there of its preocycio prediction of the work, of the artist or of the art.”
The Jurado has also querido emphasizes the exceptional quality of the finalist projects: “We are wonderful before the vitality, beauty and urgency of the proposals and we are glad to note that the participation of Catalan culture in the Biennial of Art of Venecia generates this level of artistic and professional excellence“. The 4 finalist projects have been Sido: Fulgorpresented by Rosa Lion, We are resonance, Presented by Pilar Soler Montes, The world will sing … in a vibrationpresented by Sonia Fernández Pan y Praying bodypresented by Renan Laru-an.
The Institut Ramon Llull Organized and Produce Catalonia in Venice, the participation of Catalan culture in the Collaterali of the Biennale di Venezia. It is present in the art biennial since the year 2009 and in the Biennial of Architecture since 2012.
Claudia Pagès Rabal is a visual artist, performer and Writer resident in Barcelona. In his practice, Pagès Rabal entremezcla Palabras, Cuerpos, Music and Movement, Visual and Linguistic Disposal Disposal such as video installations, works on paper or books, where they conflict with interest that drink from linguistics, psychoanálias and decolonizing studies.
His work has expired in institutions such as Chisenhale, London (2025); Manifest 15, Barcelona (2024); IVAM, Valencia (2024); Sculpture Center, Nueva York (2024); Ca2m, Madrid (2023); Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona (2023); Tabakalera, Donostia (2022); Vleeshal, Middelburg (2022); Macba, Barcelona, (2022); Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig (2021); Sharjah Art Foundation, Emiratos Arabic (2018). Will participate in the 18th Biennial of Estmbul (2025), and has two next individual exhibitions in Mumok, Vienna (2025) and in index, Stockholm (2025). His first novel, More than two waters,, was published in Catalan by Empúries Narrative in 2024.
Elise Lammer (n. Lausana, Suiza) is the director of North hallein Geneva. His practices are focused on the role of space, both public and private, and in the construction and expression of the identity. Of transdisciplinary nature, his work adopts a transgenerational and intersectional approach to the narratives that have suffered a monolithic integration and unilateral integration in history, to the vez that examines these cities from a contemporary perspective.
As an author, researcher and commissionary, he has contributed to numerous international projects, such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon); MUMOK – Museum Modernier Kunst Stifig Ludwig (Vienna); Macro (Rome); Pabellón Schinkel (Berlin); Cultural Swiss Center (Paris); Mamco (Geneva); Kunsthaus glarus (glarus); Cantonal Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lausanne); Istituto Svizzero di Roma (Rome), between other.
