This year’s Venice Biennale not only provided an opportunity to explore the theme of Foreigners Everywhere but also fostered an ecosystem of collateral happenings that enriched the cultural dialogue, some extended beyond the Biennale’s themes while others completely diverted from it.
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The 60th Venice Biennale Foreigners Everywhere
Diverting from the fantastical Milk of Dreams two years prior, the 60th anniversary of the Venice Biennale, entitled Foreigners Everywhere, presented its audience with a headline that is provocatively rooted in both reality and conceptual play.
Frank Auerbach ‘The Charcoal Heads’ at the Courtauld
Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads, recently unveiled at The Courtauld Gallery, brings together a hauntingly beautiful series of portrait drawings and paintings created by the acclaimed artist during the 1950s and early 1960s in post-war London.
The Second Sharjah Triennial of Architecture: A Beacon of Innovation and Adaptability
The second Sharjah Triennial of Architecture emerges as a pioneering platform in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, showcasing groundbreaking perspectives on urbanism and architecture.
Marina Abramović at the Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts’ long-standing male solo shows have witnessed a rupture at the arrival of the Serbian conceptual pioneer Marina Abramović (b. 1946, Yugoslavia). In collaboration with curator Andrea Tarsia, the artist is the Academy’s first female artist to have a retrospective in the main galleries in its 225-year history. Marina Abramović, ‘The Spirit...
‘Guest Relations’ at Jameel Arts Centre
The landmark Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai welcomes a new group exhibition, Guest Relations, this winter. The exhibition runs until 28 April 2024. Curators Murtaza Vali and Lucas Morin join forces for a show that investigates the nature of commercial hospitality through art, architecture, and urban planning. Taking the hotel as its subject, this exhibition...
Emilio Prini at MACRO in Rome
Emilio Prini: …E Prini is a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Emilio Prini (1943 – 2016, Italy), taking place at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO) from October 27, 2023, to March 31, 2024...
Paul Jenkins ‘Absolute Painting’ at CIAC Foligno
Abstract expressionist Paul Jenkins (1923 - 2012, USA) is the protagonist of an important retrospective, ‘Absolute Painting’, held at the Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea (CIAC) in Foligno, his first museum exhibition in Italy...
Fondazione Prada ‘Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries’ in Milan
‘Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries’, curated by Nicholas Cullinan, will be on display at the Fondazione Prada in Milan from 26 October 2023 to 26 February 2024...









