The Holy See Pavilion will be located at the women’s prison on Venice’s Giudecca island. The exhibition, organized by the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education, is titled “With My Eyes” and has human rights for marginalized populations as a central theme.
Artists Maurizio Cattelan, Bintou Dembélé, Simone Fattal, Claire Fontaine, Sonia Gomes, Corita Kent, Marco Perego, Zoe Saldana, Claire Tabouret, and Hans Ulrich Obrist will be featured in the Vatican pavilion.
The Vatican has participated in the Art Biennale since 2013. The first Holy See Pavilion, commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI, used the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis as its narrative thread.
Pope Francis’ one-day trip to Venice will also include a meeting with the local Catholic community and Patriarch Francesco Moraglia of Venice.
The last papal trip to Venice was in 2011 by Benedict XVI, who traveled across the Grand Canal in the same gondola as Pope John Paul II did in 1985.
Pope Francis does not have any international trips on his official schedule for 2024 but has said that he wants to visit Belgium, Argentina, and Polynesia.
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