Yto Barrada “Like Saturn” France, Venice Biennale 2026

Yto Barrada, Like Saturn, France, Venice Art Biennale 2026

Yto Barrada The artist Yto Barrada presents “Like Saturn” at the French Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Art Biennale.

The title of the exhibition refers as much to the planet as to the god himself, who is said to have travelled from Greece to Italy after being dethroned by Zeus, who cast him down from Mount Olympus.

And this Saturn taught mankind to cultivate the land once he had settled on the Capitoline Hill, where he founded a village, Saturnia, which gave rise to the future Rome.

Barrada’s works are presented in various rooms of the French pavilion, entitled: the Aegis Room, the Pleats Room, the Studies Room, the Melancholy Room and the Work Room.

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