Top 10 at the 2022 Venice Biennale

by Graciela Cassel

Giardini della Biennale and the Arsenale: Cecilia Alemani curated The Milk of Dreams: The connection Between Bodies and Earth

Sonya Boyce, (Feeling Her Way), British Pavilion
Sonya Boyce, (Feeling Her Way), British Pavilion

Sonia Boyce: Drenches viewers in a rhapsodic kaleidoscope of voice, color and geometry.

Francis Alÿs, ‘Nature of the Game’, Belgium Pavilion
Francis Alÿs,  ‘Nature of the Game’, Belgium Pavilion.
Francis Alÿs, ‘Nature of the Game’, Belgium Pavilion

Francis Alÿs: Gigantic screen projections capture children frolicking in public spaces. Snail races and jump rope games unequivocally switch our minds to a pure state in which laughter and time are without limits.

Uffe Isolotto,’We Walked the Earth’, at the Denmark Pavilion
Uffe Isolotto,’We Walked the Earth’, at the Denmark Pavilion

Uffe Isolotto: A Centaurus near death, an unbearable family story.

Simone Leigh, ‘Sovereignty’, USA Pavilion
Simone Leigh, ‘Sovereignty’, USA Pavilion

Simone Leigh: Leigh allures us to Mother Earth.

Jade Fadojutimi, At that Day She Remembered to Purr, at the Arsenale
Jade Fadojutimi, At that Day She Remembered to Purr, at the Arsenale

Jade Fadojutimi: Harmony and conflict in a fantastical landscape.

Barbara Kruger, ‘Please care, Please Mourn’ at the Arsenal
Barbara Kruger, ‘Please care, Please Mourn’ at the Arsenal

Barbara Kruger: Sound and images: A real blaze for human kindness.

Nan Goldin, Sirens, 2019-2020 at the Padiglioni Centrale
Nan Goldin, Sirens, 2019-2020 at the Padiglioni Centrale

Nan Goldin: Goldin composed this film with found scenes of exhilaration, sexuality, bliss and ravishment.

Monira Al Qadiri, Orbital 2022, at the Arsenale
Monira Al Qadiri, Orbital 2022, at the Arsenale

Monira Al Qadiri: Spinning jewel cities in a Persian Gulf-landscape, beaming mythical stories.

Outside the Biennale: Anish Kapoor and Anselm Kiefer

Anish Kapoor, Pregnant White Within Me, 2022, at the Gallerie dell’Academia

Anish Kapoor: A synergy of science, architecture and humanity.

Anselm Kiefer at the Pallazo Ducale, ‘These writings when burned, will finally cast a light’, 2020-2021

Anselm Kiefer: Daunting memories, Kiefer in dialogue with master painters.