Golden Lion jury named

The Venice Biennale has named the five-person jury that will award the 2026 Golden Lions, with Brazilian curator Solange Oliveira Farkas serving as president. (labiennale.org) The other jurors are Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Marta Kuzma, a professor at Yale School of Art; art historian Giovanna Zapperi; and curator and writer Zoe Butt. La Biennale announced the panel on April 22. (labiennale.org) (artnews.com) La Biennale said the board approved the jury after a selection by Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 61st International Art Exhibition. The awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Venice. (labiennale.org) The jury announcement arrived with the Biennale’s latest scheduling details for the 2026 art exhibition. The show, titled *In Minor Keys*, will run from May 9 to November 22, 2026, with preview days on May 6, 7, and 8. (labiennale.org) Those dates matter because the Golden Lions are the Biennale’s top official prizes, handed out at the opening of one of the art world’s biggest recurring exhibitions. The 61st edition will unfold at the Giardini and Arsenale, with additional projects across Venice. (labiennale.org 1) (labiennale.org 2) Farkas brings a long record in biennials and moving-image art. La Biennale said she founded Associação Cultural Videobrasil and led the Videobrasil Biennial as artistic director from 1983 to 2024. (labiennale.org) The 2026 edition has also carried unusual weight since Kouoh’s death on May 10, 2025. La Biennale has said the exhibition will go ahead with the full support of her family, and the institution continues to present *In Minor Keys* as her exhibition. (labiennale.org 1) (labiennale.org 2) For now, the jury list sets the group that will make the Biennale’s first major decisions in public next month, when Venice opens the 61st exhibition and hands out its top prizes. (labiennale.org)