Japanese Pavilion, Japan at 59th Venice Biennale of Art

The Japanese Pavilion, Japan at the Venice Biennale 2024: the artists of the pavilion, the works, the times, the periods, the cost of the tickets and the exhibition venue.

Japanese Pavilion, Japan at Venice Biennale of Art - Giardini, Castello - City of Venice

(Foto: © “Yuko Mohri: Compose”, 2024. Installation, Japan Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by kugeyasuhide. Courtesy of the artist, Project Fulfill Art Space, mother’s tankstation, Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.)

Exhibition in progress from April 20th to November 26th 2024

The 60th Biennale Arte will open to the public on April 20. But on the 17th, 18th and 19th there will be the various events and collateral events that always enliven suddenly Venetian artistic life. The awards ceremony will take place the day of opening to the public.

The title of the 60th edition of the Art Biennale is Foreigners Everywhere - Foreigners Everywhere.

The exhibition will be divided into between the Central Pavilion in the Giardini and the Arsenale, including 213 artists from 88 nations. There are 26 Italian artists, 180 first participations in the International Exhibition, 1433 works and objects on display, 80 new productions.

Go to the page of the 60th Venice Art Biennale

Curator of the 60th Venice Art Biennale

The 2024 edition is curated by Adriano Pedrosa.

Adriano Pedrosa, curator of the 60th Venice Art Biennale

– Adriano Pedrosa (born 1965) is a Brazilian curator. He is the artistic director of the São Paulo Art Museum (MASP) and the 2024 Venice Biennale.

Japanese Pavilion, Japan at 60th Biennale Arte of Venice

Press Release of Japanese Pavilion

The Venice Biennale. On the occasion of the 60th International Art Exhibition, open to the public from April 20th to November 24th JF is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Yuko Mohri, entitled “Compose”.

Known both in Japan and abroad for her sound installations and kinetic sculptures, Yuko Mohri (b. 1980, based in Tokyo) represents Japan with two newly created site-specific installations. Mohri invited Prof. Sook-Kyung Lee, currently Director of Whitworth, University of Manchester, UK, as Curator.

This is the first time that the Japan Pavilion has appointed a curator based in a country outside of Japan. Mohri and Lee previously collaborated on the 14th Gwangju Biennial, where Lee was the Artistic Director on the theme “soft and weak like water”. Referencing Lao Zi's classic Chinese text Dao De Jing, the theme emphasized the subtle power of Mohri's artistic practice. For the Japan Pavilion this year Mohri is exhibiting two bodies of work that share the common element of water, filling the iconic space with sound, light, movement and scent to create an environment that slowly and continually changes.

Useful information for the visit

Hours: Gardens from 10.00 to 19.00. Arsenale from 10.00 to 19.00 (from 10.00 to 20.00 on Friday and Saturday until September 30th). Closed on Mondays (except April 22, June 17, July 22, September 2, September 30, October 31, November 18).
Tickets: please visit the official website.
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