As the 2026 Venice Biennale enters its closing days, three Baltic art institutions are staging a programme in Venice that asks what solidarity means now. "Solidarity in Flux", a cross-Baltic collaboration, takes place on 20 November 2026 at Ristorante In Paradiso on the Riva degli Schiavoni, bringing together performance, dialogue and visual storytelling.

The project is initiated by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art and the National Gallery of Art in Lithuania. It examines the forms, limits and possibilities of collective action in a fragmented geopolitical landscape, weaving together history, culture and politics to address the transitions under way in the Baltics and Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in light of the war in Ukraine.

Three Baltic artists will present work in the performance programme. Jana Jacuka shares a fragment from "HA", a solo performance exploring the performativity of laughter and extreme vocal practices. Agne Bagdziunaite presents a fragment of her performance "The Remainder", which bridges archival storytelling and live performance and engages with memory, identity and transition. Maria Wrang Rasmussen offers a cooking demonstration and love letter, "How Hard and Sweet, This Taste of Flesh", which uses a recipe as a performance score.

A panel discussion follows, with speakers Egle Grebliauskait, Corina Oprea, Natala Sielewicz and Peter Sit. The programme is initiated and curated by Andra Siletere of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, and registration is required to attend.

Staged in the Biennale's final weekend, the event closes a season in which the main exhibition, curated posthumously for Koyo Kouoh under the title "In Minor Keys", has been shadowed by disputes over funding and national participation, giving the Baltic call for solidarity a pointed resonance.