https://cowlpane.com/tags/culture-/-art/ Recent content in Culture / Art on Cowlpane Hugo en-us Fri, 08 May 2026 18:01:13 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/lifestyle/its-the-most-controversial-venice-biennale-in-years-can-the-art-stand-up-to-the-/ Fri, 08 May 2026 18:01:13 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/lifestyle/its-the-most-controversial-venice-biennale-in-years-can-the-art-stand-up-to-the-/ <p><em>Originally published by <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/the-most-controversial-venice-biennale-in-years">Vanity Fair</a></em></p> <hr> <p>I was standing with Alma Allen in the middle of the US Pavilion atthe Venice Biennale. It was Tuesday, the first day of the VIP preview, and while it wasn’t packed, as it’s a tough invite to get—everyone present had been vetted by the exhibition’s governing body. Allen was wearing some fashionable sandals that he got in town during the weeks he was installing his show. The artist Oscar Murillo came in as Getty presidential scholar Sandra Jackson-Dumont walked out. Allen didn’t speak with them.</p>