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 BANGKOK ART BIENNALE IN VENICE

The Spirits of Maritime Crossing 
Palazzo Smith Mangilli Valmarana, 30100 Venice
20 April - 24 November 2024

The Spirits of Maritime Crossing brings together 15 artists from the Global South from countries such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar and Singapore. The exhibition is presented by the Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation and provides a preview exhibition to international audiences ahead of the city’s own biennale which takes place from 24 October 2024 – 25 February 2025. 

The Spirits of Maritime Crossing explores themes of diaspora, displacement, and colonialism through the lens of ocean and sea travel. The exhibition also draws parallels between the geographies and histories of Venice and Bangkok with the latter being known as the ‘Venice of the East’ due to the city still maintaining a network of canals (khlongs) where people live, work and travel on a daily basis. Spanning performance, painting, film and sculpture, the exhibition features works by Marina Abramovic, Khvay Samnang, Jakkai Siributr, Moe Satt and Priyageetha Dia as well as other artists from South East Asia.

OCEAN SPACE 

Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania

Campo S. Lorenzo, 5069, 30122 Venice

23 March - 13 October 2024

Ocean Space brings together new commissions by indigenous pacific artist Latai Taumoepeau and architect Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta to explore how indigenous communities in the Pacific Islands are on the frontline of major environmental concerns. Curated by Taloi Havini, recent winner of the 2024 Artes Mundi Prize, the exhibition spans performance, sculpture, poetry and movement.  The new choral work and participatory installation by Latai Taumoepeau grounded in Tongan philosophies is focused on giving voice to Pacific Islanders in the resistance to deep sea mining; and a new multi-sensory installation, The Body of Wainuiātea, by Wāhine architect Elisapeta Heta which provides a space embodying ritual and ceremony guided by the Māori concept of tikanga from her ancestral lands of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

GOODMAN GALLERY ARTISTS IN VENICE 

The gallery is widely known for its near-60 year commitment to platforming artists from the Global South. Owner Liza Essers can provide commentary and a briefing on the reappraisal of 20th century artists from Africa as well as themes that crossover in Adriano Pedro's curated exhibition at this year's Biennale di Venezia including othering, displacement, immigration, diaspora and decolonisation. A significant number of the gallery's artists are included across the Biennale's programme this year:

• Kapwani Kiwanga (Canadian Pavilion) traces the pervasive impact of power asymmetries by placing historic narratives in dialogue with contemporary realities, the archive, and tomorrow’s possibilities
• Yinka Shonibare CBE RA’s (Nigerian Pavilion) interdisciplinary practice uses citations of Western art history and literature to question the validity of contemporary cultural and national identities within the context of globalisation. 
• Gabrielle Goliath (main exhibition)  attends (and tends) to histories and present-day conditions of differentially valued life, reaffirming ways in which black, brown, femme and queer practices of possibility perform the world differently. 
• Kiluanji Kia Henda (main exhibition) employs a surprising sense of humour in his work, which often hones in on themes of identity, politics, and perceptions of post-colonialism and modernism in Africa. 
• Kudzanai Chiurai (main exhibition) incorporates various media into his work, which is largely focused on cycles of political and economic inequality, and conflict resolution in post-colonial societies. 

KURIMANZUTTO ARTISTS IN VENICE 

kurimanzutto’s artists are included in both the main exhibition,  Stranieri Ovunque, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, and pavilions across the Biennale this year.  The artists: Ana Segovia, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane and Wangshui, engage with themes of otherness, marginalisation, and particularly queerness: 

• Ana Segovia (main exhibition) transgressive paintings question idealised gender roles, taking familiar images from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and the Western genre and subverting them.
• Bárbara Sánchez-Kane (main exhibition) resists traditional notions of mexicanidad - the notion of being Mexican - and its relationship with the feminine and the masculine, through fashion, sculpture, and performance.
• Wangshui (main exhibition) explores liminality as a form of resistance through video, painting, sculpture and installation. 
• Wilfredo Prieto (Cuban Pavilion) sculpturally explores historical, philosophical and geographical perspectives. The pavilion is commissioned by Daneisy García Roque, and curated by Nelson Ramirez de Arellano Conde.

STEPHEN FRIEDMAN GALLERY ARTISTS IN VENICE 

Three artists represented by the gallery will feature across La Biennale di Venezia programming, please see below. Stephen Friedman is also available for commentary on wider themes: 

• Jeffrey Gibson (United States Pavilion) is celebrated for an artistic practice that combines American, Indigenous, and Queer histories with influences from music and pop culture, Gibson creates a dynamic visual language that reflects the inherent diversity and hybridity of American culture. 
• Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (Nigerian Pavilion) creates work that explores issues of race and class through the media of sculpture, painting, photography, film, tapestries and public works.
• Leilah Babirye (main exhibition) transforms everyday materials into objects that address issues surrounding identity, sexuality and human rights.