🎭 Culture May 7, 2026 · Hyperallergic

A Venice Biennale in Protest

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A Venice Biennale in Protest
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Journalist Omar El Akkad’s viral aphorism, “one day, everyone will have always been against this,” hangs solemnly over the art-world Olympics. At this week’s Venice Biennale previews, so far, the protests are louder than the art — as is the silence of those who choose not to speak up.Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara reports from a roaring rally outside the Israeli pavilion, where South African artist Nolan Oswald Dennis tells him that protesting is &

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