Being included in the Venice Biennale is a very big deal. For emerging artists, it can be a career-defining moment. Even established ones can add another notch to their belt. And for the galleries that represent them, it may very well mean improved business prospects. While dealers generally deny that […]
Biennale
After a one year’s pandemic hiatus, the Venice Biennale is finally returning next month. For the prestigious event, sometimes dubbed the “art world Olympics,” countries whip up the best of their nations’ artistic talent to showcase in national pavilions around the picturesque Italian city. As much as galleries might like to […]
NFTs will officially have a presence at the Venice Biennale this yr. A crypto-art exhibition showcasing a selection of worldwide names will take up a portion of Cameroon’s debut nationwide pavilion. The pavilion encompasses two exhibits across two destinations: the Liceo Artistico Statale Michelangelo Guggenheim and Palazzo Ca’ Bernardo. The previous […]
The title of the U.S. pavilion at next year’s 59th Venice Biennale will be “Simone Leigh: Grittin“—and come fall, the artist will host a major convening, “Loophole of Retreat: Venice,” for the occasion. The new details about the eagerly-anticipated exhibition—Simone Leigh is the first Black woman artist to represent the […]