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Thursday, September 24 · 165 shows on view at 154 galleries

Closes Sunday

Who's a Good Boy?Contemporary Forces, Institutions

Like a composition shifting into a minor key, the exhibition alters the emotional register of authority – introducing tension, hesitation, and instability where dominance once felt fixed.

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Through Nov 22

Lorna SimpsonThird PersonPunta della Dogana, Institutions

Bringing together around fifty paintings, collages, sculptures, installations and film—including new works made for Venice—this expansive survey traces Simpson’s investigation of collective memory, stereotypes…

Through Nov 22

AuraAMA Venezia, Institutions

Drawn entirely from the AMA Collection, the exhibition unfolds through shifting tensions between material and immaterial, between what is seen and what is sensed.

Through Nov 22

Paulo NazarethPunta della Dogana, Institutions

For more than fifteen years, he has been methodically travelling across the Americas and the African continent, walking mostly barefoot to step on the same soil and pay respect to his enslaved ancestors who were deprived of…

Through Oct 11

Tide of ReturnsOcean Space, Institutions

Opens Saturday, March 28 TBA21–Academy presents Tide of Returns, an exhibition based on the artistic-research of the Repatriates Collective, formed by artists from Australia's Pacific North, South and West Africa, Europe…

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Through Nov 22

Genti KoriniA Place in the SunAlbanian Pavilion, Arsenale

Opens Saturday, May 9 The Albanian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale presents A Place in the Sun, a moving-image installation by Albanian artist Genti Korini, curated by Polish curator and art critic Małgorzata Ludwisiak.

Through Nov 22

Dries VerhoevenThe FortressDutch Pavilion, Giardini

Opens Saturday, May 9 For the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, artist Dries Verhoeven and curator Rieke Vos present a performance and architectural installation titled The Fortress.

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