Haiti’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

While painters Edouard Duval-Carrié and Manuel Mathieu are exhibiting at the Venice Biennale, which officially opens its doors on May 9, Haiti’s ambassador to Italy, Gandy Thomas, inaugurated the Haiti Pavilion on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, with the opening of artist Enock Placide’s exhibition, followed by a guitar recital, speeches, and a cocktail reception at the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello in the heart of the Venetian lagoon. On the occasion, the Minister of Tourism, Stéphanie Smith, who like the painter was un