Today the Armenian Pavilion opens to the public at the 61st Venice Biennale. Zadik Zadikian: The Studio will be open at Tesa 41, Arsenale, every day except Monday until 22 November 2026.
Three days of previews
From 6 to 8 May the pavilion welcomed press, artists, curators and guests from Armenia and across the diaspora. The hall that had been an empty brick shed a few weeks earlier was full of colour: The Big Red Bed, the red, yellow and blue wall, and the first plaster units, stacked where the studio begins.
“A new great beginning”
At the opening, representatives of the Armenian embassy and of the Government of Armenia addressed the guests, and co-curator Tony Shafrazi spoke about what the pavilion means for Armenian art.
It is a new great beginning.
— Tony Shafrazi, co-curator
A working studio for six months
The opening is a beginning, not a finish. From today, Zadikian and seven students of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia will cast, stack and recombine pigmented plaster units in public. The pavilion will change every week until it closes.
We thank everyone who made this possible: the artist and his team, the curators, the commissioner, the Republic of Armenia, our donors, the Shafrazian Foundation and Armenia Fund.
Plan a visit at armenianpavilion.org.