María Magdalena
Campos-PonsBiennale Arte 2026 Venice09.05. - 22.11.2026
International Pavillion Giardini

María Magdalena Campos-Pons is among the 110 participants in In Minor Keys, the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Described by Grace Aneiza Ali as a „monument in floral form,“ Campos-Pons‘ installation, Anatomy of the Magnolia Tree for Koyo Kouoh and Toni Morrison (2026), is on view through November 22, 2026, in the Central Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale in Venice.

Campos-Pons‘ installation, produced with collaborator Kamaal Malak, participates in one of the exhibition’s guiding conceptual threads: the creole garden and the courtyard as sites of imaginative freedom, self-reliance, and collective nourishment. The work draws on the tradition of créolité and the lakou as, in poet Monchoachi’s words, „the place of exchange… the place from which speech unfolds from different and keeps it gathered and in harmony.“

The exhibition was conceived by curator Koyo Kouoh, who passed away in May 2025, and whose vision has been realized by her team in her honor.