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No. 35: The Olympics of Art

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English - May 18, 2017 22:55 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 176 ratings
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The 57th Venice Biennale opened last week, and on this episode we share our highlights from this year’s “Olympics of art.”

How did Christine Macel’s central exhibition stack up against Okwui Enwezor’s in 2015? Was Anne Imhof’s exhibition for Germany—which earned the Golden Lion for the best national pavilion—all it’s cracked up to be? And beyond the Biennale, is Damien Hirst’s massive two-part Venice exhibition worth a visit?