Venice Biennale Test: Is the U.S. Cultural Standing at Risk?
TL;DR
Critic Murray Whyte argues the United States faces a high-stakes test at the Venice Biennale this year, with Alma Allen as the official entry and a late, controversial State Department–led commission; amid an open letter calling to exclude the U.S. and a resigning jury, the event is framed as a potential humiliation on the world stage rather than a triumph for American culture.
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- Is the US about to be humiliated on the world’s most prestigious cultural stage? The Boston Globe
- At the Venice Biennale, an American Artist Plops His Sculptures on a World Stage The New York Times
- Alma Allen Offers a Quiet Vision in Venice—Even as Questions Swirl Around the U.S. Pavilion Artnet News
- It’s the Most Controversial Venice Biennale in Years. Can the Art Stand Up to the Noise? Vanity Fair
- A Whole Lot of Nothing at the US Pavilion Hyperallergic
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