Outing the Global South: “Foreigners Everywhere,” the 60th Venice Biennale Arte, Pleasantly Cancels Itself Out
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Outing the Global South: “Foreigners Everywhere,” the 60th Venice Biennale Arte, Pleasantly Cancels Itself Out

The well-established field of postcolonial critique and its art-world iterations have prepared and conditioned us to be conscientiously pleased with the 60th International Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia titled Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. The recent #MeToo and #BLM movements, