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LA BlENNALE DI VENEZIA: PRESENTS THE 61ST INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
By Traffic Arts / M&A Arts
March 16, 2026
We are immensely proud to announce the participation of Móyòsórè Martins in the National Pavilion of the Republic of Sierra Leone and ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), as well as his inclusion in In Minor Keys, the central exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale curated by Koyo Kouoh.
On view May 9 through November 22, 2026, the Venice Biennale has served as the preeminent global platform for contemporary art and one of the most important benchmarks of institutional recognition since 1895. Participation places an artist’s work at the center of an international dialogue, drawing the attention of leading museums, curators, collectors, and critics worldwide.
Móyòsóré Martins: Taking on NYC, One Painting at a Time
My artwork is intentionally raw and I like to use a lot of different materials and have rough-cut edges on the canvas. The paintings are textured with scratches, scribbles, and mud-like paint, as well as clay, liquid plastic, oil sticks, and chunky layers of oil paint. I layer the background and then deconstruct them, which gives the feeling of wear and tear on the canvas. No painting is alike as each has symbolic patterns and encrypted messages hidden within it. I want to merge the vision with the given and the new world that I live in now. The word “Why?” is seen in a lot of the work because it leaves you asking the same question.
—MÓYÒSÓRÉ MARTINS
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