Oriol Vilanova

Los restos Oriol Vilanova @oriolvilanova Spanish Pavilion 61st International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia Curator – Carles Guerra @carlesguerra Arstist Studio Manager – Ingrid Sala Assistant Curator – Carolina Ciuti @caro16caro Visual Identity – ZAK Group @zakgroupoffice PR Manager – Alessandra Biscaro @alessandra.gugu.biscaro Organiser – AECID Collaborator – AC/E Supporter – Fundación Botín May 9 – November 22, 2026 Exhibition views – Roberto Ruíz @roberto_ruiz_fotografo_de_arte

ORIOL VILANOVA « Los Restos » Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennial, until 22 November 2026 From the bygone world of postcards, Oriol Vilanova shows us a world exploited to the point of exhaustion. These images remind us of the source of our training data: a world that is both saturated and uniform. Take the time to read the images, even and especially the most mundane, to understand how they accumulate in layers, or as here, in a mosaic, ultimately forming our unconscious—both personal and collective. The invention of photography declared a natural disaster. Thank you to Oriol Vilanova and Ingrid Sala for the preview! And congratulations to you both! 👏 « Restent ces paysages de cartes postales traversés sans fin, cette distance organisée entre chacun et tous. L’enfance ? Mais c’est ici, nous n’en sommes jamais sortis. » Guy Debord, « Critique de la séparation » #oriolvilanova #postcard #venicebiennale2026 #spanishpavilion

Los restos Oriol Vilanova @oriolvilanova Spanish Pavilion 61st International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia Curator – Carles Guerra @carlesguerra Arstist Studio Manager – Ingrid Sala Assistant Curator – Carolina Ciuti @caro16caro Design & Art Direction – ZAK Group @zakgroupoffice PR Manager – Alessandra Biscaro @alessandra.gugu.biscaro Organiser – AECID Collaborator – AC/E Supporter – Fundación Botín May 9 – November 22, 2026

Design and Art Direction by @zakgroup for the Spanish Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The pavilion will present Los restos by artist @oriolvilanova , curated by @carlesguerra . 9 May — 22 November 2026.

Los restos Oriol Vilanova @oriolvilanova Spanish Pavilion 61st International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia Curator – Carles Guerra @carlesguerra Arstist Studio Manager – Ingrid Sala Assistant Curator – Carolina Ciuti @caro16caro Visual Identity – ZAK Group @zakgroupoffice PR Manager – Alessandra Biscaro @alessandra.gugu.biscaro Organiser – AECID Collaborator – AC/E Supporter – Fundación Botín May 9 – November 22, 2026

Niccolò dell’Arca (1435 circa – Bologna, 1494) grazie @stefaniapelusicestero

“Celebración” at Colección Inelcom, curated by Vicente Todolí

Wall painting

Crossreading, monotony is nice Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation, Brussels What the archive makes possible. The archive tends toward order. Documents are preserved in boxes and albums, chronologically or by subject. Someone, at some point, decided to keep them, others were lost along the way. Archiving and destroying walk side by side. The archive is what remains. The archive exists only when it is activated, when it is looked at, when it is listened to. But when this happens, it wavers, the act of looking disrupts it. We see only what we sense, what intrigues us, or what we are capable of deciphering. I like to visit an archive as one strolls through a flea market, without looking for anything specific, attentive to the possible. Everything is displayed and hidden at the same time. While reviewing the archive, I paused at Walter Leblanc’s participation in the pioneering exhibition Serielle Formationen, organized by Paul Maenz and Peter Roehr in May 1967 at the Studio Gallery in the Student House of Goethe University in Frankfurt. The exhibition emphasized the exploration of seriality in art, featuring conceptual art, minimalism, pop art, op art, and works from the ZERO movement. Using Walter Leblanc’s archive as the starting point for the exhibition, the intervention consists of bringing together three artists who participated in Serielle Formationen: Charlotte Posenenske, Peter Roehr, and Walter Leblanc. I accompany them. A shared dialogue about repetition, monotony, and rhythm. Charlotte Posenenske and Peter Roehr were good friends. It always seems like a good occasion to me to celebrate friendship among artists. The time spent in the archive has allowed me to get closer to Walter and Nicole Leblanc: their modus operandi, their relationships with other artists, their motivations, their negotiations, their transactions, their dreams, and their legacy. All of this has helped me understand the work better. OV Courtesy of the Estates of Charlotte Posenenkse (Frankfurt am Main/ Berlin) and Peter Roehr (Berlin)and Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin Photos: Mina Albespy @walterleblancfoundation @mariainesrodriguez_ @europalia @spainculturebe

« cross-reading, monotony is nice » oriol vilanova in dialogue with walter leblanc, charlotte posenenske and peter roehr opening : saturday, january 17, 13:00-17:00 walter & nicole leblanc foundation, brussels directed by maria inés rodríguez special thanks to @mehdichouakri presented as part of europalia españa, with the support of the spanish agency for international development cooperation @walterleblancfoundation @europalia @aecid_es @spainculturebe