Pope Francis To Visit Venice Biennale 2024
Pope Francis will be the first Holy Father to visit the international art exhibition Venice Biennale. His meeting with participating artists is scheduled for April 28.
The Art Biennale in Venice /La Biennale d’Arte di Venezia is the oldest and one of the world’s largest and most important contemporary visual art exhibitions. The exhibition is BIENNALE because it is held biannually. The Biennale in Venice is THE original biennale on which others in the world have been modeled.
The Vatican presents the Holy See Pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale, which will welcome Pope Francis, highlighting how inmates have been engaged to help transform their lives and embrace universal values through art.
Communiqué – Press office of the Holy See
On Sunday 28 April 2024, Pope Francis will visit Venice. The Holy Father will visit the Holy See Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, at the Giudecca Women’s Prison, and will meet the ecclesial community of the Patriarchate of Venice, with a programme to be announced in due course.
