The 60th Venice Biennale kicks off this week, celebrating more than 100 artists from around the world taking part in the prestigious exhibition known as the Venice Biennale “strangers everywhere“——There are foreigners everywhere. Biennale Artistic Director Adriano Pedrosa hosted a welcome celebration at La Caravella, with intergenerational participants including artists Samia Halaby, Lauren Hall Lauren Halsey, Lydia Ourahmane and Kim Yun Shin; and distinguished patrons Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida.
Pedrosa’s old friend and CalArts alumnus Mark Bradford made a surprise appearance at the end of the dinner and gave a speech involving him and Pedrosa‘Shared history and the extraordinary experience of participating in the Biennale (Bradford represented the United States in 2017).Artist praises Pedrosa‘s “The power of generosity and quiet to change things“; Pedrosa recommends it to first-time visitors to the exhibition. “wEar-comfortable sneakers“.
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