A boat wrapped in chains, and a pop-up embassy: the artist intervening at Venice Biennale

An imprisoned replica of Australia’s pavilion will sail past the world’s largest art fair, in a work Indigenous artist Richard Bell hopes will incite conversation – and activism

Art has ever been both a story and critique of exactly who is afforded access to its pleasures.

It’s a story that will be told in spectacular fashion – and on water – this week at the opening of the Venice Biennale, the world’s largest art festival.

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