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The eighth edition of Personal Structures, the biennial contemporary art exhibition organised by ECC Italy in Venice, will welcome visitors from 9 May to 22 November 2026. Running alongside La Biennale di Venezia, the exhibition will unfold across three iconic venues — Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora, and the Marinaressa Gardens — offering a vibrant stage for installations, paintings, sculptures, and performances.

Each edition of Personal Structures brings together multidisciplinary artists and creatives from across the globe, alongside galleries, universities, and cultural institutions. The group exhibition offers a platform for both established and emerging voices, fostering diverse artistic approaches and perspectives within an international context of dialogue.

Personal Structures 2026 is shaped around the theme Confluences, an image inspired by rivers meeting and generating new currents. The exhibition explores how different artistic practices, cultural backgrounds, and ways of thinking intersect, becoming part of an ever-changing collective fabric. Through this lens, art becomes a means to question the present and imagine future possibilities, where society, nature, and technology meet in an evolving conversation.

Featuring more than 150 artists from over 30 countries, Personal Structures – Confluences focuses on points of encounter where artistic practices, cultures, and disciplines meet and evolve, connecting personal narratives with collective perspectives.

As Sara Danieli, Head of Art at ECC Italy, notes: “In an era characterised by profound global transformations, Personal Structures – Confluences explores how personal narratives build ties with collective ones, shaping an ever-evolving cultural landscape.”

Artistic practices thus converge into a single flow, transforming and resonating with one another in a conscious dialogue with time and memory.