MEPs Say Russia Should Not Be Allowed to Join the Venice Biennale

MEPs say Russia should not be allowed to join the Venice Biennale

MEPs have urged European Commission leaders to prevent Russia from participating in the Venice Biennale. The move has been backed by Ukraine's foreign policy chief who says "Russia rejects all proposals to end the war and rejects the dialogue that the organizers of the exhibition claim."

MEPs urge Commission leaders to stop Russia from returning to the Venice Biennale

"Trust in the European Union will be undermined" if it does not prevent Russia's participation inthe 61st Venice Biennale, and the EU's top leadership should

Members of European Parliament call on EU to pull Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation

Dozens of MEPs signed a letter decrying Russia’s plan to return to the Biennale and urging the suspension of all EU funding

European Parliament Members Call on EU to Strip Funding from Venice Biennale Amid Russian Pavilion Controversy

As controversy mounts over Russia’s plans to mount its first Venice Biennale pavilion since the nation’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, 37 members of the European Parliament signed a letter that calls for the European Union to cease all funding to the Biennale. The EU has not publicly stated how much money it gives to the Biennale, which is not just the top art exhibition in Europe but the biggest show of its kind anywhere in the world. But acco…