When Art & Geopolitics Collide

When Art & Geopolitics Collide The Venice Biennale has never been merely an art exhibition. It is a diplomatic instrument dressed up as a cultural event, a map of the world redrawn every two years between the pavilions of the Giardini and the Corderie of the Arsenale. This year, however, the sixty-first International Art Exhibition has made the matter explicit. The jury resigned. The European Commission threatened to revoke two million euros in funding. The Italian government dispatched inspe...