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Back to Back receives 2024 Golden Lion Award for theatre

Venice Biennale has presented its Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre to the internationally acclaimed Australian company.

Archie Moore, ‘Fredrick Noel Clevens and Valerie Jean Moore’ in ‘kith and kin’, 2024. Found photograph, Australia Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024. Graphic design Žiga Testen and Stuart Geddes. Image: Courtesy of the Artist and The Commercial. © the artist Heavily edited old photographs with high contrasts of black, grey and white. On the left is a figure taken from the chest up, whose head is completely blacked out. On the right is a full body portrait of someone wearing a white dress, the head also completely blacked out, standing against a suburban landscape.
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Themes revealed for Archie Moore’s presentation at Venice Biennale

Moore will use his solo presentation at the Australia Pavilion to explore identity, ancestry, and revive First Nations languages.

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Beyond the pavilion – the other Australian artists at Venice

Venice Biennale curator announces full list of exhibiting artists, including Australian and New Zealand Indigenous artists.

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Architects contest colonial inheritance in global forum

In the next edition of Architettura Biennale in Venice, Australian creatives are looking to shake up colonial histories.

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What Archie Moore says about heading to Venice Biennale

The First Nations artist has been selected to represent Australia at the next Venice Biennale. This is what he said…

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Venice Biennale blockbusters to land in Sydney bigger and better

Two acclaimed works from the Venice Biennale will be reimagined for Sydney’s audience in 2023.

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Sculpture dominates Venice Biennale; it’s female and Black

Sculpture dominated the Venice Biennale. What does that mean for the medium moving forward for elevating contemporary conversations?

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Who will show at the Australia Pavilion in Venice 2024?

While past stats of the Australia Pavilion show certain trends, a relatively new open call format and global rethink might…

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Travelling? Savour your time, don't network, says gallerist

After a whirlwind trip to Basel and Venice, MARS Director Andy Dinan offers her advice on how to make the…

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Arts community responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Many in the arts community have stood up to show solidarity with the victims of war.

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