Ben Eastham on the 60th Venice Biennale - Criticism - e-flux

Ben Eastham finds that the 60th Venice Biennale's central exhibition, "Foreigners Everywhere," curated by Adriano Pedrosa, explains too much and leaves little room for the productive misunderstanding its title promises. He credits Pedrosa for the pluralism of his selection and for introducing many lesser-known artists, and he singles out works that escape categorization, such as Greta Schödl's inscribed stones and Gabrielle Goliath's Personal Accounts (2024). Eastham states that the exhibition's wall texts, which list each artist's birthplace and residence, keep works tied to identity and attribution.