As the 2016 Venice Biennale is set to begin this upcoming Saturday, May 28th, the first glimpses of the pavilions have begun to roll in through the social media wires. In addition to the event’s main exhibition, curated by this year's Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena, there will be 63 exhibitions held in country pavilions throughout the grounds responding to this year’s theme of “Reporting From the Front.” We've taken to Instagram to round up the best sneak peeks of the exhibitions coming together at architecture’s preeminent event—read on to take a look.
US Pavilion—"The Architectural Imagination"
Curated by Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon
Nordic Pavilion—"In Therapy"
Curated by David Basulto and James Taylor-Foster
Kuwait Pavilion—"Between East and West: a Gulf"
Curated by Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Karimi
Hong Kong Exhibition—"Stratagems in Architecture"
Organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation & Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Portuguese Pavilion—"NEIGHBOURHOOD: Where Alvaro Meets Aldo"
Curated by Nuno Grande and Roberto Cremascoli
German Pavilion—"Making Heimat. Germany, Arrival Country"
Curated by Oliver Elser, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)
New Zealand Pavilion—"Future Islands"
Curated by Charles Walker
Finnish Pavilion—"From Border to Home—Housing Solutions for Asylum Seekers"
Curated by Marco Steinberg
Korean Pavilion—"The FAR Game: Constraints Sparking Creativity"
Curated by Sung Hong Kim, Eungee Cinn, Keehyun Ahn, Seungbum Kim, Isak Chung and Daeun Jeong