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‘Whitewashing war crimes’: Critics slam Venice Biennale for readmitting Russia

Ewan Jones

15.03.2026, 13:26

Russia will show at the ‘Olympics of art’ for the first time since it invaded Ukraine. — Russia will show at the ‘Olympics of art’ for the first time since it invaded Ukraine. Photo by Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images

Russia will show at the ‘Olympics of art’ for the first time since it invaded Ukraine.