An urgent call from artists and curators of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
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Artists and curators of the 61st Venice Biennale have issued an urgent call demanding the revocation of the Israeli pavilion's participation.Summary
A group of 73 artists and curators participating in the 61st Venice Biennale has issued an urgent call to the Biennale management, demanding the revocation of the Israeli pavilion's participation due to ongoing war crimes and genocide in Gaza. The signatories argue that allowing official representation from regimes committing such atrocities contradicts the Biennale's claim of neutrality, citing historical precedents where the exhibition excluded national pavilions from South Africa and Russia. The group asserts that in alignment with curator Koyo Kouoh’s vision of safeguarding the dignity of all living beings, the Biennale must take an ethical stand against the normalization of violence.
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