Kapwani Kiwanga
With Millions of Glass Beads, the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Creates the Monumental Out of the Minute
BY LISA WONG MACABASCO
VOGUE
May 28, 2024

There’s a pleasing ease and sensuousness to “Trinket,” Kapwani Kiwanga’s exhibition at the Canadian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale. That comes from not only its primary materials—millions of tiny glass beads, made on the nearby island of Murano (where glass has been produced for at least six centuries) and then strung into sweeping curtains lining the structure—but also its soothing arrangement of colors that shift from gradient to imperceptible depending on your vantage point: pale yellow, sunset orange, white, maroon, and the rare, prized cobalt draped across the building’s exterior, quivering with the breeze off the Venetian Lagoon.

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Fondation Joan Miró, Barcelona
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BLEED
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Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Mar 13, 2026 – Apr 1, 2027
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Group exhibition curated by Sophie Haslinger
KunstHausWien, Vienna
Apr 10, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027
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Biennale of Sydney
Mar 14 – Jun 14, 2026
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Gallery Weekend Berlin - The Art Podcast
Episode 11
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Galerie Tanja Wagner
Oct 09, 2025, 7 pm