Behind the scenes at the Architecture Biennale

Self-Exploitation in the Celebrity Circus

 - Jakob Schoof

At every Architecture Biennale, the curators face the same obstacles: a lack of funding, a great deal of red tape, and an organisation that ignores collective achievements. Why do they put themselves through this? We speak to Albena Yaneva, who spent a year observing the development process of the 2025 Biennale.

Self-Exploitation in the Celebrity Circus
Even though the main exhibition pavilion in the Giardini was closed, the 2025 Architecture Biennale featured more exhibits than ever before. © Jakob Schoof