txt: What recession? In Venice, party rolls on – www.boston.com
With the art world supposedly in crisis – prices dropping, profits of auction houses plummeting, museums engaged in drastic cost-cutting – a provocation like this might hit a nerve. But instead the video has passed largely unnoticed, and the art world has gone on doing what it does best: partying, partying, and more partying.
txt: Venice Biennale opens to public – BBC news
“The Venice Biennale is not here to be loved, it’s here to be discussed. And if people keep coming back to discuss it, that’s the best result that we can have” Mr Birnbaum says. [...]
Whatever else, the Biennale offers an unprecedented opportunity to see vast amounts of modern art in one of the world’s most historic cities.
video: Steve McQueen Talks About His Film “Giardini,” His Exhibition For The 2009 Venice Biennale 2009.
