{"id":1913104,"date":"2026-05-01T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1913104"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:00:23","slug":"venice-biennale-jury-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1913104","title":{"rendered":"Venice Biennale Jury Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Venice Biennale Jury Resigns<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The exhibition\u2019s international jury quits, Banksy strikes again, and a conversation with artist-activist Tania Bruguera. <\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-01\">May 1, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>\u200b\u200bHappy May Day! Today in the news: drama in Venice. The jury for the 61st Venice Biennale, which awards the top prizes, resigns en masse. Why? They didn&#8217;t say, but the decision is likely related to their recent announcement that no awards will go to countries accused of committing crimes against humanity (i.e., Russia and Israel).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Banksy strikes again. This time, it&#8217;s a full-blown anti-imperialist statue in the heart of London. And here in New York, a new public artwork honors the city&#8217;s first Arabic-speaking community.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more, including Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia in conversation with Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera ahead of the restaging of her iconic free-speech performance, &#8220;Tatlin&#8217;s Whisper #6,&#8221; in Times Square later today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1982004379-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Tania Bruguera at Hamburger Bahnhof &#8211; Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (photo Christoph Soeder\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"tania-bruguera-on-why-today%E2%80%99s-art-must-be-political\">Tania Bruguera on Why Today\u2019s Art Must Be Political<\/h3>\n<p>Ahead of her performance \u201cTatlin\u2019s Whisper #6\u201d in Times Square, the artist and activist talks to <em>Hyperallergic<\/em> about free speech in times of rising authoritarianism. | Valentina Di Liscia<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/CongressVotingIndependence1856x1350.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x711\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Five Independent Souls: The Signers from New Jersey<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Morven Museum &amp; Garden in Princeton examines the lives of the Declaration\u2019s signers, and those they enslaved, through over 100 historic artifacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273130252-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Banksy\u2019s new statue in Waterloo Place, London (photo Martin Pope\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Banksy is back. See the artist&#8217;s new anti-imperialist monument in central London.<\/li>\n<li>The Venice Biennale jury announces its collective resignation a week after its statement of intent to omit Russia and Israel from consideration.<\/li>\n<li>New York City unveils its very first commemorative public artwork in recognition of Manhattan\u2019s first Arabic-speaking enclave, \u201cLittle Syria.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>German artist Georg Baselitz, known for his emotionally charged paintings and distorted views about women artists, dies at 88.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-fairs\">Art Fairs<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/BishwajitGoswami_SpecialProject-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Preview visitors at Conductor Art Fair join Bangladeshi artist and curator Bishwajit Goswami on his work, \u201cBhaitak\u201d (2025) (photo courtesy Powerhouse Arts)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"an-art-fair-for-the-%E2%80%9Cglobal-majority%E2%80%9D-debuts-in-brooklyn\">An Art Fair for the \u201cGlobal Majority\u201d Debuts in Brooklyn<\/h3>\n<p>Conductor Art fair at Powerhouse Arts seeks to represent the underrepresented, with some notable overlap with next week\u2019s Venice Biennale. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/RS30297_20250415_BACON_Q2A2522.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x718\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>VCUarts\u2019 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The two-part exhibition features the work of 28 MFA candidates across several disciplines in Fine Art and Design. Now on view in Richmond, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/El-Anatsui-Xohanami-Kontext-2025-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>El Anatsui\u2019s 2025 \u201cXOHANAMI\u201d \u2014 \u201creceive our song\u201d (\u00a9 Studio El Anatsui)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>A day in the life of Peter Hujar, Mahmoud Khalil a year after detention, the madman theory of Trump, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bart-movements-curators-named-for-el-museo%E2%80%99s-latine-art-survey\">\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bArt Movements: Curators Named for El Museo\u2019s Latine Art Survey<\/h3>\n<p>Biennale shake-ups, a new leadership model for Manifesta, and Marina Abramovi\u0107, wine whisperer?