Autocracies Like to Present Themselves at the Biennale with Softness and Spirituality, and with Stories Full of National Pride.

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This Venice Biennale is regarded as a grim edition dominated by protests. Nevertheless, there are plenty of optimistic national exhibitions featuring meditative and spiritual art. It is often autocratic regimes that present themselves in this way, conveying a national narrative through art.