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\n\tIsrael has responded to a statement released by the Venice Biennale jury, in which its five curators said last week that they would not consider any pavilions by countries who are charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n
\n\tCalling that move a \u201cboycott,\u201d Israel\u2019s foreign ministry denounced the jury in a statement on X this morning that accused the group of aiding in \u201ca contamination of the art world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe political jury has transformed the Biennale from an open artistic space of free, boundless ideas into a spectacle of false, anti-Israeli political indoctrination,\u201d Israel\u2019s foreign ministry said in its statement.<\/p>\n
\n\tBelu-Simion Fainaru, the artist representing Israel, also denounced the jury in a statement issued last week.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe Jury statement creates a hostile and degrading environment. And puts Unequal condition imposed solely on the Israeli participant,\u201d Fainaru wrote.\u00a0\u201cIn this way the jury \u00a0exceeded its mandate.\u00a0I must mention that other states with serious violations are not excluded. This statement is the violation of essential equality condition based on legally unstable and arbitrary basis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tPreviously, the jury labeled its decision not to consider nations charged by the ICC a \u201cdefense of human rights.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tRussian President Vladimir Putin, much like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing an arrest warrant from the ICC, and so Russia will not be considered by the jury, either. Putin and Netanyahu were condemned for their nations\u2019 invasions of Ukraine and Gaza, respectively.<\/p>\n
\n\tDespite controversy over both pavilions, the Biennale\u2019s organizers have claimed the exhibition cannot kick either nation out of the exhibition. According to the Biennale, that\u2019s because the show may host any country recognized as a state within Italy.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe jury was selected by the Biennale following the death of Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the main exhibition. The Biennale has sought to distance itself from the jury, saying last week, \u201cWith regard to the statement issued today by the Jurors, this is a position that the members have chosen to anticipate and make public. It represents a natural expression of the freedom and autonomy which La Biennale guarantees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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