India is presenting a multi-artist exhibition titled "Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home" at the 61st Venice Biennale (the world's oldest and most prestigious international art festival, held in Venice, Italy), which opens on 9 May 2026. Five artists — Alwar Balasubramaniam, Ranjani Shettar, Sumakshi Singh, Skarma Sonam Tashi, and Asim Waqif — use traditional materials such as soil, thread, bamboo, and papier-mâché to explore questions of belonging and cultural memory, in a pavilion curated by Amin Jaffer and organised by India's National Gallery of Modern Art. India's presence extends beyond the official pavilion, with veteran artist Nalini Malani showing an immersive animation work composed of 30,000 iPad drawings at a historic Venetian salt warehouse, and sculptor Paresh Maity exhibiting a brass-and-metal work in the Marinaressa Gardens.