Gabrielle Goliath to Independently Exhibit Artwork in Venice, After Cancellation by Minister

Gabrielle Goliath to independently exhibit artwork in Venice, after cancellation by minister

Gabrielle Goliath will independently exhibit her performance artwork in Venice, after Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie’s cancellation of her Biennale submission.

South African artist Gabrielle Goliath on showing her cancelled Venice Biennale project outside the main event

The artist meanwhile has heavily criticised her country’s decision to leave its official pavilion empty

Gabrielle Goliath to Show Work Banned from Venice Biennale Outside Main Exhibition

Gabrielle Goliath, who was to have to have represented South Africa at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale before a government official abruptly canceled her exhibition, will instead show her work outside the event. The latest version of Goliath’s Elegy project will be on view at the Chiesa di Sant’Antonin in Venice’s Castello district, near the Biennale’s main exhibition, from May 5 to […]

South Africa’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Sits Empty as Gabrielle Goliath’s Banned Work on Gaza Appears Nearby

South Africa’s contribution to this year’s Venice Biennale will be both absent and impossible to ignore. Months after the government abruptly canceled a planned pavilion by artist Gabrielle Goliath, the work at the center of the dispute is now set to appear in Venice anyway, just not inside the Biennale proper. Instead, according to The Guardian, Goliath’s Elegy will be installed nearby at the Chiesa di Sant’Antonin, where it will run for thre…

Scrapped South Africa Pavilion Exhibition to Be Restaged in Venice

Gabrielle Goliath’s 'Elegy,' canceled by South Africa's culture minister, will be presented at a new venue during the Venice Biennale.