The 59th Biennale ‘The Milk of Dreams’ comes like a monsoon after a drought, the Biennale having been paused over the pandemic following the previous – with the last having run in 2019 aptly named ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’.
The Biennale d’arte is held in Venice, spanning across the lushness of the Giardinari and industrial Arsenale, as well as across the city in a combination of Pavilions and pop-up exhibits.
Having gone without, there is an overwhelming urge to indulge in art, and the biennale offers this in abundance. Open arms welcome you to fully immersive installations – from a bold statement with trans-human sci-fi meeting traditional farming life from the centaur-like hybrid humans by Uffe Isolotto in the Danish Pavillion, to a fully articulated mechanical creature breathing and contorting in response to live piano recitals in the Korean Pavilion, created by artist Yunchul Kim.