Oriol Vilanova will present Los restos (The Remains) at the Spainish Pavilion as Spain’s selected project for the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

Oriol Vilanova will present Los restos (The Remains), representing Spain at the Spanish Pavilion of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, running from( on view from) May 9 to November 22, 2026. 

The project proposes a large-scale intervention that transforms the interior of the pavilion into a pseudo-museum based on accumulation and memory. It is built around the systematic practice that Vilanova has developed for over two decades: the collection of postcards salvaged from flea markets and second-hand shops. 

These fragments, vestiges of the era of global tourism, are displayed in a mural composition without hierarchies or linear narrative. The proposal shuns monumentality to focus on the obsessive gesture of gathering and preserving, inviting reflection on the fragility of materials and the shifts in communication regimes. 

 

【EXHIBITION DETAILS】
Title: Los restos
Venue: Spanish Pavilion, 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Period: May 9 – November 22, 2026
URL: https://www.accioncultural.es/en/spain-pavilion-at-the-61st-venice-art-biennale-2026
Curator: Carles Guerra
Organisers: Acción Cultural Española, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
With the Supports of: Fundación Botín