Venice Biennale | Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Lani Maestro on CoBo

21-06-2017

Interview, Philippines, Published, Visit

Even though I have been quite critical of this Venice Biennale as a whole, I still love many of the artists who have exhibited both in the show and in the national pavilions. Lani Maestro, representing Philippines together with Manuel Ocampo, is definitely a favourite. I have been mesmerized by her capacity to unleash the evocative power of language through her neon installations. Cobo has published my interview with her, with the title: “Language Subverting Violence: Lani Maestro at Venice Biennale 2017”.

Here’s the link to the interview

Published! Southeast Asian Pavilions at the 2017 Venice Biennale

By: Naima Morelli

01-06-2017

English, Essay, Indonesia, Italy, Published, Review, Singapore, Visit

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Here is my piece for CoBo on the Southeast Asian Pavilions at the Venice Biennale. This piece wasn’t easy to write and I have been quite critical – something I don’t usually like to be. But this Biennale really called for criticism, the way I see it.

Here’s the link to the piece

Published! Something Else Off Biennale Cairo on Middle East Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

19-10-2015

English, Essay, Italy, Middle East, Published

When we turn our thoughts to contemporary art from Egypt, the first images that come to mind are political graffiti and militant posters. Our idea of Egyptian art is attached strongly to concepts such as uprising, revolution and the Arab Spring. In this piece for the webmagazine Middle East Monitor I look at how the upcoming Something Else Off Biennale Cairo is changing those labels and refreshing the Cairo art scene.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Interview with Reko Rennie on Global Comment

By: Naima Morelli

19-06-2015

Australia, English, Interview, Italy, Published, Research

My interview with Australian artist Reko Rennie has just been published on the webmagazine Global Comment with the title “Aboriginal Royalty at the Venice Biennale: Interview with artist Reko Rennie”. This interview is part part of my research about artists in Melbourne.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Interview with Sam Leach on Raven

By: Naima Morelli

09-06-2015

Australia, English, Interview, Italy, Published

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The Australian webmagazine RAVEN has just published my interview with Melbourne artist Sam Leach. I met Sam at Palazzo Bembo, in Venice, and we talked about the artist’s work in Personal Structures, a collateral exhibition to the Venice Biennale.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Interview with Penny Byrne on Raven

By: Naima Morelli

27-05-2015

Australia, English, Interview, Italy, Published

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The Australian webmagazine RAVEN has just published my interview with Melbourne artist Penny Byrne. I met Penny at Palazzo Franchetti, in Venice, and we talked about the artist’s work in Glasstress, an official Biennale satellite exhibition.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Australia’s biggest year at Venice

By: Naima Morelli

18-05-2015

Australia, English, Italy, News, Published, Visit

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Uk/Aussie webmagazine ArtsHub has just published my article “Australia’s biggest year at Venice” about the Australian presence at the Venice Biennale 2015 – which is unprecedented in terms of numbers and critical success. It was great to see these talented artists exhibit in the one of the world’s most prestigious events and have a chat with them over coffee… or ice cream.

Here’s the link to the article

Photostory: Venice Biennale 2015

By: Naima Morelli

15-05-2015

Australia, Indonesia, Italiano, Italy, Japan, Photostory, Singapore, UK, Visit

I’m back home after five days in Venice for the 56th Biennale di Venezia, reporting the event for ArtsHub and realizing interviews for Art a Part of Cult(ure). I had a great time, meet with extraordinary people and lost myself in the maze of narrow streets. Venice is so beautiful it cannot be. Between the pavilions, the “All the World’s Futures” show and the collateral exhibitions, the Biennale was overwhelming. So much great work around you couldn’t believe! I didn’t nearly get to see everything I wanted to see. Just like everyone, at the end of this tour de force I had my feet completely broken and I laid sick in bed for a couple of days. But even then, the spirit was high and I now I feel incredibly energized, happy and ready to take on the world! While you’ll see my articles about the Biennale coming out in the next few days (my personal selection for ArtsHub, the Indonesian pavilion on the Manifesto and the Australians in Venice are already out) here’s the visual counterpoint.

Published! The best of the Venice Biennale 2015 on ArtsHub

By: Naima Morelli

12-05-2015

Australia, English, Indonesia, Italy, News, Published, UK, Visit

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Uk/Aussie webmagazine ArtsHub has just published my highlights from the 56th Venice Biennale. With so much good work around and so many interesting shows it has been difficult to narrow down my selection to ten… but here we go!

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Heri Dono at Venice Biennale on Il Manifesto

By: Naima Morelli

01-05-2015

English, Indonesia, Interview, Italiano, Italy, Published, Reportage

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My article on Voyage Trokomod, Heri Dono’s work for the Venice Biennale, has just been published on Alias – the special edition of the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto – with the title “Between horse and Komodo dragon – the bestiary between east and west”. It is a great honour for me to contribute to Il Manifesto, which had such an important history! If you live in Italy I recommend you to grab a copy of Alias in the newsstands; this edition is all about the Biennale. I’ll be off to Venice next week and look forward to meet Heri and the curators from the Indonesian Pavilion in Venice.

Here’s the link to the online version of the article

For a thorough introduction to Indonesian contemporary art, have a look at my book (in Italian). Find more about it here.

A peek into Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan

By: Naima Morelli

26-01-2014

English, Reportage, Research

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This year I will be busy finalizing my Indonesian book project and organizing the material from the Melbourne reportage.
In the meantime I can’t help reading articles about contemporary art in countries that I would like to visit.
That’s why I decided to start this column on my blog, gathering links and images for hypotetical art reportages in the future. You never know!

I want to start with Azerbaijan. Its pavillion already catch my attention during the last Venice Biennale. If you’re interesting in knowing more about contemporary art in this country, here a digest of links:

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Published! Southeast Asian Pavilions at the 2017 Venice Biennale

Published! Something Else Off Biennale Cairo on Middle East Monitor

Published! Interview with Reko Rennie on Global Comment

Published! Interview with Sam Leach on Raven

Published! Interview with Penny Byrne on Raven

Published! Australia’s biggest year at Venice

Photostory: Venice Biennale 2015

Published! The best of the Venice Biennale 2015 on ArtsHub

Published! Heri Dono at Venice Biennale on Il Manifesto

A peek into Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan

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