Biennale Arte 2026 – Fierce Pussy

arms ache avid aeon: fierce pussy amplified, Chapter Nine
by Nancy Brooks Brody (1962-2023), Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka and Jo-ey Tang (curator)
through August 30, 2026
at the Central Pavilion / Arsenale in Venice, Italy

arms ache avid aeon is a project conceived by Jo-ey Tang in collaboration with founding members of the art collective fierce pussy: Nancy Brooks Brody (1962-2023), Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard and Carrie Yamaoka. fierce pussy formed around queer and AIDS activism in 1991 in New York City. Since 2015, each exhibition chapter examines relationships between individual and collective art practices in counterpoint to the political landscape. Chapter Nine gathers works made from 1991 through 2026, reconsidered here amid climate collapse and a global authoritarian turn.

Biennale Arte 2026, welcome poster by Fierce Pussy