Lebanon’s Venice pavilion named

Lebanon has named painter Nabil Nahas to represent the country at the 2026 Venice Biennale with *Don’t Get Me Wrong*, curated by Nada Ghandour. (e-flux.com) The project will be shown in Venice from May 9 to November 22, 2026, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The Biennale says the preview days are May 6, 7, and 8, and the main exhibition is titled *In Minor Keys*. (labiennale.org) Lebanon’s pavilion is listed at the Arsenale, at Campo de la Tana 2169/F, and the pavilion website says the presentation is organized by the Lebanese Visual Art Association under the auspices of Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture. (e-flux.com) (lebanesepavilionvenice.com) Nahas is one of Lebanon’s best-known living painters, and this selection places a veteran artist with a long international career into one of the art world’s main national-pavilion platforms. His official biography says he was born in Beirut in 1949, earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University in 1973, and divides his time between New York and Beirut. (nabilnahas.com) (ocula.com) Ghandour is serving as both curator and commissioner of the Lebanese pavilion. The pavilion site describes her as a specialist in modern and contemporary art with a doctorate in art history and training from the Institut National du Patrimoine in Paris. (lebanesepavilionvenice.com) The work itself is being framed as an immersive installation rather than a conventional single-canvas display. E-flux says it will unfold in the Arsenale as a space exploring the relationship between humanity, nature, and the cosmos. (e-flux.com) Lebanese coverage published earlier this year gave a clearer sense of scale. *L’Orient-Le Jour* reported that Nahas presented the project in Beirut as a frieze nearly 45 meters long, made up of 26 canvases. (lorientlejour.com) That makes the announcement more than a routine roster update: it shows how Lebanon plans to occupy its 2026 slot in Venice, with a large-format installation by an artist whose work has long moved between Lebanon and the United States. The pavilion opens to the public in less than a month. (e-flux.com) (nabilnahas.com)