Khadija Saye’s final photographs before her tragic death reveal misty self-portraits grounded in Gambian spirituality.
Tag: 2017 Venice Biennale
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Tehching Hsieh’s Art of Passing Time
The artist’s exhibition for the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale shows how he has attempted to bring art into life.
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At the Venice Biennale, Pinocchio Is a Trojan Horse for Capitalist Critique
In the Scottish Pavilion, Rachel Maclean’s film Spite Your Face lays bare how greed corrupts so deeply that even helpless souls are turned savage.
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Now and Then: The Rediscovery of Flora Mayo
If I could, I would give this layered, richly human (and often tear-inducing) work my own private Golden Lion, inventing a new category: Best and Most Meaningful Work in the Exhibition.
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Nigeria’s First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion Challenges Colonial Narratives
The Nigeria pavilion, themed around the concept of “now,” hopes to shape a cultural and national identity outside of the colonialist narrative that the country has long been forced into.
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Democracy’s Dark Side and a Glimmer of Hope in Mark Bradford’s Venice Biennale Show
In the US Pavilion, the artist’s work takes on a new context: wrestling with the hypocrisy of Jeffersonian democracy.
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Malta Returns to the Venice Biennale After 17 Years
Malta’s pavilion offers a sense of the tiny nation interrogating itself as it steps onto the international stage.
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Taiwan Features Tehching Hsieh at the 2017 Venice Biennale
Taiwan’s exhibition for the 2017 Venice Biennale — Doing Time — opens at the Palazzo delle Prigioni on May 10.