This April 20th, 2024 marked the return of what is highly regarded as the “Olympics of the Art World,” kicking off its 60th edition. This is none other than the Venice Biennale; the seven month exhibition of art from artists all over the world, curated and gathered at La Biennale di Venezia for the enjoyment of the public. 

This year’s exhibition is curated by artistic director of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Adriano Pedrosa. Titled Foreigners Everywhere, – after conceptual artist Claire Fontaine’s 2004 collective – Pedrosa describes the exhibition as “a celebration of the foreign, the distant, the outsider, the queer as well as the Indigenous.” Staying true to its themes, Foreigners Everywhere features artists who identify with these terms, placing an emphasis on those who have migrated between the Global South and the Global North. With Pedrosa himself serving as the very first South American curator of the Biennale Art, this marks a revolutionary year for the biannual exhibition.

The two volume catalog accompanying the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale provides art aficionados with a comprehensive guide to this year’s exhibition. Complete with essays, interviews, and an international exhibit list including other projects on display around the city of Venice and at Forte Marghera in Mestre, the guide offers exhibition viewers and art lovers alike with an in depth look at what this year’s Biennale has to offer. 

Divided into one catalog dedicated exclusively to contemporary artists, and a second dedicated exclusively to historical ones, this year’s two volume edition presents almost a century worth of art from those who have been historically marginalized, along with a thorough expansion on what it means to fall into these margins – to be a foreigner – in a contemporary artistic context. 

Now available for purchase, the nearly 700 page guide features over 1,000 illustrations, and artists including: Pacita Abad, Etel Adnan, Baya, Monika Correa, Olga de Amaral, Dumile Deni, Uza Egonu, Aref El Rayess, Louis Fratino, Fred Graham, Mohamed Hamidi, Carmen Herrera, María Izquierdo, Frida Kahlo, Grace Salome Kwami, Wilfredo Lam, Esther Mahlangu, Tina Modotti, Ahmed Morsi, Taylor Nkomo, Pan Yuliang, Dalton Paula, Sayed Haider Raza, Emma Reyes, Jamini Roy, Mahmoud Sabri, Joshua Serafin, Amrita Sher-Gil, Yinka Shonibare, Joseph Stella, Salman Toor, Ahmed Umar, Rubem Valentim, Kay WalkingStick, and Bibi Zogbé.

Carefully crafted and packed with groundbreaking art and analysis, this year’s Biennale Arte is the perfect gift, guide, or memento for art lovers and Biennale visitors alike. So whether you’ve got your tickets to Venice booked, or care to explore the world of Foreigners Everywhere from home, now’s the time to grab yourself a copy and immerse yourself in an exhibition like none before it.