An Alpine carnival: Switzerland stars as a superfiction at the Venice Biennale

The Swiss-Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor represents Switzerland for the 60th edition of the Venice Art Biennale, which opens on Saturday. Ahead of the inauguration, SWI swissinfo.ch had exclusive access to the installation, guided by the artist himself. Venice Biennale is still reminiscent of the world exhibitions of the 19th century. Its format allows countries to project the image they have of themselves. Today, 30 national pavilions showcase their artists’ works in the Giardini (Venice Gardens). They run in parallel to the major exhibition displayed in the Arsenale, a Venice landmark and former complex of shipyards and armories that made the Venetian Republic a naval power for centuries. This is the second time in a row that Switzerland has chosen artists with migration backgrounds: The Swiss-Moroccan Latifa Echakhch represented the country in 2022. This year, Antoine Guerreiro Golay, aka Guerreiro do Divino Amor, or Warrior of the Divine Love will be the face of ...