Female artists dominate the Venice Biennale for first time The event puts a spotlight on artists who have been overlooked, while also investigating themes including gender norms. Al Jazeera · 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 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
Ukrainian artist makes cultural stand at Venice Biennale Artist Pavlo Makov’s role representing Ukraine at the Venice Biennale has become an act of defiance against the Russian invaders, whose attacks on his adopted hometown of Kharkiv have grown more intense in recent days The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022
‘We are fighting for our culture’: Ukrainian artists head to Venice Biennale Pavlo Makov was reluctant to leave Kharkiv but after sleeping in a bomb shelter for a week, he decided he had to represent Ukraine The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2022
Venice Biennale artist Sonia Boyce on her British Pavilion hailing black British female musicians The trailblazer is finally getting her due, and not before time Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2022
Venice Biennale kicks off with brightness and joy amid global tensions Sonia Boyce, representing Britain with Black and female artists, makes ‘a collective attempt against amnesia’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 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
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 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
France 24 · Mar 1, 2022 'It's morally impossible to leave my home': Artist Pavlo Makov stands firm in Kharkiv As the war in Ukraine continues, the arts and culture sector has ground to a halt. Artist Pavlo Makov was preparing his installation for this year’s Venice Biennale when the Russian invasion arrived at his doorstep in Kharkiv. Pavlo tells us more about the tense situation there, the post-Soviet years…
The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2022 ‘Bleak, marginal and unpopular’: Australia unveils divisive exhibition for Venice Biennale Marco Fusinato describes his experimental noise project as ‘discordant intensities’, with his curator hoping that people who hate it will ‘hate it right away’