The 58th Venice Biennale focuses on artists who challenge existing habits of thought and open up our readings of objects and images. Featuring more than 70 artists and curated by Ralf Rugoff, the biennale runs from 11 May until 24 November 2019. Here's our first impressions of the international exhibition at Giardini.
Anthea Hamilton, Mama Moth Sofa A, 2019. Photo: C&
Michael Armitage, Untitled, 2017-2019. Photo: C& Michael Armitage, Untitled, 2017-2019. Photo: C& Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2018. Photo: C& Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2018. Photo: C& Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2018. Photo: C& Henry Taylor, Hammons meets a hyena on holiday, 2016. Photo: C& Henry Taylor, I became..., 2016. Photo: C& Kemang Wa Lehulere, Flaming Doors, 2018. Photo:C& Julie Mehretu, Sing, Unburied, Sing (J.W.), 2018. Photo: C& Julie Mehretu, Under the Lowest (N.S.), 2018. Photo: C& Khalil Joseph, BLKNWS, 2018 -ongoing. Photo: C& Khalil Joseph, BLKNWS, 2018 -ongoing. Photo: C& Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Photo: C& Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Photo: C& Otobong Nkanga. Photo:C& Otobong Nkanga. Photo: C& Otobong Nkanga. Photo: C& Otobong Nkanga. Photo: C& Stan Douglas, Doppelgänger, 2019. Photo: C& Tavares Strachan. Photo: C& Tavares Strachan. Photo: C& Zanele Muholi. Photo: C& Zanele Muholi. Photo: C& Zanele Muholi. Photo: C&
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![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-320x200.png)
![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-480x300.png)
