Venice Biennale Unpacks the Word Foreigner With a Tapestry of Voices
At this year’s Venice Biennale, the term “foreigner” takes center stage, but not in the way most expect. The exhibition, titled “Foreigners Everywhere,” brings together 332 artists from around the globe, with a striking emphasis on queer and Indigenous creators. Curator Adriano Pedrosa, the first openly queer leader of the Biennale, frames the show as a meditation on migration, identity, and the invisible borders within societies.
Two main sections shape the exhibition: one highlights contemporary artists who challenge boundaries—geographic, cultural, and personal—while the other revisits 20th-century art from Latin America, Africa, the Arab world, and Asia, revealing how modernism and Indigenous influences collide. From Native American landscapes by Kay WalkingStick to the vibrant abstraction of Fanny Sanín, the Biennale’s lineup is a living map of stories often left at the margins.
In Venice this year, the concept of “foreigner” becomes a mirror, reflecting not just who is seen as an outsider, but how art redraws the lines of belonging.
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