The Whitney Biennial Can't Go on Like This Forever
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" reflects a larger climate of retreat and exhaustion.
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"Even Better Than the Real Thing" reflects a larger climate of retreat and exhaustion.
Imperiled folk heritage, deforestation, and sustainability are among the topics explored among 177 artworks in the second Diriyah Biennale.
Beneath the vaulted ceilings of the gallery, a ruin emerges from the ground to meet a shroud suspended above. From wood, mesh, clay and ash-stained cloth, curator Myriam Ben Salah has invited Dala Nasser to build an effigy of the Temple of Adonis, which is located in Lebanon.
Her new exhibition at the Renaissance Society bears witness to infrastructural failure, colonial theft, and disregarded histories.
Multimedia artist Nasser reinterprets mythology to recreate a world of grief and rituals.