German Pavilion 2026: Ruin

Henrike Naumann and Sung Tieu have been announced as the artists for the German Pavilion at the 61st Venice Art Biennale, for which ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen serves as commissioner. About Curator Kathleen Reinhardt has nominated two artists who reflect on and scrutinise societal, bureaucratic and social systems of order in their work. In doing so, they make visible the fractures and tensions between the past, present and future. The exhibition at the German Pavilion will open on 9th May 2026. "With their conceptual and sculptural work, Sung Tieu and Henrike Naumann pose questions about historical responsibility. They examine the role of individual and collective agency from the perspective of a young generation that situates the major themes of the German Pavilion in a completely different coordinate system. I am looking forward to developing new site-specific works for Venice with both of them", says Kathleen Reinhardt, curator of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026. Read more Toggle Installation