Russia Returns to Prestigious Biennale. We Never Left, Says Critics

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The Venice Biennale is an opportunity to see contemporary art from dozens of countries in one place. Russia has been absent from the event since the start of full-scale aggression against Ukraine in 2022. But it is set to return this year. The organizers defend the openness of the event, but they are facing criticism from other participants, including the Czech Republic, and the European Commission is threatening to withdraw funds. Many see the …

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For the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has once again been officially represented with a pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Far away, however, cultural institutions with links to state corporations and oligarchs have never been there The small town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region is about 3,000 kilometres from Venice. In 2019 the Ukrainian artist Schanna Kadyrova erected a statue there, replacing an older monument from Soviet t…