VENICE / JOHANNESBURG – As the technical deadline for submitting national pavilion proposals to the Venice Biennale 2026 approaches, South Africa finds itself at the center of a controversy that blends contemporary art, politics, and geopolitics .South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie , has halted Elegy , the project selected to represent the country at the Biennale Arte 2026 , prompting artist Gabrielle Goliath and curator Ingrid Masondo to
