Venice Biennale - Hyperallergic (Page 12)

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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.

News

Mark Bradford Faults New York Times for Publishing Photos of His Work Without His Permission [UPDATED]

The article, published earlier this week, includes images of unfinished works that will be featured in his solo show at the Venice Biennale.

Announcement

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.

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The Underexplored Histories of Modern and Contemporary Art in the United Arab Emirates

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — In the words of French philosopher Jacques Derrida, “there is no political power without control of the archive, if not memory.”

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Best of 2015: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Around the World

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

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

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.