""Under no circumstances should Russia, a state subject to extensive European Union sanctions on trade, goods and services, be permitted to participate in an event financed by European taxpayers' money.""
""Every day that Russia's pavilion remains on the programme of the Venice Biennale is a day the European Union's credibility is weakened.""
""Every euro of EU funding that flows to an institution hosting that pavilion is a contradiction in terms. The Ukrainian people, who are fighting and dying for the values this union was built upon, deserve better than ambiguity.""
A letter signed by at least 34 members of the European Parliament calls for the suspension of EU funding to the Venice Biennale if Russia is allowed to participate. The letter emphasizes that Russia, under EU sanctions, should not benefit from European taxpayer money. It warns that Russia's presence would undermine the EU's credibility and betray Ukraine. The Russian pavilion is set to showcase a program featuring folk and world music, marking Russia's first participation since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Read at The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]