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2026-05-04 11:52 UTC
So this is what is going on with the Venice Biennale of Art, if you have not been following:
- Russia, who had been uninvited in 2022 and 2024, was invited back this year
- the Italian Minister for Culture & his appointees have given mixed messages on whether it was okay or not
- the EU Commission is threatening to revoke a €2 million fund to the Biennale
- also, Israel is taking part after being absent in 2024, per the artists' choice
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@miramarco@blob.coffee 2026-05-04 11:56
- the prize jury said that they were not going to give a prize to any country that is carrying out crimes against humanity, and they got some flak for that - so the whole prize jury decided to step down - and now the Biennale is replacing those prizes with some sort of people's awards, voted by the attendants (basically they're unwittingly pulling a Eurovision) - the Biennale starts this Saturday, probably with the Russian pavilion closed for some time