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Reconciling Secular Art in Sacred Spaces
Surprises and puzzles in Venice and Vienna, from Sean Scully to Tintoretto.
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Luc Tuymans’s Moral Distance
Tuymans is a figurative painter who doubts whether visual representations can ever be truthful.
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Navigating the Overload at the Venice Biennale
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.
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Apply for the Jericho Fellowship Prizes in Essay, Playwriting, Visual Art, and Innovation
Winners of the prizes will receive a cash prize and be invited to attend the symposium in Venice, Italy. All submissions are due by July 30, 2019.
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Four Spots in the Venice Biennale to Stop You in Your Tracks
The Biennale’s system of national pavilions may be an outdated relic, but it does succeed in putting a spotlight on countries that typically receive scant art world attention.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
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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Shu Lea Cheang’s 3x3x6 at the 2019 Venice Biennale Examines Imprisonment in the New Digital Age
3x3x6 spans four rooms of the Palazzo delle Prigioni with an immersive, multidimensional installation. On view from May 11 – November 24, 2019.
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Shu Lea Cheang’s Installation 3x3x6 Will Represent Taiwan at the 2019 Venice Biennale
For Taiwan’s presentation, Cheang will create a new work inspired by the history of the exhibition venue, Palazzo delle Prigioni. On view from May 11 – November 24, featuring a public performance on May 11.
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Venice Will Move Forward with $11 Tourist Tax
The new policy — which goes into effect just before the 2019 Venice Biennale — could add $56.8 million to the perennially flooded city’s budget.
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St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice Has Aged “20 Years in a Day” After Major Flooding
Last October’s flood submerged Venice under more than five feet of seawater. The city’s streets were a disaster, and they’re blaming the Italian government for it.
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Taiwan’s Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale 2019 Announces 3x3x6 by Shu Lea Cheang
Shu Lea Cheang presents a site specific multimedia research project including images, installations, and computer programming that explores the ideas of confinement and liberation.