La Biennale di Venezia – The 61st International Art Exhibition – In Minor Keys

from 09/05/2026 to 22/11/2026

Koyo Kouoh’s Exhibition bears the hallmarks of the universal and of the future. Beneath that tree, she had glimpsed the only possible solution: a reconnection with life and the Earth. And in the shade of another tree, a large mango laden with fruit, this time in Dakar, Senegal, in the courtyard of the RAW Material Company, the school she founded, the thought continued to unfold. That’s where the project of a lifetime of study and research is rooted. That’s her legacy.

The 111 invited participants of this exhibition – among them, individual artists,

collaborative duos, collectives, and artist-led organisations – hail from many geographies and

regions selected by Koyo with particular attention to resonances, affinity, and and possible

convergences between practices, even when far apart. In looking to artists working in Salvador,

Dakar, San Juan, Beirut, Paris, or Nashville, for example, Koyo sought to envision how their

ingenuity, breadth of material experimentation, and visionary ideas bear connections to other artists

and movements in simultaneity. In this spirit, In Minor Keys expands upon Koyo’s relational

geography of encounters with artists over her lifetime.

Link to the exhibition website