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2015 Venice Biennale

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Best of 2015: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Around the World

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 17, 2015December 30, 2015

It’s hard enough compiling best-of lists for single cities — try the world.

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At the Venice Biennale, the Philippine Pavilion Favors Beauty Over Ugly Truths

Avatar photo by Thea Quiray Tagle November 13, 2015November 12, 2015

VENICE — “People say I’m extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?” infamously asked “Iron Butterfly” Imelda Marcos in the eponymous 2003 documentary Imelda.

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At Venice Biennale, Artists Stage a Pageant for Precarious Workers in Abu Dhabi

by Gretchen Coombs September 1, 2015September 22, 2015

VENICE — When I arrived in Venice three weeks ago, I immediately headed to the tip of the Donsoduro to S.a.L.E. docks, a contemporary art space run by artist and activist Marco Baravalle. As part of its Biennale programming, the G.U.L.F. was set to have the Precarious Workers Pageant that evening.

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Three Days of Debating Social Justice at the Venice Biennale

by Gretchen Coombs August 26, 2015September 3, 2015

VENICE — As folks streamed into the dimmed theater and escaped the Venetian heat, I felt a sense of anticipation. Creative Time, which has been showcasing its support of socially engaged art practices for decades, made its way into the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition All the World’s Futures, organized by Okwui Enwezor.

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Artists Launch “Letter for Palestine” Campaign at Venice Biennale

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian August 13, 2015August 18, 2015

On Sunday, artists participating in and attending the 2015 Venice Biennale launched a campaign titled “Artists’ Letter for Palestine.”

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G.U.L.F. Occupies Israeli Pavilion in Venice, Calls for Cultural Boycott [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian August 3, 2015August 17, 2015

Yesterday the Gulf Labor Coalition, which is an official participant of the central exhibition of the 2015 Venice Biennale, and the G.U.L.F. (Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction) group staged a variety of protest actions at the international exhibition.

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Hans Haacke on “Gift Horse,” Gulf Labor, and Artist Resale Royalties

Avatar photo by Tiernan Morgan July 23, 2015October 5, 2016

Early last March, London’s Conservative mayor Boris Johnson unveiled Hans Haacke’s “Gift Horse,” the tenth commission installed on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.

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Debt in Venice: German Pavilion Artists Show Support for Greece

by Claire Voon July 16, 2015July 19, 2015

In response to the German government’s insistence on imposing austerity measures on Greece, the artists representing Germany at this year’s Venice Biennale have made a simple but powerful statement in support of the debt-ridden nation.

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Personal but Highly Political Highlights from the 2015 Venice Biennale

by Maura Reilly June 22, 2015June 22, 2015

VENICE — As I feel my way through a curtain and into a pitch-black, cavernous space, a white square shimmers in the distance.

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From Grief to Action: Patricia Cronin on Her ‘Shrine for Girls’

Avatar photo by Clarity Haynes May 23, 2015May 27, 2015

If you make the pilgrimage to the Venice Biennale this year, among the many artistic spectacles you will encounter is an actual shrine.

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Why I Don’t Buy the Premise of Christoph Büchel’s Icelandic Mosque Pavilion

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian May 22, 2015May 27, 2015

I’ve been hesitant to embrace Christoph Büchel’s project for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale from the beginning.

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Iceland’s Mosque Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Will Be Shut Down

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian May 21, 2015May 22, 2015

Venetian officials plan to close the Icelandic Pavilion of the 2015 Venice Biennale, which features a working mosque that is part of an artwork by Swiss-Icelandic artist Christoph Büchel.

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