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Movie director Majid Al-Remaihi is silhouetted in front of his movie 'And then they burn the sea' as he talks to the Associated Press at the exhibition 'Your ghosts are mine' during the 60th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition opens Saturday for its six-month run through Nov. 26. The main show titled 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere' is curated for the first time by a Latin American, Brazilian Adrian Pedrosa. Pedrosa is putting a focus on underrepresented artists from the global south, along with gay and Indigenous artists. Alongside the main exhibition, 88 national pavilions fan out from the traditional venue in Venice's Giardini, to the Arsenale and other locations scattered throughout the lagoon city.
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Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition. Titled “Foreigners Everywhere,” the exhibition opening Saturday was curated for the first time by a Latin American: Brazilian Adriano Pedrosa. Pedrosa’s main show, which accompanies 88 national pavilions for the six-long run, is strong on figurative painting. A bulk of the artists are from the Global South, long overlooked by the mainstream art world circuits. Many are dead. Frida Kahlo, for example, is making her first appearance at the Venice Biennale. Pedrosa said there are fewer living artists in the exhibition, but their presence is larger. The vast majority are making their Venice Biennale debut.