An overhead summer sun, harsh and multiplied by the closeness of the water, beat down on us in the streets, bridges and canals of Venice caught in a heat wave. We were looking for shelter, and then darkness. And then, a panel, an immersive installation by Khaled Sabsabi that glowed in the middle of the entrance to the exhibition. Colors, slow movements, spectral sounds. Can we also imagine, perhaps, certain scents? This is the solemn entrance to the Arsenale in the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale exhibition.

When discussing the growing international recognition of Latin American and Caribbean art, attention often turns to museums, galleries, art fairs, and collectors. Yet some of the earliest and most sustained initiatives emerged outside the traditional art world. This is the case of the art collection of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which, with a history spanning nearly seven decades, today brings together close to 1,800 works from Latin America and the Caribbean.

At Galería Ruth Benzacar in Buenos Aires, Argentina you'll find “EL ORIGEN DEL MUNDO” and “Futuro acontecer”; two exhibitions with artists building from distant temporalities that are, in their own way, entirely their own.