We are grateful to announce that Armenia Fund has made a gift in support of the Armenian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale, where Zadik Zadikian will represent the Republic of Armenia with The Studio.
Armenia Fund has worked for more than three decades to strengthen Armenia and Artsakh, from roads, schools and water to the programmes that keep communities in place. Its support for a pavilion in Venice is a statement that culture belongs among those priorities: that how the world sees Armenia, and how Armenians see themselves, is part of the nation’s strength.
What the gift makes possible
We approached Armenia Fund in December 2025 with the plan for the pavilion. Its gift, received this month, comes at the moment production begins. It goes to the work itself: the materials, fabrication and labour that turn the drawings for The Studio into full-scale sculpture, first in Los Angeles and then in Venice.
Thank you
A national pavilion is carried by many hands. We thank Armenia Fund for standing with Zadik Zadikian and with Armenia’s presence at the Biennale. The pavilion opens on 9 May 2026 at Tesa 41, Arsenale, Venice.
Follow the pavilion at armenianpavilion.org, and support the work.