"Visitors at the Venice Biennale preview encountered a historic sight on Friday: Palestinian flags draped over artworks and more than two dozen shuttered national pavilions. As part of a 24-hour strike organized by the Art Not Genocide Alliance and local activist groups, thousands marched down one of Venice's main streets as Italian police beat back protesters. Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara reports from the thick of the action at the first cultural strike in the Biennale's 131-year history."
"Another sight to behold in Venice last week: A nesting seagull planted herself near the shuttered Polish pavilion with the "aura of an accidental artwork," reports Avedis Hadjian. Also today, Matt Stromberg gets messy with zines, vintage photos, and lavish monographs at the LA Art Book Fair, and Dan Schindel takes us inside the life of the "maintenance-artist" Mierle Laderman Ukeles in a review of her new documentary."
"Dozens of national pavilions were partially or fully shut down in a strike for Palestine and for workers' rights. | Hakim Bishara"
"A new documentary traces Mierle Laderman Ukeles's decades-long practice of spotlighting marginal, unpaid, and feminine labor. | Dan Schindel"
A 24-hour strike organized by the Art Not Genocide Alliance and local activist groups led to shuttered national pavilions at the Venice Biennale preview. Palestinian flags were draped over artworks as thousands marched down a main street while Italian police pushed back protesters. The strike marked the first cultural strike in the Biennale’s 131-year history. In Venice, a nesting seagull appeared near the shuttered Polish pavilion, described as having the aura of an accidental artwork. Elsewhere, the LA Art Book Fair featured zines, vintage photos, and lavish monographs. A documentary review focused on Mierle Laderman Ukeles’s long practice of highlighting marginal, unpaid, and feminine labor.
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