May 9–November 22, 2026
Sale d’Armi 1st floor, Sestiere Castello, Campo Della Tana 2169/F
Venice 30122
Italy
Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg, appointed Commissioner of the Luxembourg pavilions at the Venice Art and Architecture biennials by the Ministry of Culture, and Casino Luxembourg—Forum d'art contemporain, curator of the 2026 and 2028 Biennales, have selected artist Aline Bouvy and the curator Stilbé Schroeder to produce the exhibition at the Luxembourg pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale, which will run from 9 May to 22 November 2026.
Statement by the commissioner and curator
By selecting Aline Bouvy, Kultur | lx and Casino Luxembourg seek, above all, to honour and showcase the artist's 25-year long career. Aline Bouvy has built an international career that has been tremendously consistent in artistic terms whilst also making successfully bold choices that always surprise. Refusing to restrict herself to expected norms or make compromises, Bouvy explores a range of techniques, creating a body of work that is dense and polymorphic, unfolding over time, fed by constant research, individual and group exhibitions, artist residencies and international collaborations.
Casino Luxembourg has followed Aline Bouvy's work for many years, and she has been part of several group exhibitions at the institution. This longstanding relationship, built on mutual trust, was further strengthened through the preparation of her first institutional solo show in Luxembourg, Hot Flashes, curated by Stilbé Schroeder and on view until October 12. Aline Bouvy’s selection for the 61th International Venice Biennale is grounded in strong artistic and personal foundations, essential for undertaking a collaboration of this scale.
2026 will be the 30th anniversary year for Casino Luxembourg—Forum d’art contemporain, a leading cultural institution that has already helped organise Luxembourg's presence in Venice, having been actively involved in 7 pavilions. In recent years, Casino Luxembourg has also served as an important space for monograph exhibitions by artists from Luxembourg included in its artistic programming, and also by inviting and supporting many artists to take part in exhibitions and projects with international partner institutions. Showcasing national contemporary artists is thus at the heart of Casino Luxembourg’s work. Supporting artists during events like the Venice Biennale is therefore an honour that enhances and complements Casino Luxembourg's initiatives to develop and promote artists.
Aline Bouvy performing in Luxembourg
As part of the Hot Flashes exhibition at Casino Luxembourg, Aline Bouvy will present the performance Letter to a Young Alien on the occasion of Museum Night, scheduled for Saturday, October 11 at 8:30pm.
Inspired by Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, this performance transposes intimate correspondence into a message addressed to an extraterrestrial recipient, a radically other figure, foreign to our codes and norms. This letter becomes the space for an unlikely exchange, both personal and universal, exploring the shifting boundaries between self and other, childhood and adulthood.
Biography of the artist
Born in 1974 in Watermael-Boitsfort (Belgium), Aline Bouvy is a visual artist whose work touches on the universal. Her art acts as a tool for questioning bodies, spaces, and norms, subverting conventions while drawing on a feminist vision. Aline Bouvy studied at the ERG – École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels, then at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. Among her solo exhibitions, Cruising Bye at MACS Grand Hornu in Charleroi in 2022 constitutes the largest collection of her works shown to date. Recently, her work has been shown at Triangle-Astérides in Marseille (2024), Kunsthal Gent in Ghent (2021), New Space in Liège (2020), and Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (2019).
Biography of the curator
After living, studying, and working in Brussels and Strasbourg, Stilbé Schroeder (b. 1985, Luxembourg) returned to Luxembourg in 2015 and joined Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain as exhibition coordinator. In 2017 and 2019, she was assistant curator of the Luxembourg pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Since 2023, she is head of exhibitions and curator, participating in the reflections and constitution of the institution’s exhibition programme.
About Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg
Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg was established in 2020 as an initiative of the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture for the support, promotion and dissemination of the Luxembourg culture and creativity.
Kultur | lx has since become a key partner in the development and promotion of professionals from the following sectors: architecture, design and crafts; multimedia and digital arts; visual arts; literature and publishing; music; and performing arts.
Since 2022, Kultur | lx has been appointed Commissioner of the Luxembourg Pavilion at the Venice Biennale by the Ministry of Culture.
About Casino Luxembourg—Forum d'art contemporain
Internationally recognised, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain is an art centre and a hub for contemporary creation in Luxembourg, with a strong focus on supporting and promoting emerging artists.
Housed in the historic 19th-century Casino Bourgeois building, this public institution, located in the heart of the capital, has become a place of artistic experimentation and creation open to everyone. Its bold and innovative programming invites visitors to discover artists from across the globe, who are free to transform and reimagine the space.
Driven by sensitivity, sensory experience and artistic affinities, Casino Luxembourg embraces ambitious research and forward-looking exploration. Committed to making contemporary art accessible to all audiences, it complements its exhibitions with a varied programme of talks, encounters, educational activities, and workshops for young visitors. Many projects are accompanied by publications—visual, sound, or audiovisual.
For the 61th International Venice Biennale, the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture has appointed Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg as commissioner, and Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain as curator of the Luxembourg Pavilion.
Commissioner: Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg appointed by the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture
Curator: Stilbé Schroeder, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
Exhibitor: Aline Bouvy
Date and venue
61th International Venice Biennale
Luxembourg Pavilion, Arsenale. Sale d’Armi 1st floor
Sestiere Castello, Campo Della Tana 2169/F, 30122 Venice
May 9–November 22, 2026
Press contacts
For the international press: Club Paradis
Micha Pycke, micha@clubparadis.be
For the national press: Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg
Emilie Gouleme, Head of communications
Emilie.gouleme@kulturlx.lu / T +352 621 680 028
For the Casino Luxembourg—Forum d’art contemporain
Marion Gales, Head of communications and Press
communication@casino-luxembourg.lu / T +352 22 50 45
