France Pavilion 2026: Comme Saturne

Yto Barrada has been chosen to represent France at the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia in 2026. About The commission, chaired by Claire Le Restif, Director of the Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry - le Crédac, was chosen by Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture. The jury chose Yto Barrada "for her multidisciplinary practice, which federates diverse artistic and social communities in search of a new utopia. An iconoclastic researcher, a total artist without borders, Yto Barrada reinvents "social sculpture" in the light of alternative pedagogies and transforms the canons of modernism into a plural garden. From Paris to Tangiers, via New York, she draws a singular cartography that gathers new voices - invisible, fragile, historical or forgotten - to pass on their stories. So many reasons that led the jury to invite Yto Barrada to unfold her worlds in the space of the French Pavilion and share them with Venice Biennale audiences." The artist has chosen Myriam Ben Salah, Director and Chief Curator of the Renaissance Society in Chicago, to curate his exhibition. Installation