Chloe Veltman
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Thousands of artists issued a statement withdrawing from awards consideration at this year's Biennale.
The move comes in solidarity with the awards jury, who recently resigned en masse after issuing a statement that they would not award prizes to countries charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
That includes Israel and Russia.
At a protest earlier in the week against Russia's return to the Biennale for the first time since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, art collective Pussy Riot stormed the Russian pavilion in bright pink balaclava hats.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday to protest Israel's presence over the war in Gaza.
Some exhibitions shuttered for hours while artists and curators joined the march.
Dozens of artists issued a statement withdrawing from awards consideration at this year's Biennale.
The move comes in solidarity with the awards jury, who recently resigned en masse after issuing a statement that they would not award prizes to countries charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
That includes Israel and Russia.
At a protest earlier in the week against Russia's return to the Biennale for the first time since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, art collective Pussy Riot stormed the Russian pavilion in bright pink balaclava hats.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday to protest Israel's presence over the war in Gaza.
Some exhibitions shuttered for hours while artists and curators joined the march.
Dozens of artists issued a statement withdrawing from awards consideration at this year's Biennale.
The move comes in solidarity with the awards jury, who recently resigned en masse after issuing a statement that they would not award prizes to countries charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
That includes Israel and Russia.
At a protest earlier in the week against Russia's return to the Biennale for the first time since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, art collective Pussy Riot stormed the Russian pavilion in bright pink balaclava hats.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday to protest Israel's presence over the war in Gaza.
Some exhibitions shuttered for hours while artists and curators joined the march.