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CURATED BY Stephen Little

Organized by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Su Xiaobai Foundation as Collateral Event of the 61st InternationalArt Exhibition  - La Biennale di Venezia

 

Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Venice.  

May 09. - November 22. 2026

Hours: 10:00am – 6:00pm, Closed Tuesdays

Palazzo Sorano Van Axel Level 02

Exhibition Map

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Highlights on Su Xiaobai and His Work

Stephen Little,
Curator, LACMA

Michael Govan
CEO, LACMA

Kulapat Yantrasast,
Creative Director, WHY

Scott Stover,
Exacutive Director,
Su Xiaobai Foundation

Jenny Lin,
Associate Professor, USC

Behind the Scenes

4-27-2026, installation DAY 1…

When our 24 crates in a 40ft container was shipped in late February, we were informed that the ship was going to take a longer route via Cape Good Hope. Yes, this ship did as it promised, but it dropped our container in Piraeus port of Athens. Our connecting ship for Venice was still parked near Beirut, then near Tyre for days without moving forward. We had a schedule of arrival in Venice, that was by the end of March, but we also keep receiving news on delay after delay. Then, finally after it delayed more than 20 days, we finally see our crates around 2:00pm on the 27th of April, 2026, which is about 8 days before the preview date of 5th of May.

All photo courtesy of Lin Kunzhi

4-28-2026, installation DAY 2…

Day 2 is actually the installation Day 1. Thanks to the anticipated preparations from production company D. H. Office, the transporter Apice and the installation company OttArt, we had a very ready start. By this Day 2, first 5 paintings are suspended from the ceiling. That is really a good start and it seems the installations to follow will be under control.

4-29-2026, installation DAY 3…

Day 3, objective: hang all big paintings, make it ready for small paintings. 

4-30-2026, installation DAY 4…

Day 4, objective: tiles and glass floor installation.

5-1-2026, installation DAY 5…

Day 5, objective: hang all big paintings, make it ready for small paintings. 

5-2-2026, installation DAY 6…

Day 6, objective: hang all big paintings, make it ready for small paintings. 

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