Minor Keys

Performance view from Whispering in Three Movements at the 61st Venice Biennale.

Field Notes

Biennale Arte 2026: In the Absence of… 2/2

Maja Ćirić reviews the second part of Minor Keys, the 61st Venice Biennale, tracing Koyo Kouoh’s absence through delegated curating, mourning, accumulation, and polyphonic form.

Sculptural installation by Otobong Nkanga, titled Soft Offerings to Silenced Voices and to All Who Have Turned to Dust, presented at the 61st Venice Biennale.

Field Notes

Biennale Arte 2026: In the Absence of… 1/2

Maja Ćirić reviews Minor Keys, the 61st Venice Biennale, tracing absence through protest, authority, national pavilions, and institutional rupture.