Pedro Cabrita Reis: XIV Steps
A project by Pedro Cabrita Reis
with Luca Berta and Michael Short
May 4 – November 22, 2026
Magazzino del Sale 3 – Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
Dorsoduro 264, 30123 Venice
Press preview and opening: May 4, 2026
“My name is Pedro Cabrita Reis and I’ve always been a painter.”
Portuguese Artist Pedro Cabrita Reis, on the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, returns to Venice at Magazzino del Sale 3 – Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia with a radically different gesture: “XIV Steps”, a cycle of fourteen paintings inspired by the Stations of the Cross.
With “XIV Steps” Pedro Cabrita Reis, a painter at heart, marks a significant new chapter in his practice and ongoing investigation into culture, memory, and the complexities of the human condition.
Born in 1956 in Lisbon, where he lives and works, Cabrita Reis is widely regarded as one of the leading figures of contemporary art. In “XIV Steps” the Artist engages with the dramatic narrative structure of the Stations of the Cross, a theme whose resonance extends far beyond its theological origins. As famously observed by Barnett Newman, the Stations articulate a universal reflection on suffering, endurance, and the human condition, dimensions that find renewed expression in this cycle of paintings.
