17/09/2026
TODAY: in the 18th Lyon Biennale - Contemporary Art
“PASSER D’UN RÊVE À L’AUTRE” curated by Catherine Nichols
Opening reception:
Professional days: September 17-18, 2026
Preview / Opening: September 18, 2026
The Biennale will be on view until 13 December, 2026
Drawing on the “Principles of Poetic Economy” (1976) by French artist Robert Filliou, this edition explores the relationships between art and economy through the lenses of work, exchange, care, and notions of value.
Presented across several iconic venues in Lyon, the exhibition brings together contemporary and historical works as well as archives, inviting visitors to rethink our economic imaginaries and forms of cooperation: at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon, Les Grandes Locos, the Museum of Textiles and Decorative Arts, the Confluences Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Villeurbanne, and at various sites across the city, the metropolitan area, and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Brilant Milazimi (b.1994, Gjilan, Kosovo), translates his perception of the world that surrounds him into images that are bitter, funny, tender, and weird all at the same time. Driven by the machinery of the unconscious, and inspired by the imaginaries of fictional universes, he finds expressions both sinister and poetical for an approach to the society he lives in: the exaggerated physiognomies and the highlighted symbolism of the teeth or the features of the animals are visual manifestations that point to the present and its conflicts. Milazimi studied visual arts at the University of Prishtina.
CURRENTLY IN VENICE
Brilant Milazimi
HARD TEETH (DHËMBË TË FORTË)
Curated by José Esparza Chong Cuy
Pavilion of the Republic of Kosovo
61st International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
Chiesa di Santa Maris del Pianto, Venezia
CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA DEL PIANTO, VENICE
The Biennale is on view until 22 November, 2026
Image:
Brilant Milazimi
Untitled, 2026
Oil on canvas
100x150 cm (39x59”)
Courtesy ©️artist, Ermes Ermes and Isabella Ritter, Paris
Brilant Milazimi
Biennale de Lyon — Art
iSABELLA RiTTER