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Italy Thwarts Potential Illegal Sale of $2M Artemisia Gentileschi Painting
The Carabinieri's art crime unit said Gentileschi's masterpiece "Caritas Romana" was on its way to be sold in Vienna.
Italy
Art
Mapping Out "Refugee Modernism" at the Venice Biennale
Yiddishland Pavilion artists Yevgeniy Fiks, Avia Moore, and others effectively question the borders that continue to define the art world.
Art
New Arts Center Aims to Put Sicily Back on the Art World Map
ZACentrale aspires to develop the Italian city of Palermo as a regional art hub while serving its distinctive local community.
Art
At the Venice Biennale, a Border-Defying Yiddishland Pavilion
Yiddishland is a porous and generative project that threads itself through various pavilions, subtly undermining the national logic of the biennale.
Comics
Reflecting on Nationalism at the Venice Biennale
There are 30 nations represented in the international exhibition. Some aren’t in their best moment today. A comics diary.
Art
In Venice, a Show Draws Connections Between Colonialism and Marine Ecology
The Soul Expanding Ocean at TBA21–Academy Ocean Space in Venice's Chiesa di San Lorenzo brings together two artists with different but complementary ways of engaging with oceanic histories and ecologies.
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1,700-Year-Old Penis Graffiti Found at Ancient Roman Site
A stone was carved with a phallus and the words "Secundinus, the shitter."
News
Your Prayers Have Been Answered: The Vatican Will Launch NFTs
The initiative will put the Vatican Museum’s masterpieces on the blockchain.
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Office for Contemporary Art Norway Presents “The Sámi Pavilion” at the Venice Biennale
In a historic first, artists Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sara, and Anders Sunna transformed the Nordic Pavilion into a celebration of the art and sovereignty of the Indigenous Sámi people.
Art
At the Venice Biennale, Simone Leigh Embraces Sovereignty
Leigh’s transformation of the US National Pavilion is no immersive installation, but rather a proposal in sculpture, and by sculpture.
Art
Captivating Highlights From the 2022 Venice Biennale
Writer and curator Laura Raicovich shares her favorite works from the exhibition and moments of elevation during her Campari-fueled trip to Venice.
News
In Historic First, Simone Leigh and Sonia Boyce Win Venice Biennale’s Golden Lions
They are the first Black women to represent their countries in the international exhibition.