Get to Know the Remarkable 2023 Venice Biennale Exhibition Entrants

Following the announcement of the attendees for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition by the Venice Architecture Biennale, the 2023 Venice Biennale version of the international forum will be split into six parts and accept 89 Participants, more than half of whom hail from Africa or the African Community.

Lesley Lokko, the organizer, is particularly interested in achieving equivalence between the genders on the African continent; she has invited 50 people, with an average age of 43, to participate in her Special Projects; the youngest member is 24.

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2023 Venice Biennale

There will be three major parts to the 2023 Venice Biennale: the National Pavilions, the main international exhibition featuring participants chosen by the curator, and the Auxiliary Events. This year’s show will feature 63 National Participations, with 27 in the Giardini, 22 in the Arsenale, and 14 in Venice’s downtown area.

The Collateral Events, accepted by the curator and supported by non-profit national and foreign organizations, are held in various locations and feature various donations and engagements that add to the diversity of voices that distinguishes the 2023 Venice Biennale.

The Arsenale and Giardini venues in Italy will host this year’s exhibition, which will focus on the theme “The Laboratory of the Future,” beginning on Saturday, May 20, and running through Sunday, November 26, 2023. Check out the full roster of attendees and Collateral Activities for the 2023 Venice Biennale below.

Force Majeure / Giardini, Central Pavilion

Orange Village / Koffi & Diabaté Architectes. ©François Xavier-Gbré

• Adjaye Associates
• atelier masōmī
• Basis
• Cave_bureau
• Hood Design Studio
• Ibrahim Mahama
• Kéré Architecture
• Koffi & Diabaté Architectes
• MASS Design Group
• Olalekan Jeyifous
• SOFTLAB@PSU
• Studio Sean Canty
• Counterspace (Sumayya Vally and Moad Musbahi)
• Thandi Loewenson
• Theaster Gates Studio
• urban american city (urbanAC)

GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Center / MASS Design Group. ©Iwan Baan

Islamic Arts Biennale 2023 / Counterspace Studio. ©Marco Cappelletti

Folly Pavilion / Studio Sean Canty. ©Studio Sean Canty

Force Majeure – Outdoor Installation/Arsenale

• Adjaye Associates

Winter Park Library & Events Center / Adjaye Associates. ©Dror Baldinger

Dangerous Liaisons/Arsenale, Corderie

The Morning Chapel / Flores & Prats. ©Adrià Goula

• AD—WO
• AMAA Collaborative Architecture Office For Research And Development
• Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation
• autonoma
• BDR bureau and carton123 architecten
• DAAR – Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal
• David Wengrow and Eyal Weizman with Forensic Architecture and Nebelivka project
• Dream The Combine
• Dualchas
• Estudio A0
• Flores & Prats Architects
• Gbolade Design Studio
• Gloria Cabral and Sammy Baloji
• Grandeza Studio
• Huda Tayob
• Kate Otten Architects
• Killing Architects
• Le laboratoire d’architecture
• Liam Young
• Low Design Office
• MMA Design Studio
• Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
• Office 24-7 Architecture and Lemon Pebble Architects
• orizzontale
• Rahul Mehrotra with Ranjit Hoskote
• SCAPE Landscape Architecture
• Stephanie Hankey, Michael Uwemedimo and Jordan Weber
• Studio Barnes
• Suzanne Dhaliwal
• Sweet Water Foundation
• The Funambulist
• Twenty Nine studio
• Ursula Biemann
• White Arkitekter
• Wolff Architects
• ZAO/standardarchitecture

Block Party / Studio Barnes. ©MAW Photos

All From One Exhibition. ©Office 24-7 Architecture + Lemon Pebble Architects

Reggio School / Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation. ©José Hevia

Dangerous Liaisons – Outdoor Installation/Arsenale

• Serge Attukwei Clottey

Dangerous Liaisons – Outdoor Installation/Forte Marghera

• Sweet Water Foundation

Special Participations/Arsenale

• Amos Gitai
• James Morris
• Lionheartfelt