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler on Lisa Siraganian\u2019s \u201cCan an Artwork Have Personhood?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thank you for raising this important question. It got me contemplating the question, how does one prove that they are human? Furthermore, I wonder how personhood is further complicated by slavery and its unresolved lingering effects. Lastly, I wonder if environmental activists would have more success advocating for the planet if they made it a corporation? Would SCOTUS then grant Earth personhood?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/1ero-de-mayo-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Luis Manuel Otero Alc\u00e1ntara,\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">For a Prosperous and Sustainable Socialism<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0(2013)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-cuban-artists-who-turned-havana%E2%80%99s-may-day-parade-into-a-protest\">The Cuban Artists Who Turned Havana\u2019s May Day Parade Into a Protest<\/h3>\n<p>Luis Manuel Otero Alc\u00e1ntara and Raychel Carri\u00f3n used state-orchestrated political theater as a backdrop for their critiques of institutional power and mindless consent. | Coco Fusco<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Venice Biennale Jury Resigns<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The exhibition\u2019s international jury quits, Banksy strikes again, and a conversation with artist-activist Tania Bruguera. <\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-01\">May 1, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>\u200b\u200bHappy May Day! Today in the news: drama in Venice. The jury for the 61st Venice Biennale, which awards the top prizes, resigns en masse. Why? They didn&#8217;t say, but the decision is likely related to their recent announcement that no awards will go to countries accused of committing crimes against humanity (i.e., Russia and Israel).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Banksy strikes again. This time, it&#8217;s a full-blown anti-imperialist statue in the heart of London. And here in New York, a new public artwork honors the city&#8217;s first Arabic-speaking community.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more, including Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia in conversation with Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera ahead of the restaging of her iconic free-speech performance, &#8220;Tatlin&#8217;s Whisper #6,&#8221; in Times Square later today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1982004379-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Tania Bruguera at Hamburger Bahnhof &#8211; Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (photo Christoph Soeder\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"tania-bruguera-on-why-today%E2%80%99s-art-must-be-political\">Tania Bruguera on Why Today\u2019s Art Must Be Political<\/h3>\n<p>Ahead of her performance \u201cTatlin\u2019s Whisper #6\u201d in Times Square, the artist and activist talks to <em>Hyperallergic<\/em> about free speech in times of rising authoritarianism. | Valentina Di Liscia<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/CongressVotingIndependence1856x1350.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x711\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Five Independent Souls: The Signers from New Jersey<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Morven Museum &amp; Garden in Princeton examines the lives of the Declaration\u2019s signers, and those they enslaved, through over 100 historic artifacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273130252-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Banksy\u2019s new statue in Waterloo Place, London (photo Martin Pope\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Banksy is back. See the artist&#8217;s new anti-imperialist monument in central London.<\/li>\n<li>The Venice Biennale jury announces its collective resignation a week after its statement of intent to omit Russia and Israel from consideration.<\/li>\n<li>New York City unveils its very first commemorative public artwork in recognition of Manhattan\u2019s first Arabic-speaking enclave, \u201cLittle Syria.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>German artist Georg Baselitz, known for his emotionally charged paintings and distorted views about women artists, dies at 88.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-fairs\">Art Fairs<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/BishwajitGoswami_SpecialProject-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Preview visitors at Conductor Art Fair join Bangladeshi artist and curator Bishwajit Goswami on his work, \u201cBhaitak\u201d (2025) (photo courtesy Powerhouse Arts)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"an-art-fair-for-the-%E2%80%9Cglobal-majority%E2%80%9D-debuts-in-brooklyn\">An Art Fair for the \u201cGlobal Majority\u201d Debuts in Brooklyn<\/h3>\n<p>Conductor Art fair at Powerhouse Arts seeks to represent the underrepresented, with some notable overlap with next week\u2019s Venice Biennale. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/RS30297_20250415_BACON_Q2A2522.