The preparations for the Venice Biennale 2026 by the United States are in jeopardy, with no grant applications or artist selections in sight, prompting concerns about missing the exhibition for the first time since WWII. Journalist Nate Freeman notes that the usual timeline for preparation has been disrupted, with no portal for grant applications open, causing alarm among curators and the art community. The situation is compounded by a lack of stable leadership in the cultural agencies, raising questions about the ideological direction of American art representation under current political circumstances.
In the United States, Venice Art Biennale 2026 preparations began with an absence - no grant posting, no artist selection, and no official word.
Journalist Nate Freeman follows the bureaucratic lapses and ideological shifts that brought the art world to the brink of believing the US might sit this one out.
Many in the museum world feared that the United States' Biennale submission was already impossible to mount as the grant application portal had not launched.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs remains without a permanent assistant secretary, raising concerns about ideological criteria shaping the selection process.
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