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Biennale Arte 2022 LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA “The Milk of Dreams was conceived and organised in a period of enormous
instability and uncertainty, since its development coincided with the outbreak
59TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
and spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. La Biennale di Venezia was forced to
postpone this edition by one year, an event that had only occurred during the
two World Wars since 1895. So the very fact that this exhibition can open is
somewhat extraordinary: its inauguration is not exactly the symbol of a return
to normal life, but rather the outcome of a collective effort that seems almost
miraculous. During these endless months in front of the screen, I have pondered
the question of what role the International Art Exhibition should play at this
historical juncture, and the simplest, most sincere answer I could find is that
the Biennale sums up all the things we have so sorely missed in the last two
years: the freedom to meet people from all over the world, the possibility of
Jessie Homer French, Oil Platform Fire, 2019.
Courtesy the Artist; Various Small Fires Los travel, the joy of spending time together, the practice of difference, translation,
Angeles_Seoul; Massimo de Carlo. © Jessie incomprehension, and communion.
Homer French

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