Biennale
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“The Milk of Dreams,” the main show of the 2022 Venice Biennale, borrows its title from the children’s book by Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), suggesting a mode of thinking that normalizes the otherworldly. It’s a timely exhibition, out to promote images of new worlds as communities worldwide explore strategies for resilience and economic revival. […]
When you get to St. Mark’s Square in Venice, take a right towards the Adriatic Sea. Then follow the water south, over ancient bridges, and past the city’s lively terraces. Soon enough, you’ll run right into the Giardini Biennale, the grounds which have hosted the Venice Biennale since 1895. The event is a massive international […]
Already by last Tuesday morning, the consensus around those who’d made it to Venice early for the three-day vernissage, which technically commenced on April 20th, was that there was a clear National Pavilion standout. By the time most of us finally arrived in the resplendent lagoon city, after near 24-hour journeys from the coasts of […]
The jurors of the 59th Venice Biennale awarded their highest honor to U.K. artist Sonia Boyce on Saturday morning. Boyce accepted the Golden Lion for best national pavilion for her arresting exhibition “Feeling Her Way,” which fuses video, collage, music, and sculpture. The installation celebrates the collaborative dynamism of five Black female musicians (Poppy Ajudha, Jacqui […]
Placeholder while article actions load VENICE — The Venice Biennale — art’s forever fraught answer to the Olympics — provides a precious opportunity to take the culture’s temperature and speculate on where things are headed. It’s where the art world announces new talent, revives becalmed careers and, just as often, submerges dreams of stardom in […]
Several years ago, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art invited artist Simone Leigh to create works for what would be her first survey exhibition. As Leigh began to work, it was clear that her art was suitable for something even more monumental. On April 23, Leigh’s exhibition, “Sovereignty,” opens to the public, representing the United States […]
The use of kudzu creates a compelling dialogue around survival and the relationship between humans and the natural world. While the term “invasive species” is frequently framed around intrusion, Okoyomon’s rich conceptual framework unveils that invasive species are often forcibly displaced and subsequently trying to survive in a hostile climate. The smallest detail of To […]
VENICE – Simone Leigh’s sculptures are making a monumental impression at the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition. The first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the international show, the American sculptor installed a monumental 24-foot sculpture outside the Palladian-style brick building, which she topped with a thatched raffia roof on wooden columns. Leigh […]
The world’s most prestigious art exhibition, the Venice Biennale, opens to the public later this week after being delayed a year because of the pandemic. Now it must navigate the geopolitics of bringing together countries rattled by war. The Venice Biennale is the Olympics of the art world. Dozens of nations send their most promising […]