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Iceland Taps Artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir for the 2026 Venice Biennale

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The post Iceland Taps Artist Asta Fanney Sigurardttir for the 2026 Venice Biennale appeared first on Artnet News. The Reykjavk-based artist is also an award-winning poet.

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Whitney Museum selects two staff curators to lead 2026 biennial

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The 82nd edition of the most closely-watched recurring exhibition in the United States will open in spring 2026

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Zeitz museum’s Koyo Kouoh appointed as curator of 2026 Venice Biennale

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Kouoh, who has directed the Cape Town museum since 2019, said it is a “privilege” to “compose an exhibition that I hope will carry meaning for the world we currently live in”

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Canada Names Poetical Iranian-Born Artist to Represent the Country at the 2026 Venice Biennale

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The post Canada Names Poetical Iranian-Born Artist to Represent the Country at the 2026 Venice Biennale appeared first on Artnet News. Tehran-born artist Abbas Akhavan has been selected to represent Canada at the 61st edition of the Biennale.

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David Hockney catalogue raisonné in the pipeline with painting volume expected in 2026

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More than 35,000 works to be documented over 20 years

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Isabel Nolan to represent Ireland at the 2026 Venice Biennale

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Georgina Jackson, the director of The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art at Trinity College, Dublin, will be the pavilion's curator

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Hartwig Fischer, former British Museum director, is appointed to run Saudi museum of world cultures

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Fischer, who resigned after a theft scandal at the British Museum, has been announced as the founding director of the new institution, which is expected to open in 2026

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