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x718\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>VCUarts\u2019 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The two-part exhibition features the work of 28 MFA candidates across several disciplines in Fine Art and Design. Now on view in Richmond, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/El-Anatsui-Xohanami-Kontext-2025-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>El Anatsui\u2019s 2025 \u201cXOHANAMI\u201d \u2014 \u201creceive our song\u201d (\u00a9 Studio El Anatsui)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>A day in the life of Peter Hujar, Mahmoud Khalil a year after detention, the madman theory of Trump, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bart-movements-curators-named-for-el-museo%E2%80%99s-latine-art-survey\">\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bArt Movements: Curators Named for El Museo\u2019s Latine Art Survey<\/h3>\n<p>Biennale shake-ups, a new leadership model for Manifesta, and Marina Abramovi\u0107, wine whisperer?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler on Lisa Siraganian\u2019s \u201cCan an Artwork Have Personhood?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thank you for raising this important question. It got me contemplating the question, how does one prove that they are human? Furthermore, I wonder how personhood is further complicated by slavery and its unresolved lingering effects. Lastly, I wonder if environmental activists would have more success advocating for the planet if they made it a corporation? Would SCOTUS then grant Earth personhood?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/1ero-de-mayo-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Luis Manuel Otero Alc\u00e1ntara,\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">For a Prosperous and Sustainable Socialism<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0(2013)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-cuban-artists-who-turned-havana%E2%80%99s-may-day-parade-into-a-protest\">The Cuban Artists Who Turned Havana\u2019s May Day Parade Into a Protest<\/h3>\n<p>Luis Manuel Otero Alc\u00e1ntara and Raychel Carri\u00f3n used state-orchestrated political theater as a backdrop for their critiques of institutional power and mindless consent. | Coco Fusco<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>\u200b\u200bHappy May Day! Today in the news: drama in Venice. The jury for the 61st Venice Biennale, which awards the top prizes, resigns en masse. Why? They didn&#8217;t say, but the decision is likely related to their recent announcement that no awards will go to countries accused of committing crimes against humanity (i.e., Russia and Israel).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Banksy strikes again. This time, it&#8217;s a full-blown anti-imperialist statue in the heart of London. And here in New York, a new public artwork honors the city&#8217;s first Arabic-speaking community.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more, including Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia in conversation with Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera ahead of the restaging of her iconic free-speech performance, &#8220;Tatlin&#8217;s Whisper #6,&#8221; in Times Square later today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1982004379-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Tania Bruguera at Hamburger Bahnhof &#8211; Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (photo Christoph Soeder\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"tania-bruguera-on-why-today%E2%80%99s-art-must-be-political\">Tania Bruguera on Why Today\u2019s Art Must Be Political<\/h3>\n<p>Ahead of her performance \u201cTatlin\u2019s Whisper #6\u201d in Times Square, the artist and activist talks to <em>Hyperallergic<\/em> about free speech in times of rising authoritarianism. | Valentina Di Liscia<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/CongressVotingIndependence1856x1350.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x711\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Five Independent Souls: The Signers from New Jersey<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Morven Museum &amp; Garden in Princeton examines the lives of the Declaration\u2019s signers, and those they enslaved, through over 100 historic artifacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273130252-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Banksy\u2019s new statue in Waterloo Place, London (photo Martin Pope\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Banksy is back. See the artist&#8217;s new anti-imperialist monument in central London.<\/li>\n<li>The Venice Biennale jury announces its collective resignation a week after its statement of intent to omit Russia and Israel from consideration.<\/li>\n<li>New York City unveils its very first commemorative public artwork in recognition of Manhattan\u2019s first Arabic-speaking enclave, \u201cLittle Syria.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>German artist Georg Baselitz, known for his emotionally charged paintings and distorted views about women artists, dies at 88.