Türkiye pavilion runs through Nov. 22

BMW Group said on August 5 that Borusan Otomotiv, BMW’s official importer in Türkiye, is a partner of the Türkiye Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The company said the pavilion remains on view through November 22, 2026, the closing date of this year’s Biennale Arte. La Biennale di Venezia says the 61st edition, titled “In Minor Keys,” runs from May 9 to November 22 across the Giardini, the Arsenale and other sites in Venice. ### What exactly is on view at the Türkiye Pavilion? The Türkiye Pavilion is presenting “A Kiss on the Eyes” by Nilbar Güreş, according to BMW Group’s release and the Biennale’s official materials. BMW said the pavilion was commissioned by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, known as İKSV, and curated by Başak Doğa Temür. The installation is at the Sale d’Armi in the Arsenale. (press.bmwgroup.com) Borusan Otomotiv said in the BMW release that its support is part of a broader cultural sponsorship program. The company described itself as BMW’s largest importer worldwide and said the pavilion places Turkish contemporary art in front of an international Biennale audience. (press.bmwgroup.com) ### How does the Pakistan Pavilion fit into the same Venice conversation? Canvas published a feature on August 6 titled “Shared Wisdom” centered on the Pakistan Pavilion installation “Punj•ab – A Sublime Terrain.” The Biennale’s official Pakistan page says the project is by Faiza Butt, with Beatriz Cifuentes Feliciano as curator and Yaqoob Khan Bangash as commissioner. The venue is Ex Farmacia Solveni in Dorsoduro, and admission is listed as free. (press.bmwgroup.com) La Biennale describes the Pakistan presentation as an approach to Punjab not as a fixed geography but as a material ground shaped by cultural knowledge and memory. Canvas said Butt turned to textiles for the first time in the project, linking the work to craft traditions and to rural life beyond narratives of industrial progress. ### Why is Austria getting separate attention now? (canvasonline.com) Venice Insider Guide published a review and images piece on August 5 focused on the Austrian Pavilion’s “Seaworld Venice.” The Biennale’s Austria page lists Florentina Holzinger as exhibitor and Nora-Swantje Almes as curator, with the pavilion located in the Giardini. The Austria page says the pavilion is part of the Biennale through November 22, though opening hours change after September 30. (canvasonline.com) Venice Insider Guide described the project as treating the building as a “living system” shaped by water, bodies and audience participation. ### Is this a broad Biennale trend or just three isolated updates? (veniceinsiderguide.com) The official Biennale site shows that national participations remain one of the main ways the 2026 exhibition is being organized and discovered by visitors. The Türkiye, Pakistan and Austria entries each have separate official pages with venue details, commissioners, curators and dates, even as they sit inside the larger exhibition framework of “In Minor Keys.” (veniceinsiderguide.com) August 2026 coverage is also clustering around pavilion-specific updates rather than a single new central announcement. BMW’s corporate release, Canvas’s feature and Venice Insider Guide’s review each point readers to a different national presentation, suggesting that late-summer attention is moving toward what remains open and where visitors can still go before the November 22 close. That is an inference from the timing and subject of the three pieces. (labiennale.org) ### What should a visitor know before going? November 22, 2026 is the key date across all three pavilion references because it is the closing date for Biennale Arte 2026. La Biennale says the main exhibition runs in the Giardini, the Arsenale, various locations across Venice and at Forte Marghera, while the Pakistan and Austria pavilion pages list their own venues and hours. (press.bmwgroup.com) Sale d’Armi in the Arsenale hosts Türkiye’s “A Kiss on the Eyes,” Ex Farmacia Solveni in Dorsoduro hosts Pakistan’s “Punj•ab – A Sublime Terrain,” and the Giardini hosts Austria’s “Seaworld Venice.” Those three stops remain available to visitors until the Biennale closes on November 22. (press.bmwgroup.com) (labiennale.org)