Glicéria Tupinambá Makes History as First Indigenous Artist to Lead Brazil's Pavilion at Venice Biennale

Every edition of the Venice Biennale is memorable in its own way, but the 2024 iteration will surely be remembered many years from now for various reasons. On one end, organizers of the fair have been criticized for rejecting an exhibition by Palestinian artists amidst the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel -- while on the opposite side, indigenous artists will make a triumphant mark by leading two major pavilions -- Jeffrey Gibson, a Choctaw-Cherokee artist, who will lead the US Pavilion and ...