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Jake Aikman
Echo II, 2008. Oil on Canvas .

Two fringe exhibitions for 53rd Venice Biennale

Kay Hassan, Jake Aikman, Wayne Barker and Johann Louw at Venice Biennale

Kay Hassan, Johann Louw and Wayne Barker have been invited to participate in an exhibition entitled ‘I Linguaggi del Mondo: Languages of the World’ curated by Vincenzo Sanfo, to coincide with the 53rd Venice Biennale. The exhibition will be hosted at the prestigious Palazzo Querini Stampalia in Venice, one of the city’s oldest museums located on Campo Santa Maria Formosa in close proximity to the Gallerie dell’Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Also to be hosted during the 53rd Venice Biennale is the exhibition ‘L’Anima dell’ Acqua – Contemporary Art’. South African Jake Aikman has been selected to participate in this group exhibition which will be on show at the Ca' d'Oro (Palazzo Santa Sofia), a landmark 14th century Gothic palace on the Grand Canal.

06 June - 22 November

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Jo Ractliffe
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at The Walther Collection Project Space

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