DUBAI: A performance artwork blocked from representing South Africa at the upcoming Venice Biennale over its allegedly “highly divisive” tribute to a Palestinian poet will now be shown at the global exhibition after all, The Guardian reported. South African artist Gabrielle Goliath’s project, “Elegy,” will be presented as a video installation for three months from May 4 at the Chiesa di Sant’Antonin in Venice’s Castello district, a venue near the Biennale’s main site but not officially part of the exhibition.

South Africa’s Venice pavilion left empty after Gabrielle Goliath’s ‘highly divisive’ tribute to Palestinian poet blocked

DUBAI: A performance artwork blocked from representing South Africa at the upcoming Venice Biennale over its allegedly “highly divisive” tribute to a Palestinian poet will now be…