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Venice Biennale

The big arts news this week, of course, has been the gigantic art event in Venice - the fabled Biennale.  

Standing Room Only's Lynn Freeman was there, partly to be bowled over by New Zealand's contribution - Lisa Reihana's in Pursuit of Venus (infected) - and partly to be knocked out by this giant clash of art and business.

 

Lisa Reihana. Biennale Arte 2017. Photo: Michael Hall. Image courtesy of New Zealand at Venice.

in Pursuit of Venus [infected], 2015-17, Lisa Reihana: Emissaries, Biennale Arte 2017. Photo: Michael Hall. Image courtesy of New Zealand at Venice.

in Pursuit of Venus [infected], 2015-17, Lisa Reihana: Emissaries, Biennale Arte 2017. Photo: Michael Hall. Image courtesy of New Zealand at Venice.

in Pursuit of Venus [infected], 2015-17, Lisa Reihana: Emissaries, Biennale Arte 2017. Photo: Michael Hall. Image courtesy of New Zealand at Venice.

Lisa Reihana and Governor-General, Her Excellency The Rt Dame Patsy Reddy, arrive for the official opening of the NZ pavilion on the Disdotona. Photo: Michael Hall. Image courtesy of New Zealand at Venice.

Touch (Body Remembers series) (detail) from Tracey Moffatt's My Horizon. Photo: Tracey Moffatt.

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