The 61st Venice Biennale opens on 9 May 2026 (preview days 6-8 May). This market resolves YES if the Golden Lion for Best National Participation is awarded to an artist from Asia, Africa, Latin America, or the Middle East.

Resolution criteria:

- Award must be announced during the opening ceremony/preview days (6-8 May 2026) or by official La Biennale announcement before 31 May 2026

- "Non-Western" defined as artists from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Middle East, or Eastern Europe

- If the pavilion represents a Western nation but features a non-Western artist, this counts as NO (the pavilion's nation determines geographic classification)

- Multi-artist pavilions resolve YES if the majority of featured artists are non-Western

Historical context: Recent Golden Lion for Best National Participation winners include Germany (2024), UK (2022), and Latvia (2019). The Biennale has shown increasing recognition of Global South perspectives in contemporary art discourse.