Ei Arakawa-Nash to Create Installation on Queer Parenting for Japan’s 2026 Venice Biennale Pavilion

Los Angeles–based performance artist Ei Arakawa-Nash will represent Japan at the 2026 Venice Biennale, the Japan Foundation announced Thursday. A curator has not been announced yet. For the Pavilion, Arakawa-Nash will create a new installation that, according to the announcement, will explore his perspective as a queer parent of newborn twins in order to “dissect nationalism and patriarchy.”“I thought I would never have a chance to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale a