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2019 Venice Biennale

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Venice Biennale’s Iraq Pavilion Indefinitely Closed Last Week In Solidarity with Anti-Government Protests

by Hakim Bishara November 13, 2019November 13, 2019

Ruya Foundation, the Baghdad-based nonprofit foundation that organized the country’s pavilion, announced a strike last week.

Posted inIn Brief

Extreme Flooding in Venice Kills Two People; Biennale Shutters As Safety Precaution

by Hakim Bishara November 13, 2019

Local authorities called for a state of emergency in the worst floods to hit the lagoon city in more than 50 years.

Posted inFilm

Negotiating and Understanding the Threats to Inuit Life in Canada

Avatar photo by Laura Raicovich August 9, 2019August 30, 2019

The video art of Isuma, the first international media organization created by and for Indigenous peoples, highlights the contemporary and historical impasses they are forced to navigate.

Posted inArt

Navigating the Overload at the Venice Biennale

by David Carrier July 6, 2019July 21, 2019

The Venice Biennale’s official exhibition, May You Live In Interesting Times, presents art that speaks to the present, not in the direct fashion of journalism, but in ways that can challenge existing habits of thought.

Posted inArt

Shirley Tse Explores Societal Differences in a Time of Uncertainty for Hong Kong

Avatar photo by Christina Ng July 4, 2019July 3, 2019

As protests over an extradition bill rage in Hong Kong, Tse’s Stakeholders exhibition at the Venice Biennale negotiates the spaces between gender categories like female or male, or race categories like Asian or White.

Posted inArt

Rising Tides and Climate Change Color the Venice Biennale This Year

Avatar photo by Anna Souter June 24, 2019June 24, 2019

Artistic allusions to rising waters can be found across the Venice Biennale this year, and they strike home with a particular power given the ongoing destruction of the natural world.

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Hong Kong’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Closes for Day, Joining Strike Against Proposed Extradition Bill

by Hakim Bishara June 12, 2019

About 100 Hong Kong arts organizations, including commercial galleries, announced a strike against a bill that would allow extraditing fugitives to mainland China.

Posted inArt

An Inside-Out Airplane Visualizes Poland’s Political Divisions

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

At the Venice Biennale’s Polish Pavilion, a monumental sculpture responds to conspiracy theories and nationalist rhetoric surrounding the 2010 plane crash that killed Poland’s then-president.

Posted inArt

Gandhi Is the Central Protagonist at the Indian National Pavilion in Venice

Avatar photo by Skye Thomas June 5, 2019June 6, 2019

Our Time for a Future Caring primarily brings together the work of eight artists, from different generations, who have reflected on the Gandhian legacy of decolonization.

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At the Venice Biennale, Shu Lea Cheang Surveils the Surveillance System

Avatar photo by Christina Ng June 5, 2019July 1, 2019

In the first solo exhibition by a woman artist representing Taiwan at the Venice Biennale, Cheang questions the legal and visual regimes that have shaped sexual and gender norms over time.

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Four Spots in the Venice Biennale to Stop You in Your Tracks

Avatar photo by Gregory Volk May 25, 2019May 24, 2019

The Biennale’s system of national pavilions may be an outdated relic, but it does succeed in putting a spotlight on countries that typically receive scant art world attention.

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Banksy Sets Up an Unauthorized Art Stall in Venice

by Hakim Bishara May 22, 2019May 22, 2019

The anonymous artist set up a stall to showcase paintings of a cruise ship parked in the canal surrounding the city.

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