[Photo on top: Padiglione Centrale, Biennale Arte 2019. Photo by Andrea AvezzĂą. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia]
The 59. International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Il latte dei sogni, runs from April 23 to November 11, 2022. Curator Cecilia Alemani has explained that this year’s edition takes its name from a book by Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington who created fantastic worlds in which men, animals, and machines were commingled in a wild and dreamlike mixture.
These imaginary and in some ways frightful universes carried with them the possibility for a continuing and free transformation that is still too difficult to accept by our world–in Leonora Carringoton’s days as well as in ours.

Alexandra Pirici, Aggregate, 2017–2019. Photo Andrei Dinu. Courtesy the Artist. © Alexandra Pirici
The exhibition takes place at the Padiglione Centrale of the Giardini della Biennale and of the Arsenale. 213 international artists from 58 different countries present a total of 1433 artworks, 80 of which are completely new.
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At the Padiglione Centrale and at Corderie dell’Arsenale, five time capsules—disseminated along the visit itinerary—explore the main themes of the exhibition. These micro-exhibits gather pieces, artworks, documents, and handcrafts from several museums and collections, putting them in conversation with the pieces by contemporary artists that surrounds them.

Jaider Esbell, Amamentação, 2021. Courtesy Galeria Jaider Esbell de Arte IndĂgena Contemporânea / Galeria Millan. © Jaider Esbell Estatee
This edition of the International Art Exhibition presents two Special Projects. The first is held at Forte Marghera (Mestre) in the building of the former Austrian Armory. The second is presented at the Sale d’Armi of the Arsenale (deposit for the armaments of the Serenissima Republic), which–for the sixth year–is the venue of the Padiglione delle Arti Applicate (Pavilion of Applied Arts) in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this year under the title Tiger Strike Red.

