Foreigners Everywhere: Adriano Pedrosa and Yana Peel
Season Four of CHANEL Connects, the flagship arts and culture podcast, concludes with Adriano Pedrosa, curator of the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale and the Artistic Director of the São Paulo Museum of Art. In conversation with Yana Peel, Global Head of Arts & Culture at CHANEL, Pedrosa disc...
Venice Biennale special
We are back in Venice for the latest edition of the biggest biennial in the world of art. The 60th Venice Biennale comprises an international exhibition featuring more than 300 artists, dozens of national pavilions in the Giardini—the gardens at the eastern end of the city—and the Arsenale—the hi...
A guide to Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere
The Venice Biennale returned this year under the evocative theme Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere. Although it opened in April, there is still plenty of time to visit as it is on until the end of November.
Don’t miss your chance to experience the powerful and thought-provoking works at ...
Immersive Experiences at Venice Biennale 2024: An Artist’s Perspective
A must-listen if you are planning a visit to Venice Biennale in 2024!
In this special bonus episode, host Anastasia Parmson takes us through the 60th Venice Art Biennale. Recorded live on location, we get:
• A detailed, candid overview of each day's experiences in Biennale’s Giardini, Arsenale an...
Brett Graham at the 60th Venice Biennale
Contemporary HUM speaks to Brett Graham (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) about Wastelands (2024), his work in Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Graham joins three other artists and one collective from Aotearoa, who make up the ...
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Muer ass déi offiziell Erëffnung vun "A Comparative Dialogue Act", dem Lëtzebuerger Pavillon op der 60. Konschtbiennale zu Venedeg, déi de politesch chargéierten Titel "Stranieri Ovunque", also "Strangers Everywhere" dréit. E Message vun Toleranz an donkelen Zäiten, deen och am multidisziplinären...
Can art and design change the world?
When it comes to development, creative and cultural practitioners are too often overlooked and underestimated as agents of change. According to UNESCO, the creative and cultural sector is one of the most powerful engines of global development. It accounts for nearly 50 million jobs worldwide, re...
Melted into the Sun, Saodat Ismailova (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Fondazione In Between Art Film, Venice Biennale 2024)
Filmmaker Saodat Ismailova traces stories of spirituality, dissent, and environmental extraction around the Aral Sea from post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Central Asia, via Melted into the Sun (2024).
Uzbekistan is at the crossroads of diverse material histories and migratory legacies. Part of ‘Centra...
Decolonised Structures (Queen Victoria), Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (2022-2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Serpentine, Venice Biennale 2024)
Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and Hans Ulrich Obrist and Tamsin Hong of the Serpentine Galleries, coat London’s historic statues and public monuments with fresh layers of history.
For over 30 years, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA has used Western European art history to explore contemporary culture and ...
Dreams Have No Titles, Zineb Sedira (2022-Now) (EMPIRE LINES x Whitechapel Gallery, Goodman Gallery, Venice Biennale)
Artist Zineb Sedira records cultural and postcolonial connections between Algeria, France, Italy, and the UK from the 1960s, featuring films, rugs, and radical magazines from her personal archive.
Dreams Have No Titles (2022) is Zineb Sedira’s love letter to cinema, the classic films of her chil...