Ecuador reimagines life and territory at the 2026 Venice Biennale

The Pavilion of Ecuador at Biennale Arte 2026 presents Tawna & Óscar, an exhibition that challenges dominant ways of organizing life, knowledge, and territory. Featuring the Tawna collective and Óscar Santillán, and curated by Manuela Moscoso with the support of its commissioner, the Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art of Ecuador (MAAC), the project approaches art as a practice of attention. Tawna & Óscar brings together the practices of Óscar Santillán and the Tawna collective to present two contemporary ways of thinking and making the world through relation. The project proposes an approach to art that moves away from fixed categories and closed hierarchies, focusing instead on processes of exchange that unfold across bodies, languages, territories, and times. Curated by Manuela Moscoso, the Pavilion of Ecuador is conceived as a space