The art world is not an island isolated from the rest of the world.
How would it even be possible to ignore the news and its bloody accounts in an age of continuous news and the avalanche of atrocious images?
As anticipated since October 7, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is now at the heart of this global scene that the Venice Biennale, a world art event which is being held this year from April 20 to November 24, must represent. on the Lagoon.
The inaugural week which precedes the opening to the public should therefore be in full swing.
Two years ago, the controversy centered on the war in Ukraine and the Russian pavilion which, for lack of its brave resigning commissioner, ultimately remained closed avoiding any direct confrontation with the public.
This outpouring of compassion for the victims of the war in Europe has since left the forefront of concerns.
And if Le Hangar in Brussels recounts
the “escalation”
of the war in Ukraine…
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