A few weeks ago, during Art Basel Paris , I started to hear about the American Arts Conservancy, a nonprofit that supposedly had something to do with the United States pavilion at the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale . It was just months before the opening of the Olympics of the art world, and the US still had no representative. So I did some digging.

The organization was founded in Tampa, Florida, in April 2025. For its first few months, it kept a low profile. In late August, the State Department announced that AAC will partner with Art in Embassies —a State Department office that advances soft diplomacy by installing art in diplomatic facilities around the world—to “broaden the global reach and resonance of US artists.” There was a link to the website, where AAC has listed a

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