ArtNews
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Elias Sime’s E-Waste Abstractions for Venice Are Tightly Linked With His Community Projects in Ethiopia
When Elias Sime was in art school, his teachers threw his work in the trash. It was the late 1980s, the final years of Ethiopian communism, and...
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Pro-Palestine Protest Staged Outside Israeli and American Pavilions at Venice Biennale
At least 100 protestors on Wednesday, the second day of previews for the 2024 Venice Biennale, gathered in front of the American and Israeli...
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Former Child Star Charmaine Poh Uses AI To Confront the Tension Between Visibility and Privacy
What are the stakes of being visible? Singapore-born and Berlin-based artist Charmaine Poh explores the possibilities and dangers in her...
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At the Venice Biennale, Ana Segovia Mocks Machismo
In February 2020, during Mexico City’s art week, Ana Segovia staged an intervention in La Faena, a cantina in the trendy Polanco neighborhood....
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Robert Zhao Renhui’s Seeing Forest, A Dance Between Man and Nature, Takes Root At The Venice Bienniale’s Singapore Pavilion
With one of the highest population densities of any country in the world, Singapore often draws up associations with bustling urbanism....
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Venice Diary Day 1: A First Look Inside the Biennale’s ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ Main Exhibition
Representation and opacity are the two primary tensions that artists have been grappling with in recent years. This year, the Whitney Biennial...
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Inside Jeffrey Gibson’s US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Where Color Brings History to Life
Jeffrey Gibson’s United States Pavilion opened at the Venice Biennale with a superabundance of color and signs of tradition that bring history...
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What is the Venice Biennale? Everything You Need to Know
The Venice Biennale is upon us, returning for its 60th edition. Thousands will pour into the Italian city for the opening of one of the art...
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When African Countries Debut at the Venice Biennale, the Biggest Challenge Can Be Coming Back
In 2022, shortly after France returned to Benin a group of bronzes that had looted in the 19th century, the country’s current political...
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Israel’s National Pavilion Won’t Open Until a Ceasefire Is Reached, Artist Says
Artist Ruth Patir, who was selected to represent Israel last September, said she will not open her exhibition for the country’s national...