Armed soldiers guard the Israeli pavilion, stamping out their cigarettes in the pale Venetian dust. The doors are locked. The artist probably had no choice but to close her installation, given the unending atrocities. A notice in the window states that the pavilion will only open “when a ceasefire and hostage release agreement is reached” –though Ruth Patir’s film on fertility is still hazily visible within. As one curator quipped, henceforth all art will be blackmail. View image in fullscreen Italian soldiers stand guard outside the Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images The joke is on...
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