Six surreal architectures at La Biennale di Venezia 2026

From a tilted brick chapel to a home on a wheelbarrow and a floating synagogue, these surreal architectures at the Venice Art Biennale reframe space, identity, and belonging.

From a tilted brick chapel to a home on a wheelbarrow and a floating synagogue, these surreal architectures at the Venice Art Biennale reframe space, identity, and belonging.

There is something quietly arresting about a sixteenth-century Venetian synagogue, perched atop a floating rock, drifting above the waters of the lagoon. This is Nabatele, a mesmerising installation by Anna Kamyshan, and an official Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.