National pavilions at the Venice Biennale

Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists.

The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.

[1] Israeli artists first participated as the Erez Israel, Artisti Palestinesi pavilion in 1948, sponsored by wealthy Italian Jews.

[42] List of exhibitors in the Ghanaian Pavilion: In 2017, Grenada participated in the Venice Biennale at an exclusive space in Zattere, Dorsoduro, all allocated for the exhibition entitled The Bridge, where international artists from nations with sea outlets explored the collective idea of "own identity".

[48] List of exhibitors in the Icelandish Pavilion:[49] In 2011, India was represented for the first time after 116 years, with the support of the culture ministry and the organizational participation of the Lalit Kala Akademi.

Six Iraqi artists from two generations interpreted the theme of water in their works, which made up the exhibition.

The Mexican Pavilion was introduced for the first time in 1950 with the participation of the Muralists: David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo.

[88] The exhibition included two introductory paths to the main works: a 140x2 meters wall covered with Namib desert pictures by Roland Blum (photographer) and an immersive-interactive installation titled Seek to believe by Amebe Studio.

[95] List of exhibitors in the Pakistani Pavilion: The Republic of Panama officially participated for the first time at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 with the exhibition Traces: On the Body and on the Land curated by Ana Elizabeth González, Mónica Kupfer, and Luz Bonadies.

[106] The Pavilion was commissioned by the Seychelles Art Projects Foundation and curated by Sarah J. McDonald and Victor Schaub Wong.

[120] List of exhibitors in the Turkish Pavilion: Despite the cost to the third world country, Tuvalu decided to develop its first national pavilion in 2013 to highlight the negative effects of global warming on the nation, which is forecast to be one of the first countries to disappear due to sea level rise caused by climate change.

[125] All of the artworks at the 2013 Tuvalu Pavilion focused on climate change and included In the Name of Civilization, a giant oil rig turned agent of destruction, and Prisoner's Dilemma, a depiction of the Statue of Liberty kneeling in apology to ghostly portraits of terra-cotta penguins symbolic of ecological sacrifices made to further the development of human civilization.