Art & Exhibitions Two Venice Biennale Pavilions Focus on Roma Experiences, Including the First One Ever Dedicated to a Romani Artist The Polish pavilion is filled with works by Małgorzta Mirga-Tas reflecting on the lives and experiences of Roma people. By Kate Brown, Apr 21, 2022
Art & Exhibitions What Went Wrong in 2011? At the Canada Pavilion, Stan Douglas Surveys the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and the Revolution That Wasn’t The two-part exhibition looks at four distinct events that spilled out into the streets. By Kate Brown, Apr 20, 2022
Art & Exhibitions A Last-Minute Addition to the Biennale Is Delivering Artworks Straight From Artists Trapped in Ukraine to Venice Artworks will be rotated monthly to reflect ongoing artistic production in wartime. By Kate Brown, Apr 19, 2022
Art & Exhibitions 3 Themes to Expect in Cecilia Alemani’s Venice Biennale Exhibition, From Ghostly Apparitions to Indigenous Perspectives We parsed the artist list for the main exhibition to tease out some themes visitors might expect. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Apr 18, 2022
Law & Politics How Meme Culture and a Landmark Legal Case Against an Artist in Germany May Loosen Europe’s Tight Copyright Regulations The court ruling in Berlin is an unusual win for appropriation artists. By Kate Brown, Apr 11, 2022
People ‘We Are Told That This Is a Trend’: How Sandra Mujinga Navigates the Mixed Emotions of Being a Black Artist on the Rise The rising star will be among the younger generation of artists in the Venice Biennale this month. By Kate Brown, Apr 11, 2022
Art & Exhibitions A Major Retrospective in Hamburg Shines New Light on Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Germany’s Premier Postwar Painter The first comprehensive survey in 30 years offers rare insight into the breadth of his career. By Kate Brown, Apr 4, 2022
Studio Visit Yuki Kihara Is Planting a Flag for Sāmoa’s Third Gender With a Film Premiering at New Zealand’s Venice Pavilion Each week leading up to the 59th Venice Biennale in April, Artnet News brings you into the studio of an artist as they prepare for acclaimed exhibitions in and around the Giardini. By Kate Brown, Mar 30, 2022
Art Fairs ‘Art Basel Paris Was Not Going to Work’: To Satisfy Its French Hosts, Art Basel’s New Fair Will Be Known as Paris+, by Art Basel Clément Delépine will head the fair, and Jennifer Flay, formerly head of FIAC, will head its advisory board in 2023. By Kate Brown, Mar 24, 2022
Politics Russia’s War on Ukraine Raises Alarm Bells in Other Former Soviet Nations—Here Is How Their Cultural Sectors Are Mobilizing The current invasion of Ukraine has reignited a “collective trauma” of Soviet occupation for those living in the shadow of Russia. By Kate Brown, Mar 22, 2022
Galleries Mendes Wood DM Gallery Is Banking on Pop-Up Shows in the World’s Most Beautiful Homes. So Far, It’s Working In the past two years, the gallery has held exhibitions in a 17th-century Dutch church and a famed architect's home in Connecticut. By Kate Brown, Mar 17, 2022
Sustainability ‘Everything We Have, We Lose’: Activist and Artist Jenny Kendler on Climate Grief, and What Artists Can Do for the Planet The Chicago-based artist is a founder of Artists Commit, an organization that helps galleries, artists, and institutions adopt sustainable practices. By Kate Brown, Mar 10, 2022
Museums & Institutions Are Two Museum Directors Better Than One? One of Germany’s Biggest Contemporary Art Complexes Is About to Find Out Till Fellrath and Sam Bardaouil, the new co-directors of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, have been working together since 2008. By Kate Brown, Mar 9, 2022
Studio Visit How Hungarian Artist Zsófia Keresztes Manages the Deadline Pressures of Venice, and Why Videos of Seals Calm Her Nerves Each week leading up to the Venice Biennale, we bring you into the studio of an artist preparing to show in and around the Giardini. By Kate Brown, Mar 8, 2022
Artnet News Pro The War in Ukraine Didn’t Dampen Sales at Art Genève, and Some Dealers Are Giving Proceeds to Relief Efforts Pace Geneva donated all of its proceeds from the fair to aid Ukraine. By Kate Brown, Mar 7, 2022