Venice Biennale details revealed, Beatriz González, Tracey Emin
2/27/20261 hr 9 min
Following the tragic death of Koyo Kouoh last May, the details of her final project—In Minor Keys, the international exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale—were unveiled this week by the collaborative team that will carry through her vision for the show. Ben Luke speaks to The Art Newspaper’s editor-at-large Jane Morris, about the show’s themes and strands and the artist list. The Barbican Art Gallery in London has opened a new exhibition of the work of the Colombian artist Beatriz González, who died in January, aged 93. Ben takes a tour of the show with its curator, Lotte Johnson. And this episode’s Work of the Week features in another major new London show: Tracey Emin: A Second Life, at Tate Modern. Our digital editor, Alexander Morrison, speaks to the outgoing director of Tate, Maria Balshaw, who has curated the Emin exhibition, about The Last of the Gold (2002), an embroidered blanket that has never been shown publicly until now.
The Venice Biennale, 9 May-22 November.
Beatriz González, Barbican Art Gallery, until 10 May. You can hear our interview with Doris Salcedo in which we discuss González’s influence on A brush with… Doris Salcedo, wherever you get your podcasts.
Tracey Emin: A Second Life, Tate Modern, London, 27 February-31 August.
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[intro music] Hello, it's The Week in Art. I'm Ben Luke. This week, the details of the Venice Biennale's International Exhibition are revealed. Beatriz González at the Barbican in London and Tracey Emin at Tate Modern.
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