US EditionJFJFPVenice Biennale jury will refuse to consider Israel and Russia for awards – JFJFP
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The jury of the world's most important art fair, the Venice Biennale, which opens in a week, has resigned after causing widespread outrage by announcing a week ago that they would not award prizes to artists from countries whose leaders are accused of crimes against humanity. This could potentially have affected Israeli and Russian artists exhibiting at the biennale, but the scandal clearly erupted because of the Israelis. The all-female jury, l…
The Venice Biennale jury had just announced that it would not award any Lions to countries whose political leaders are under indictment by the International Criminal Court. Now the entire jury has resigned.
JFJFPVenice Biennale jury will refuse to consider Israel and Russia for awards – JFJFP
Belu-Simion Fainaru’s ‘Rose of Nothingness’ representing Israel at the Venice Biennale 2026 Naama Riba reports in Haaretz on 26 April 2026: The jury of the 61st Venice Biennale announced that they would “refrain” from considering artists from countries “whose leaders are currently charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.” The Biennale is scheduled to open to the general public on May 9 and will run for six months…
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