Tammy Nguyen, Central Pavilion of the Giardini, Venice Biennale 2026

Tammy Nguyen Tammy Nguyen’s works, on display in the central pavilion of the Giardini at the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, offer an allegorical take on past and future events in our world.

She likes to highlight the threats posed by those in power.

One of her paintings depicts colonisation, where indigenous peoples were stripped of their lands and exploited by the coloniser, who reduced them to slavery.

Another painting alludes to the October 1962 crisis, when Soviet nuclear missile launch pads were installed in Cuba to threaten the United States.

Tammy Nguyen War seemed imminent.

The missile stands at the centre of the canvas; on the left, the solemn figure of a woman, standing like a statue surrounded by vegetation; on the right, a male figure looks at her and appears to be beckoning to her.

A third painting alludes to the chaos and dangers brought about by human inventions and creations.

When man transgresses the divine laws of nature by creating beings that risk becoming as uncontrollable as Dr Frankenstein’s monster, which can be glimpsed on either side of the painting.

Works rich in detail and colour that are to be admired as much as they are to be studied carefully in order to fully grasp their deeper meaning.

Tammy Nguyen