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    China's traditional and contemporary art charms audience at 60th Venice Biennale

    People visit China's national pavilion in the 60th Venice Biennale in

    • Xinhua

    Roundup: China's traditional and contemporary art charms audience at 60th Venice Biennale

    "China's national pavilion is the highlight of this year's Biennale,"

  • Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail

    Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmatesOriginally a convent dating to the 13th century, and once a reformatory for prostitutes, the Giudecca women’s prison, set on an island in the Venetian lagoon, will this summer perform a quite different role: as the official pavilion for the Vatican at this year’s Venice Biennale.Pope Francis is due to attend on 28 April – the first pontifical visit to the Biennale since it was founded in 1895....

  • Venice Biennale 2024 review – everything everywhere all at once

    From an alligator ride across Asia to an escape to outer space, the Venice Biennale’s ‘foreigners everywhere’ theme leaves our critic beguiled, tantalised – and frequently appalledVenice. Terrible. Foreigners everywhere, and it is even worse during the biennale, where the exhibition opened to the public on Saturday. Marked by unrest and protests, the 60th Venice Biennale leaves us uncertain of art’s ability to draw us together in a world in crisis. It is filled with the clamour of conflicting...

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    UAE Pavilion at Venice Biennale opens its doors to visitors

    The National Pavilion UAE at the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition opened its doors today to visitors to explore the artistic worlds of Abdullah Al Saadi in an enchanting exhibition that unfolds like a story containing many chapters entitled “Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia," under the patronage of the artistic curator Tarek Abou El Fetouh. The Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition witnesses wide international participation, including 87 national...

  • ‘No death in Venice’: Israel-Gaza tensions infiltrate biennale

    Protests erupt outside Israel pavilion, official Israeli artist pulls out, and Ukraine team puts up posters showing maps of nearest bomb shelterBillionaires’ yachts and protests; cocktail parties and culture wars; bellinis and boycotts. The Venice Biennale’s opening preview days are always a place of odd clashes and juxtapositions, as artists, curators, critics and wealthy collectors descend on the city to take in often politically radical art.But this year’s edition vibrates with particular...

  • Armenian national pavilion officially opens at Venice Biennale

    The Armenian pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale was officially opened to public on April 18. Attending the official opening ceremony were Daniel Danielyan, Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Educaton, Science, Culture and Sports, Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy Tsovinar Hambardzumyan, Armenia’s Honorary Consul in Venice Sargis Sarukhanyan, sponsors of the pavilion, Vigen Badalyan, Executive Director …

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    What to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights

    Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people.

    • KSBW

    What to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights

    Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people.

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    The panel consists of seven men and five women who represent a

  • German league suspend sales of Bundesliga broadcasting rights

    The German Football League (DFL) has suspended the sales process for Bundesliga broadcasting rights from the 2025-26 season after a complaint from broadcasters DAZN. The streaming platform sent a letter to DFL managing directors Marc Lenz and Steffen Merkel as well as the clubs on Wednesday and raised serious accusations. The clubs were informed by the DFL about the suspension, while a spokesperson said: "The DFL rejects the allegations in the clearest possible terms." The DFL started this week