Nilbar Güreş to represent Türkiye at the 61st Venice Biennale

The Türkiye Pavilion at the 61st International Venice Biennale presents A Kiss on the Eyes, an exhibition by Nilbar Güreş, curated by Başak Doğa Temür. Taking its title from the Turkish phrase “Gözlerinizden öperim”—a traditional closing remark used at the end of a letter or conversation—the exhibition brings together existing works and new productions spanning sculpture, installation, painting, and mixed-media works on paper and fabric. Nilbar Güreş is celebrated for her poetic, critical, and witty engagement with cultural symbols, social inequalities, and questions of identity. Her substantial body of work traverses photography, video, collage, and textiles, and has in recent years expanded into three-dimensional forms. For the Türkiye Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, she presents a series of large-scale sculptures and installations produced between December 2025 and March 2026 through an intensive, col