The Venice Biennale is perhaps the most important contemporary art event in the world. This year’s iteration includes 89 pavilions in the Giardini and Arsenale, as well as scattered across the city. The central exhibition, titled All the World’s Futures and curated by Okwui Enwezor, includes 136 artists representing 53 countries. There is an endless amount of art to witness and experience and, indeed, many important voices to be heard. The following images offer a tiny glimpse into the 2015 Venice Biennale.

 

All the World’s Futures

Central Pavilion with work by Glenn Ligon and Oscar Murillo

Fabio Mauri

Rirkrit Tiravanija

Adrian Piper

Hans Haacke

Robert Smithson

Samson Kambalu

Thomas Hirschhorn

Peter Friedl and Madhusudhanan

Walead Beshty

Bruce Nauman

Barthélémy Toguo

Terry Adkins

Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Eduardo Basualdo

Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya (Gluklya)

Georg Baselitz

Ricardo Brey

Ibrahim Mahama

Xu Bing

 

Emily Floyd

Sarah Sze

National Pavilions

Ukraine

Ukraine

Republic of Belarus

Norway

Japan

Germany

France

Uruguay

Serbia

Austria

Iran

Iran

Republic of Kosovo

Tuvalu

Singapore

 

Republic of Azerbaijan

Angola

Estonia

Republic of Cyprus

Mauritius

Iceland

The Netherlands

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All photographs copyrighted to Rachel Heidenry, 2015.