The Most Important Art Exhibitions of the 2010s
A guide to the shows that changed art history over the course of this decade.
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Venice Biennale
Ulrike Müller on Humiliation, Repetition, and Painting with Enamel
Too often, people have pigeon-holed Ulrike Müller because of her political and social activism, particularly her engagement with lesbian and feminist issues, and this perception has limited the…
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‘The Glass Ceiling Has Been Shattered’: Yuki Kihara to Make Historic Presentation at 2021 Venice Biennale
She is the first artist of Pacific descent to represent New Zealand at the exhibition.
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The Venice Biennale Speaks to a World at a Tipping Point
The entire prospect of the current Venice Biennale, curated by Ralph Rugoff, was almost Sisyphean. The exhibition's cheeky title, "May You Live in Interesting Times," refers to a phrase reportedly…
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Christian Marclay Fans, Rejoice: Artist’s Major, Menacing Venice Biennale Video Will Land in New York
The video, '48 War Movies,' involves precisely that, screening on loop in a menacing haze of violence.
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Art vs. Non-Art in Venice: Let’s Play a Game
Two dealers challenge you to differentiate between artistic and non-artistic (though certainly remarkable) sights in the Floating City during the Biennale.
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Public Access
Over five decades, Anthony Hernandez has documented the breakdown of the social safety net, the brutal follies of contemporary urban planning, and the adulteration of the natural environment. His…
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Trans-China: Gender, Media, and Nation at the Venice Biennale
The Taiwan pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale not only far outpaces its national competitors (mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao), it also offers one of the liveliest viewing experiences in the…
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Songs in the Garden: Performance at the 58th Venice Biennale
The performances lent the affair an experimental energy, often pushing ideas around gender, nationality, representation, and language further than works in other mediums on view in the Central…
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Ashes to Ashes: James Lee Byars and Jannis Kounellis in Venice
All the best shows in Venice this year feature artists who are dead.
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Newswire
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