Paula Rego, Sleeper, 1994. Photo Nick Willing. Private Collection. Courtesy the Artist. © Paula Rego
On show as well, out of competition, are the four finalist projects by the artists participating in the first edition of the Biennale Art College, which involved 250 young talents under 30.
The 79 invited Countries exhibit in their National Pavilion at Giardini, Arsenale, or in temporary venues all over the city of Venice, as well as the 30 Collateral Events approved by the curator.
Republic of Cameroon, Namibia, Nepal, Sultanate of Oman, and Uganda participate to the Biennale International Art Exhibition for the first time.
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES AND VENUES
GIARDINI DELLA BIENNALE
Australia
Marco Fusinato DESASTRES
Austria
Invitation of the Soft Machine and Her Angry Body Parts
Belgium
The Nature of the Game
Brazil
com o coração saindo pela boca /
with the heart coming out of the mouth
Canada
2011 ≠1848
Denmark
We Walked the Earth
Egypt
Eden-Like Garden
Estonia
Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance
Finland
Close Watch
France
Les rêves n’ont pas de titre / Dreams have no titles
Germany
Maria Eichhorn. Relocating a Structure
Great Britain
Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way
Greece
Oedipus In Search of Colonus
Hungary
After Dreams: I Dare to Defy the Damage
Israel
Queendom
Japan
Dumb Type
Republic of Korea
Gyre
Nordic Countries (Norway, Finland, Sweden)
The Sámi Pavilion
Poland
Re-enchanting the World
Romania
You Are Another Me – A Cathedral of the Body
Serbia
Walking with Water
Spain
Correction
Switzerland
The Concert
United States of America
Simone Leigh: Sovereignty
Uruguay
Persona
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Tierra, PaĂs, Casa, Cuerpo
ARSENALE
Albania
Lumturie Blloshmi. From scratch
Argentina
The Importance of the Origin Will Be Imported by the Origin of the Substance
Chile
Turba Tol Hol-Hol Tol
People’s Republic of China
Meta-Scape
Ghana
Black Star – The Museum as Freedom
Iceland
Perpetual Motion
Ireland
Gather
Italy
Storia della notte e destino delle comete
Republic of Kosovo
The Monumentality of the Everyday
Latvia
Selling Water by the River
Lebanon
The World in the Image of Man
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Faraway So Close
Malta
Diplomazija Astuta
Mexico
Hasta que los cantos broten (Until The Songs Spring)
New Zeland
Paradise Camp
Sultanate of Oman
To be defined
Peru
Peace is a Corrosive Promise
Philippines
Andi taku e sana, Amung taku di sana / All of us present, This is our gathering
Saudi Arabia
The Teaching Tree
Singapore
Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book
Republic of Slovenia
Without a Master
Republic of South Africa
Into the Light
Turkey
Once upon a time…
Ukraine
The Fountain of Exhaustion. Acqua alta
United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset
Republic of Uzbekistan
Dixit Algorizmi: Garden of Knowledge
VENEZIA
Armenia
Gharib
Castello 2125
Campo Della Tana
Republic of Azerbaijan
Born to Love
Procuratie Vecchie
San Marco 139 and 153/A
People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Time: Mask and Unmask
Palazzo Pisani-Revedin
San Marco 4013
Bolivia
Wara Wara Jawira
Artspace4rent
Cannaregio 4120
Bulgaria
There You Are
Spazio RavĂ
San Polo 1100
Republic of Cameroon
The Time of the Chimeras
– Liceo Artistico Guggenheim Dorsoduro 2613
– Palazzo Ca’ Bernardo San Polo 2186
Canada
2011 ≠1848
Magazzino del Sale n. 5, Dorsoduro 262
Croatia
Untitled (Croatian Pavilion) 2022
Castello 1513, Via Garibaldi
Cuba
Terra Ignota, (proposals for a New World)
Isola di San Servolo
Georgia
I Pity the Garden
Spazio Punch
Giudecca 800/O Fondamenta San Biagio
Grenada
An Unknown that Does Not Terrify
Il Giardino Bianco Art Space
Castello 1814Via Garibaldi
Guatemala
Inclusion
SPUMA Space For The Arts
Giudecca 800/R Fondamenta San Biagio
Ivory Coast
The dreams of a story
Magazzino del Sale n. 3
Dorsoduro 264
Republic of Kazakhstan
Lai-Phi-Chu-Plee-Lapa
Spazio Arco
Dorsoduro 1485
Kenya
Exercises in Conversation
Fabrica 33
Cannaregio 5063
Kyrgyz Republic
Gates of Turan
Hydro Space
Giudecca Art Center
Giudecca 211/C
Lithuania
Gut Feeling
Castello 3200 and 3206,
Campo de le Gate
Republic of North Macedonia
Landscape experience
Scuola dei Laneri
Santa Croce 113/A
Mongolia
A Journey Through Vulnerability
Castello 2131
Montenegro
The Art Of Holding Hands as we break through the sedimentary cloud
Palazzo Malipiero
San Marco 3078-3079/A
Ramo Malipiero
Namibia
A Bridge to the Desert
Isola della Certosa
Nepal
Tales of Muted Spirits-Dispersed Threads-Twisted Shangri-La
Castello 994
The Netherlands
When the body says Yes
Chiesetta della Misericordia of Art Events
Cannaregio
Portugal
Vampires in Space
Palazzo Franchetti
San Marco 2847
Romania
You Are Another Me – A Cathedral of the Body
Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica Palazzo Correr
Cannaregio 2214
Campo Santa Fosca
Republic of San Marino
Postumano Metamorfico
Palazzo DonĂ dalle Rose
Cannaregio 5038 Fondamenta Nove
Syrian Arab Republic
The Syrians People: a common Destiny
Isola di San Servolo
Uganda
Radiance: They dream In Time
Palazzo Palumbo Fossati San Marco 2597
Republic of Zimbabwe
I did not leave a sign
Santa Maria della PietĂ
Calle della PietĂ
COLLATERAL EVENTS AND VENUES
Alberta Whittle: Deep Dive (pause) Uncoiling Memory Docks
Cantieri Cucchini San Pietro di Castello 40
Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice
Arsenale Castello 2126 Campo della Tana
Angels Listening
Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena Loggia del Temanza Dorsoduro 1602
Bosco Sodi at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani. What Goes Around Comes Around
Palazzo Vendramin Grimani San Polo 2033
Catalonia in Venice_Llim
Docks Cantieri Cucchini Castello 40 Ramo del Zoccolo
Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined
Palazzo Contarini Polignac Dorsoduro 874
Claire Tabouret: I am spacious, singing flesh
Palazzo Cavanis Dorsoduro 920
Eugen Raportoru: The Abduction from the Seraglio
Roma Women: Performative Strategies of Resistance
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti San Marco 2945 Campo Santo Stefano
Ewa Kuryluk I, White Kangaroo
Palazzo Querini Dorsoduro 2691
From Palestine With Art
Palazzo Mora, Room 8 Cannaregio 3659
Ha Chong-Hyun
Palazzetto Tito Dorsoduro 2826
Heinz Mack – Vibration of Light
Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana Piazza San Marco 7
Impossible Dreams
Palazzo delle Prigioni Castello 4209
Katharina Grosse: Apollo, Apollo
Spazio Louis Vuitton San Marco 1353 Calle del Ridotto
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
Fondazione Giorgio Cini Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
Lita Albuquerque: Liquid Light
Olivolo San Pietro di Castello 65/A
Louise Nevelson. Persistence
Procuratie Vecchie Piazza San Marco 1218/B
Lucio Fontana / Antony Gormley
Negozio Olivetti Piazza San Marco 101
Pera + Flora + Fauna
The Story of Indigenousness and the Ownership of History
Archivi della Misericordia Cannaregio 3548-3549
Road of Faith
Palazzo Zen Cannaregio 4924
Rony Plesl: Trees Grow from the Sky
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione Fondamenta Zattere ai Gesuati
Stanley Whitney: the Italian Paintings
Palazzo Tiepolo Passi San Polo 2774
Take Your Time
Salone Verde Santa Croce 2258 Calle della Regina
This is Ukraine: defending freedom @ Venice 2022
Scuola Grande della Misericordia Cannaregio 3599/A
Tue Greenfort: Medusa Alga Laguna
Castello 1228 Ca’ Sarasina
Uncombed, Unforeseen, Unconstrained
Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello San Marco 2810
Vera Molnár: Icône 2020
Atelier Muranese New Murano Gallery Calle Alvise Vivarini 6 Murano
With Hands Signs Grow
Palazzo DonĂ Brusa San Polo 2177
Without Women
Spiazzi Castello 3856
“YiiMa” Art Group: Allegory of Dreams
Arsenale Castello 2126/A Campo della Tana
BIENNALE ARTE 2022
59. International Art Exhibition
from April 23 to November 27, 2022
IL LATTE DEI SOGNI – THE MILK OF DREAMS
Curator:Â Cecilia Alemani
Giardini – Arsenale – Venezia
www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022

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