Israeli artist shuts down Biennale show, urging ceasefire

— Since February thousands of pro-Palestinian activists have tried in vain to get the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious international art exhibitions, to ban Israel over its conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip.

A woman takes a photo as an Italian soldier patrols the Israeli national pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art fair in Venice on Tuesday.“The artist and curators of the Israeli pavilion will open the exhibition when a cease-fire and hostage release agreement is reached,” reads a sign that the Israeli team taped to the door of the pavilion.

She said that while the Biennale, which opens to the public on Saturday, is a huge opportunity for a young artist like herself, the situation in Gaza was “so much bigger than me,” and she felt that closing the pavilion was the only action she could take.

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