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-fairs\">Art Fairs<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/BishwajitGoswami_SpecialProject-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Preview visitors at Conductor Art Fair join Bangladeshi artist and curator Bishwajit Goswami on his work, \u201cBhaitak\u201d (2025) (photo courtesy Powerhouse Arts)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"an-art-fair-for-the-%E2%80%9Cglobal-majority%E2%80%9D-debuts-in-brooklyn\">An Art Fair for the \u201cGlobal Majority\u201d Debuts in Brooklyn<\/h3>\n<p>Conductor Art fair at Powerhouse Arts seeks to represent the underrepresented, with some notable overlap with next week\u2019s Venice Biennale. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/RS30297_20250415_BACON_Q2A2522.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x718\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>VCUarts\u2019 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The two-part exhibition features the work of 28 MFA candidates across several disciplines in Fine Art and Design. Now on view in Richmond, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/El-Anatsui-Xohanami-Kontext-2025-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>El Anatsui\u2019s 2025 \u201cXOHANAMI\u201d \u2014 \u201creceive our song\u201d (\u00a9 Studio El Anatsui)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>A day in the life of Peter Hujar, Mahmoud Khalil a year after detention, the madman theory of Trump, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bart-movements-curators-named-for-el-museo%E2%80%99s-latine-art-survey\">\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bArt Movements: Curators Named for El Museo\u2019s Latine Art Survey<\/h3>\n<p>Biennale shake-ups, a new leadership model for Manifesta, and Marina Abramovi\u0107, wine whisperer?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler on Lisa Siraganian\u2019s \u201cCan an Artwork Have Personhood?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thank you for raising this important question. It got me contemplating the question, how does one prove that they are human? Furthermore, I wonder how personhood is further complicated by slavery and its unresolved lingering effects. Lastly, I wonder if environmental activists would have more success advocating for the planet if they made it a corporation? Would SCOTUS then grant Earth personhood?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/1ero-de-mayo-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Luis Manuel Otero Alc\u00e1ntara,\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">For a Prosperous and Sustainable Socialism<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0(2013)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-cuban-artists-who-turned-havana%E2%80%99s-may-day-parade-into-a-protest\">The Cuban Artists Who Turned Havana\u2019s May Day Parade Into a Protest<\/h3>\n<p>Luis Manuel Otero Alc\u00e1ntara and Raychel Carri\u00f3n used state-orchestrated political theater as a backdrop for their critiques of institutional power and mindless consent. | Coco Fusco<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/JemmaByun_SelfPortrait.jpg\" alt=\"SMFA at Tufts Presents Passages, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">SMFA at Tufts Presents Passages, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">On view from May 5 to 17 in Medford, Massachusetts, this exhibition represents the graduating class and their journeys through worlds visited and imaged. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">SMFA at Tufts<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/CongressVotingIndependence1856x1350.jpg\" alt=\"Five Independent Souls: The Signers from New Jersey\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Five Independent Souls: The Signers from New Jersey<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">This exhibition at Morven Museum &amp; Garden in Princeton examines the lives of the Declaration\u2019s signers, and those they enslaved, through over 100 historic artifacts.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Morven Museum &amp; Garden<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/Stong_BigRamp_2024---The-Johann-Joachim-Winckelmann-Sculpture-Park--27-panel-monotype-polyptych-with-etching-ink--flashe--and-watercolor-on-paper--9ft9in-x-21ft10in-1.jpg\" alt=\"NADA New York 2026 Welcomes 121 International Galleries\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">NADA New York 2026 Welcomes 121 International Galleries<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The 12th edition of the New Art Dealers Alliance\u2019s signature fair presents an expanded selection of contemporary art from around the world. On view May 13\u201317.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/Appel.jpg\" alt=\"Reclaiming the Self-Taught Artist\u2019s Creative Identity\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Reclaiming the Self-Taught Artist\u2019s Creative Identity<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">\u201cSelf-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists\u201d at the American Folk Art Museum offers rare first-time views, and always-free access, to over 90 works shifting art historical narratives.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The American Folk Art Museum<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/the-venice-biennale-jury-resigns\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Venice Biennale Jury Resigns The exhibition\u2019s international jury quits, Banksy strikes again, and a conversation with artist-activist Tania Bruguera. 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