Artist refuses to open Israeli pavilion at Venice Biennale until ceasefire

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The exhibition in the Israeli Pavilion had been titled Motherland by artist Ruth Patir.

A woman takes a photo as an Italian soldier patrols the Israeli national pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art fair in Venice

Israel is among 88 national participants in the 60th Venice Biennale, which runs from April 20 to November 24. People in front of the closed Israeli national pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art fair in Venice “It’s a very courageous decision,” Mr Pedrosa told The Associated Press. “I think it’s a very wise decision as well” because it is “very difficult to present a work in this particular context”.

 

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