South Africa’s Venice pavilion left empty after Gabrielle Goliath’s ‘highly divisive’ tribute to Palestinian poet blocked
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Venice Biennale risks losing EU funding over planned Russia involvement ○
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European Commission says it will suspend €2m grant if organisers of arts festival go ahead with proposals
The European Commission has warned it will cut funding for the Venice Biennale if organisers g…
35 days ago
EU threatens to pull funding for famed Venice art festival over Russian return ○
The Venice Biennale reinstated Russia's pavilion after a four-year absence.
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‘A stage for whitewashing war crimes’: Venice Biennale urged to exclude Russia ⊖⊖
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Ukraine criticises organisers’ decision to allow Russia to take part in prestigious art exhibition as ‘incomprehensible’
Ukraine has urged organisers of the Venice Biennale to reconsider Russia’s pa…
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Russia returns to the Venice Biennale amid fierce criticism ○
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Even if Moscow was never formally banned from the Mecca of contemporary art after its large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and was simply absent, this return - which coincides with a certain 'reha…
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South African artist sues minister for blocking her Venice Biennale Gaza entry ⊖⊖
Gabrielle Goliath says Gayton McKenzie violating freedom of expression after ‘highly divisive’ artwork Elergy banned from SA pavilion
A South African artist is suing the arts minister after he blocked…
76 days ago
‘Do you want to say I’m dated?’ Artist Anne Imhof on her S&M Venice shocker – and the show that earned a mauling ⊖
She was the art world’s hottest ticket after her confrontational goths-and-dobermans show at the Venice Biennale. But did she get too cosy with the worlds of fashion and advertising?
‘I don’t know wha…
6 months ago
Simone Leigh’s ‘monumental’ Royal Academy show set for 2027 ○
Exhibition by African American artist to focus on architecture, art under fascism and her own links to the UK
The Royal Academy will in 2027 host the first major UK exhibition by Simone Leigh, four ye…
8 months ago
‘I was censored for a long time’: the woman who photographed Chile’s sex workers and dissidents ○
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From brothels to boxing rings, Paz Errázuriz’s tender images always challenged the Pinochet dictatorship. Now 81 years old – and ahead of a UK show – the spiky-haired artist recounts a career spent o…
9 months ago
‘If there’s a rule, he tries to break it’: the explosively colourful textiles of Sam Gilliam ○
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A new exhibition explores the late artist’s unexpected sojourn in Ireland, where practical constrictions and the wild scenery inspired a burst of fierce creativity
Sam Gilliam’s artistic life was book…