There Has Never Been an Apolitical Venice Biennale

There Has Never Been an Apolitical Venice Biennale

More than a century on, the Venice Biennale remains a stage for soft-power plays, where art and propaganda are inseparable ‘Germany, a conquering country is, I would say, almost aggressive in her paintings: one can see the desire, nay the firm willingness, to gain the upper hand. And her paintings are vigorous, if vulgar at times.’ This was the assessment of Italian critic Arturo Lancellotti on viewing the work by the group of Bavarian artists r…