Venice Biennale 2026
Senegal Pavilion — 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
Caroline Gueye
Wurus
Curated by Massamba Mbaye
Location
Palazzo Navagero
Riva degli Schiavoni 4147
Venice, Italy
Dates
9 May — 22 November 2026
About the project
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For the Senegal Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia, Caroline Gueye presents Wurus, a site-specific exhibition conceived for the spaces of Palazzo Navagero.
The project is organised as a progression through the pavilion. From the entrance, a distant sculptural form frames the visitor’s orientation, while other works appear gradually while moving through the rooms. Some elements are encountered directly, others through openings, reflections or shifts in perspective.
Rather than a single viewpoint, the exhibition invites visitors to adjust their position in space and to become aware of how seeing changes with distance and movement.
Wall-based sculptural works in brass and bronze polymer are integrated into the architecture, and a luminous installation is perceived from an adjoining space. The exhibition approaches gold not as an object to display but as a question of perception, value and attention.
Caroline Gueye: "My projects begin with the architecture of the site. Rather than inserting artworks into a space, I reconfigure how the space is experienced, and the works emerge from this spatial arrangement."
Credits
Senegal Pavilion
61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Crafts and Tourism of Senegal
Comissionner: Oumar Sall
Curator: Massamba Mbaye
Artist: Caroline Gueye
Preview (press and professionals): 6-8 May 2026
Public opening: 9 May — 22 November 2026
Venue:
Palazzo Navagero
Riva degli Schiavoni 4147
Venice, Italy
Press & Contacts
Press contact
studio@carolinegueye.com