Tag: Biennale
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Israeli Artist Shuts Venice Biennale Exhibit, Calls for Cease-Fire in Gaza
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Since February thousands of pro-Palestinian activists have tried in vain to get the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious international art exhibitions, to ban Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza. But on Tuesday, when the Biennale’s international pavilions open for a media preview, the doors to the Israel pavilion will…
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Jeffrey Gibson is first Indigenous artist with U.S. solo show at Venice Biennale : NPR
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Artist Jeffrey Gibson will represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale in 2024, the first Indigenous artist to have a solo exhibition in the U.S Pavilion at the international art event. Brian Barlow hide caption toggle caption Brian Barlow Artist Jeffrey Gibson will represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale in 2024, the first Indigenous…
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What will life after globalisation look like? The Venice Biennale may hold the answer | Lorenzo Marsili
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This year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, titled Laboratory for the Future, was inaugurated on the same day that the leaders of the G7 industrialised nations met in Hiroshima. As different as these events appeared, both signalled the end of globalisation. Both also displayed the promise and perils of a fragmenting world. Of all the arts, architecture…
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Venice Architectural Biennale gives overdue voice to long-silenced Africa
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko is giving a platform to voices that have long been silenced at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens Saturday, the first ever curated by an African, featuring a preponderance of work by Africans and the African diaspora. The 18th architectural Biennale, titled “The Laboratory of the…
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Day three from Venice Architecture Biennale
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The Dezeen team have been reporting from the 18th international architecture biennale in Venice, curated by Lesley Lokko. Read on for all the coverage from the third and final day (Friday 19 May) 5:30pm Ahead of the official presentation ceremony tomorrow morning, Dezeen digital editor Rupert Bickersteth spoke to Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement-winner Demas Nwoko.…
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OMA creates scenography for Islamic Arts Biennale within Jeddah airport
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Architecture studio OMA has designed the backdrop for the inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale, which is being hosted in the Western Hajj Terminal at Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia. OMA designed the overall identity for the Islamic Arts Biennale, which is being curated by South African architect Sumayya Vally and opened to the public earlier this week. The biennale is being…
