Art Review #182

In the April & May issue, ArtReview takes a look at boundaries and limitations in the context of the Venice Biennale, opening in May amid multiple international conflicts, and asks, what, really, one can expect from such high-profile exhibitions. Japanese-American performance artist Ei Arakawa-Nash, representing Japan, puts babies front and centre. Tuguldur Yondonjamts, one of four artists representing Mongolia, incorporates the viewpoints of snakes, mosquitoes, crocodiles and falcons into performances and drawings. Amanda Heng, for Singapore, brings quieter works that engage with the position of women in society. Also in Venice, filmmaker Amar Kanwar speaks with ArtReview about his two installations on shown at Palazzo Grassi. Plus features on Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince, whose work is on view at Fondazione Prada, and Beverly Buchanan, an artist receiving attention in Biennale curator Koyo Kouoh’s posthumously presented In Minor Keys. Meanwhile, artist and war correspondent Zehra Doğan writes from Rojava about how artists are responding to and surviving in a war zone. And critics from around the world review the latest exhibitions and books.