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At the Venice Biennale, Art Begins to Leave Identity Politics Behind

The much-anticipated, Covid-delayed global showcase sees artists firmly moving away from figuration and toward a new end: the message.

Businessweek

Robin Abcarian: Don't kid yourself. The riots that shocked us 30 years ago could easily happen again

Thirty years ago, the Venice enclave of Oakwood was one of the few residential neighborhoods beset by widespread rioting after four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.

Los Angeles Times

TUI to offer train tickets instead of short-haul flights to discourage plane travel

Six routes to Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan and Florence will now be offered as rail journeys instead of plane travel for TUI customers in the Netherlands

Daily Mirror

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LA mayoral hopefuls agree addressing homelessness is crucial but disagree on how

LOS ANGELES — As encampments multiply from Echo Park to Venice, homelessness has been the top issue in the L.A. mayoral race. And although Angelenos express broad support for building more housing for the homeless, the contenders say that can be only part of the solution.

Tribune News Service

Homeless shelters work to end choice between street and pets

Traditional homeless shelters have long been off limits to pets, leaving animal owners who want to get off the streets with a difficult choice

The Independent UK

Italy is launching a digital nomad visa

Italy will soon roll out a new visa that allows remote workers to live in Italy even though their jobs are based abroad. Supporters hope it will attract high-earning workers and spark innovation.

WEKU

First eyewitness account of LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva lying in a cover-up revealed in filing

LOS ANGELES — A former top-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff's official filed a legal claim Thursday that offered the first eyewitness account of Sheriff Alex Villanueva allegedly lying about his involvement in a cover-up and also made allegations about retaliation and other improprieties in the Sheriff's Department.

Los Angeles Times

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US Army ‘Returns’ Cake to Italian Woman for 90th Birthday

With a round of "Happy Birthday" in Italian and English, the US Army toasted an Italian woman with a birthday cake Thursday to replace the one that US soldiers ate as they entered her hometown during one of the final battles of World War II. Meri Mion, who turns 90…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italian woman, 72, to walk Marco Polo’s path from Venice to Beijing

Vienna Cammarota will tread the Silk Road in 13,000-mile ‘walk for peace’

The Guardian - UK

The popular holiday hotspot where Irish passengers will soon be charged an entry fee

From June 2022, tourists looking to explore the city for the day will have to pay up to €10 to enter the canal city.

Irish Mirror

Cyborgs, sirens and a singing murderer: the thrilling, oligarch-free Venice Biennale – review

The Russian pavilion is closed and you can’t speak in the Italian one. Thank goodness for the opium-smoking cat and the human turning into a mobile phone. Our writer reports from the groundbreaking arts spectacular

The Guardian - UK

What to see at the Venice Biennale, from Sonia Boyce to the Sami Pavilion

The Venice Biennale is back and it’s as thrilling as ever, but what should you take the time to see?

Evening Standard

59th Venice Biennale review – the women’s biennale

In a seismic year, female artists take centre stage, while a timid institutional response leaves Ukraine to valiantly fend for itself

The Guardian - UK

British artist Sonia Boyce wins Golden Lion at Venice Biennale

Winning piece, Feeling Her Way, described as ‘perfect selection for this time in UK history’

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Antony Gormley: ‘I’m inviting people to explore the conditions of their own living’

His towering figures have made him the UK’s most famous sculptor. Now, in two new works, the artist is reckoning with the very essence of time and space

Asharq Al-Awsat

Female Artists Dominate the Venice Biennale for 1st Time

For the first time in the 127-year history of the Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair features a majority of female artists, under the curatorial direction of Cecilia Alemani. The result is a Biennale that puts the spotlight on artists who have been long overlooked…

The Independent UK

US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale

American sculptor Simone Leigh is the first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair

The Independent UK

Ukrainian artist makes cultural stand at Venice Biennale

Artist Pavlo Makov’s role representing Ukraine at the Venice Biennale has become an act of defiance against the Russian invaders, whose attacks on his adopted hometown of Kharkiv have grown more intense in recent days

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The Independent UK

One of Venice’s most iconic landmarks open to public for first time

The recognisable St Mark’s Square building can now be explored, including its rooftop

The Guardian - UK

‘We are fighting for our culture’: Ukrainian artists head to Venice Biennale

Pavlo Makov was reluctant to leave Kharkiv but after sleeping in a bomb shelter for a week, he decided he had to represent Ukraine

Evening Standard

Venice Biennale artist Sonia Boyce on her British Pavilion hailing black British female musicians

The trailblazer is finally getting her due, and not before time

The Guardian - UK

Venice Biennale kicks off with brightness and joy amid global tensions

Sonia Boyce, representing Britain with Black and female artists, makes ‘a collective attempt against amnesia’

The Guardian - UK

Venice pushes ahead with €10 entry fee plan as tourists flock back

Authorities hope charge for day-trippers will help control numbers after visitors hit pre-pandemic levels

The Guardian - UK

‘A glorious cacophony of Black female voices’ – Sonia Boyce’s soul train hits Venice

Reflecting her own childhood yearning for a sense of belonging, the British artist’s multiscreen spectacular – some of it filmed at Abbey Road – is like a music-mad teenager’s bedroom wall

Zenger

VIDEO: Keep Off The Grass: Early Morning Scare As Huge Alligator Prowls Florida Lawns

The unusual scene was filmed in the city of Venice in Sarasota County located in the US state of Florida on Easter Sunday.

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