Lebanon shows Nabil Nahas
The Lebanon Pavilion will present 'Don’t Get Me Wrong,' an exhibition by artist Nabil Nahas curated by Nada Ghandour at the Venice Biennale (e-flux.com). The announcement places the pavilion among the national presentations being watched in the May opening (e-flux.com).
Lebanon will show Nabil Nahas at the 2026 Venice Biennale with an installation called *Don’t Get Me Wrong*, curated by Nada Ghandour. (e-flux.com) The work will run from May 9 to November 22, 2026 at the Arsenale, one of the Biennale’s main venues in Venice. The official preview days are May 6, 7 and 8. (e-flux.com) (labiennale.org) Lebanon’s pavilion site says Nahas was born in Beirut in 1949, moved to the United States in 1969, studied at Louisiana State University and Yale University, and now works between New York and Beirut. (lebanesepavilionvenice.com) The pavilion is being organized by the Lebanese Visual Art Association under the auspices of Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture. Ghandour is serving as commissioner as well as curator. (e-flux.com) (takreem.org) This is Lebanon’s third consecutive appearance at the Venice Art Biennale, according to the pavilion’s official website. That gives the country a continuing national platform at one of the world’s biggest recurring exhibitions of contemporary art. (lebanesepavilionvenice.com) The 2026 edition is the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled *In Minor Keys*. La Biennale says the exhibition will go ahead with the project conceived by curator Koyo Kouoh, with the support of her family. (labiennale.org) Reporting around the February unveiling in Beirut described Nahas’s project as a monumental installation rather than a conventional hang of separate paintings. *L’Orient Today* said it takes the form of a frieze nearly 45 meters long made up of 26 canvases. (today.lorientlejour.com) Gallery and pavilion materials describe the installation as immersive and focused on Nahas’s long-running interest in nature, geometry and the cosmos. They also frame it as a statement about Lebanon’s plural identity, with Ghandour linking the project to “unity in diversity.” (lawrieshabibi.com) (canvasonline.com) Nahas’s selection also extends a long international career: the Lebanese pavilion says his work is held by institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, the British Museum and Mathaf. The Venice opening in May will show how that museum-scale reputation translates into a national pavilion built around a single artist. (lawrieshabibi.com)
