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.

Kapwani Kiwanga
The New Vision: Monet and the Contemporary Gaze

Group exhibition curated by Yoko Iwasaki, Kota Suzuki, Katsura Kunieda, Takuto Izawa

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Jun 17, 2026 – Apr 7, 2027
Kapwani Kiwanga
7th Mulhouse Photography Biennal SEDIMENTATION(S): Settled
Group exhibition curated by Ange-Frédéric Koffi
La Filature – Scène Nationale de Mulhouse
May 14 – Jul 12, 2026
Kapwani Kiwanga
Is That All There Is?
Group exhibition curated by Frédéric de Goldschmidt and Grégory Lang
Cloud Seven, Brussels
Apr 18 – Jul 14, 2026
Kapwani Kiwanga
Triennale de l'ADIAF: La vie climatique. Histoires sensibles des collections privées
Group exhibition curated by Sandra Delacourt and Stéphanie Airaud
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Marseille
Apr 3 – Sep 20, 2026
Kapwani Kiwanga
Seeds. Reclaiming Roots, Sowing Futures
Group exhibition curated by Sophie Haslinger
KunstHausWien, Vienna
Apr 10, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027
Kapwani Kiwanga
Flowers Forever (Touring Exhibition)
Group exhibition curated by Joris Westerink
Kunsthalle Rotterdam
Mar 27 – Aug 30, 2026
Kapwani Kiwanga
Changing States
Solo exhibition
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
Apr 29 – Sep 13, 2026
Kapwani Kiwanga
BLEED
Site-specific commission
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Mar 13, 2026 – Apr 1, 2027