Woman Life Freedom Europe and WomanLife Freedom Italy ask to exclude the Islamic Republic of Iran from the 2024 Venice Biennale. The two organizations ask to give a strong and clear signal to the international community by canceling Iran's participation;
the appeal was signed by many figures of art and culture.
The request, following the first of 18 October 2023, was sent, in fact, on today 28 February to the President of the Venice Biennale Roberto Cicutto, to the General Director of the Biennale Andrea Del Mercato, to the Board of Directors of the Biennale - Luigi Brugnaro, Luca Zaia, Claudia Ferrazzi -, as well as the President of the Council Giorgia Meloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, the Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano, the President of the Culture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies Federico Mollicone, the Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro.
The two organizations ask to give a strong and clear signal to the international community by canceling IRAN's participation: the appeal was signed by many figures in art and culture, such as the Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, the director Marjane Satrapi, the lawyer Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003), the directors Marco Bellocchio and Nanni Moretti, the artists Joseph Kosuth and Alberto Biasi, the musicians Paolo Fresu, Davide Toffolo, Franco Piersanti, the directors Francesca Archibugi, Daniele Luchetti, Giulio Manfredonia, Marco Simon Puccioni, Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani, Paolo Virzì, the screenwriters Francesca Marciano, SandroPetraglia, Stefano Rulli, the writers Gabriella Caramore, Mariolina Venezia, Marcello Fois, Diego De Silva, the curators Luca Massimo Barbero and Chiara Bertola.
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