Overview
- Selected from a record 69 submissions, the project will represent Argentina at the 61st edition running May 9 to November 22, 2026.
- The work is a monumental floor drawing in salt and coal—reported at roughly 40 tons—that visitors will traverse and gradually transform.
- Artist Matías Duville will present the piece with curatorship by Josefina Barcia at the Argentine pavilion in the Arsenales.
- Production costs will be covered by Galería Barro and private collectors, while the government will fund pavilion expenses, cleaning, security, insurance and two round‑trip air tickets.
- The jury of leading cultural figures cited the proposal’s originality, processual experimentation and fit with the Biennale’s ‘In Minor Keys’ curatorial frame, following a publicly debated policy shift on state funding.