#venicebiennale

Beyond the Canvas

Oct 202 min read

Tesfaye Urgessa, Palazzo Bollani - Venice Biennale

‘M y aim was to create a group of figures engaged in unknown activities, intentionally leaving the situation ambiguous to the viewer. I...

Beyond the Canvas

Nov 20, 20221 min read

Simone Leigh's Sovereignty at the U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale

"I like the idea of thinking of femininity as something solid and enduring rather than always something fragile and weak." - Simone Leigh...

Beyond the Canvas

Jun 12, 20221 min read

Gates of Turan, Firouz FarmanFarmaian at the Venice Biennale

Sometimes the Venice Biennale takes you places you'd never dream of going to. A decision to escape the mad crowds of San Marco and take...

Beyond the Canvas

Jun 5, 20222 min read

Anselm Kiefer at Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Go early, go alone. This could be my motto for many things, but it becomes particularly fitting when I'm on my arty trips. And, for the...

Beyond the Canvas

May 29, 20222 min read

Where Once the Waters, David Cass - Venice Biennale

My experience at the Venice Biennale is that it is often the fortuitous detour, aka me getting lost like I inevitably do, that is going...

Beyond the Canvas

May 17, 20221 min read

Ukrainian artists: Zhanna Kadyrova at the Venice Biennale

“During the first two weeks of the war, I had the impression that art was only a dream, that I had only dreamed these twenty years of my...

Beyond the Canvas

Jul 27, 20202 min read

Dwelling: In This Space We Breathe, Khadija Saye (1992-2017)

‘The series was created from a personal need for spiritual grounding after experiencing trauma. The search for what gives meaning to our...

Beyond the Canvas

Apr 11, 20201 min read

Flashback no. 2: Jaume Plensa, 56th Venice Biennale (11 October 2015)

With permanent installations across the globe, Barcelona-born Jaume Plensa is the one of the doyens of large scale artistic projects in...