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Female Artists Dominate the Venice Biennale for 1st Time

For the first time in the 127-year history of the Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair features a majority of female artists, under the curatorial direction of Cecilia Alemani. The result is a Biennale that puts the spotlight on artists who have been long overlooked…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 23, 2022

Female artists dominate the Venice Biennale for 1st time

For the first time in the 127-year history of the Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair features a majority of female and gender non-conforming artists, under the curatorial direction of Cecilia Alemani

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale

American sculptor Simone Leigh is the first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Art lovers to get sneak preview of island ‘rebirth’ at Venice Biennale

After falling into disuse six decades ago, San Giacomo in Paludo will host a performance artist’s show this week

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022

Artist Sonia Boyce: ‘Paintings are not born on walls’

The first black female artist to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale reflects on a career challenging the racial and sexual bias behind what art hangs in galleries – and around in our memories

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022

Venice, in small bites

The upcoming Venice Biennale is the best time to explore the local eateries’ pandemic return to old-style foods such as polpetti and castraure

The Hindu · Apr 15, 2022

‘Our traditions have been criminalised’ – the Arctic artists bringing protest to the Venice Biennale

They’re threatened by loggers, miners, global heating and culling laws – but the Sámi are fighting back with art. Our writer meets them in the frozen tundra as they prepare for the art world’s biggest global gathering

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

Is it right to cancel Russian artists?

From the Bolshoi to the Venice Biennale, Putin’s war has created a dilemma for the art world

Financial Times · Mar 12, 2022

Franco-Algerian artist Zineb Sedira to represent France at 59th Venice Biennale

She's called herself a "caretaker of memory". Zineb Sedira is as much an artist as she is a researcher, historian and filmmaker. The Franco-Algerian artist is representing France at the 59th Venice Biennale of contemporary art in April. She joins us in the studio to talk about the influence of…

France 24 · Mar 4, 2022

Ukrainian artists embraced as Russia sees cultural blacklist

The Venice Biennale art exhibition says it is working to make sure the artist representing Ukraine can come to Italy and show his work

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022