Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · May 8 1 / 4
HAPPENING NOW: Thousands march on Via Garibaldi to the Arsenale as part of a massive protest timed with today’s historic Venice Biennale strike. The 24-hour labor pause for Palestine and workers’ rights is the first cultural strike in the biennale’s 131-year history.
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At least 27 of the exhibition’s 100 national pavilions were partially or fully shut down earlier today while some artists draped or altered their works in the main exhibition “In Minor Key.” As the march reached the Arsenale, the complex was completely barricaded by Italian riot police.