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Feb 12, 2006
American Art Is Adrift for Biennale in Venice
posted at 16:46 GMT by T.Whid in /news/twhid
American Art Is Adrift for Biennale in Venice
American representation at the prestigious arts festival is in turmoil as the State Department looks to find someone to run and help pay for the exhibit. [NYT: Arts]
American representation at the prestigious arts festival is in turmoil as the State Department looks to find someone to run and help pay for the exhibit. [NYT: Arts]
Desperate to find a quick solution, late last month officials from the State Department approached the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, which owns the pavilion, about organizing the American exhibition at the 2005 BiennaleHmmm, not all bad, maybe M.River will get a free trip to Venice… permanent link to this post
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The State Department’s decision to ask a museum to organize the pavilion rather than let a committee decide is viewed by many in the art world as undemocratic and scandalous.
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“If the Guggenheim does it,” [Robert Gober] said, “it will become an arm of the museum.”
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