The Vatican will host a pavilion at the
Venice Biennale this year - the first time in its 84-year history as an independent state.
The Holy See is one of 10 new participant countries exhibiting at the international avant-garde art exhibition, with others including Tuvalu, Bahrain, the Ivory Coast and Paraguay.
The Vatican exhibit will be held in the
Arsenale pavilion - a former barracks that is currently being revamped.
According to Bloomberg, the Vatican will release details of the exhibit in the coming weeks but it will be themed around the book of Genesis.