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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kelly Burke

Sydney Biennale 2024: Armageddon is met with joy and subversion in epic art feast

Anne Samat, Cannot Be Broken and Won’t Live Unspoken #2 at the Museum of Contemporary Art during the 2024 Biennale of Sydney
Anne Samat’s Cannot Be Broken and Won’t Live Unspoken #2 at the Museum of Contemporary Art during the 2024 Biennale of Sydney. Photograph: Hamish McIntosh

The trauma of colonisation and war, and an impending environmental apocalypse, are themes that permeate the 2024 Biennale of Sydney. But there are also glimpses of promise and joy to be found in the free art festival, which this year draws 96 artists and collectives from 50 different countries.

Titled Ten Thousand Suns, the 24th iteration of the major exhibition spreads across six Sydney venues, including two which are stars in their own right: the recently reopened Artspace in Woolloomooloo’s historic Gunnery; and the White Bay Power Station, a cavernous building that has lay largely dormant for more than 40 years.

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