The 59th Venice Biennale 2022 'The Milk of Dreams': In Photos
23 April–27 November 2022 Save to My OculaEvery two years the Venice Biennale invites the world to showcase the best contemporary art its nations have to offer. The 2022 event was no exception, with many stellar exhibitions on display. However it was Sonia Boyce and her project Feeling Her Way, which won Britain the Golden Lion for best National Pavilion.
Explore the Venice Biennale in photos.
Main image: The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice (23 April–27 November 2022). Courtesy Ocula.
Australian Pavilion: Marco Fusinato, DESASTRES
Austrian Pavilion: Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl, Invitation of the Soft Machine and Her Angry Body Parts
Belgium Pavilion: Francis Alÿs, The Nature of the Game
Brazilian Pavilion: Jonathas de Andrade, With the heart coming out of the mouth
Canadian Pavilion: Stan Douglas, 2011 ≠ 1848
Chilean Pavilion: Ariel Bustamante, Carla Macchiavello, Dominga Sotomayor, Alfredo Thiermann, Turba Tol Hol-Hol Tol
Chinese Pavilion: Liu Jiayu, Wang Yuyang, Xu Lei, AT Group (CAFA Institute of Sci-Tech Arts+ TLBI Group Project), Meta-Scape
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Danish Pavilion: Uffe Isolotto, We Walked the Earth
Egyptian Pavilion: EDEN-LIKE GARDEN PRESERVED FOR THE CHOSEN ONES
Estonian Pavilion: Kristina Norman & Bita Razavi, Orchidelirium. An Appetite for Abundance
Finland Pavilion: Pilvi Takala, Close Watch
French Pavilion: Zineb Sedira, Dreams Have No Titles
German Pavilion: Maria Eichhorn, Relocating a Structure
Ghana Pavilion: Na Chainkua Reindorf, Diego Araúja, Afroscope, Black Star – The Museum as Freedom
Great Britain Pavilion: Sonia Boyce, Feeling Her Way
Greek Pavilion: Loukia Alavanou, Oedipus In Search of Colonus
Hong Kong Collateral Event: Angela Su, Arise, Hong Kong in Venice
Hungarian Pavilion: Zsófia Keresztes, After Dreams
Icelandic Pavilion: Sigurður Guðjónsson, Perpetual Motion
Irish Pavilion: Niamh O'Malley, Gather
Italian Pavilion: Gian Maria Tosatti, History of Night and Destiny of Comets
Japan Pavilion: DumbType, 2022
Korean Pavilion: Yunchul Kim, Gyre
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Kosovo Pavilion: Jakup Ferri, The Monumentality of the Everyday
Lebanon Pavilion: Ayman Baalbaki and Danielle Arbid, The World in the Image of Man
Latvian Pavilion: Skuja Braden, Selling Water by the River
Luxembourg Pavilion: Tina Gillen, Faraway So Close
Malta Pavilion: Arcangelo Sassolino, Diplomazija astuta
Mexican Pavilion: Mariana Castillo Deball, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Fernando Palma Rodríguez, & Santiago Borja Charles, Hasta que los cantos broten (Until The Songs Spring)
Mongolian Pavilion: Munkhtsetseg Jalkhaajav, A Journey Through Vulnerability
Nepal Pavilion: Tsherin Sherpa, Tales of Muted Spirits – Dispersed Threads – Twisted Shangri-La
The Netherlands, Dutch Pavilion: Melanie Bonajo, When the body says Yes
New Zealand Pavilion: Yuki Kihara, Paradise Camp
Polish Pavilion: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Re-enchanting the World
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Romanian Pavilion: Adina Pintilie, You Are Another Me – A Cathedral of the Body
Saudi Arabia Pavilion: Muhannad Shono, The Teaching Tree
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Scotland Collateral Event: Alberta Whittle, Scotland + Venice
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Singapore Pavilion: Shubigi Rao, Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book
Swiss Pavilion: Latifa Echakhch, The Concert
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Taiwan Collateral Event: Impossible Dreams
UAE Pavilion: Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Between Sunrise and Sunset
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Uganda Pavilion: Acaye Kerunen & Collin Sekajugo, Radiance: They dream In Time
United States Pavilion: Simone Leigh, Sovereignty
Uzbekistan Pavilion: Dixit Algorizm, The Garden of Knowledge
Ukraine Pavilion: Pavlo Makov, The Fountain of Exhaustion
Ukraine Collateral Event: This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom
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