Sangiuliano: Israel has the right to express its art. No to exclusion from the Biennale

“It is unacceptable, as well as shameful, the diktat of those who think they are the repository of truth and with arrogance and hatred think they are threatening freedom of thought and creative expression in a democratic and free nation like Italy. Israel not only has the right to express its art but also has the duty to bear witness to its people precisely at a time like this when it has been coldly struck by merciless terrorists,” Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said about the letter that more than eight thousand people connected to the art world have written and signed to ask the Venice Biennale to exclude Israel from the 2024 edition. “To the State of Israel, its artists and all its citizens,” the minister concluded, “goes my deepest sympathy and solidarity. The Venice Art Biennale will always be a space of freedom, encounter and dialogue and not a space of censorship and intolerance. Culture is a bridge between people and nations, not a wall of division.”

Image: the Israel Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo by Michael Jacobson.

Sangiuliano: Israel has the right to express its art. No to exclusion from the Biennale

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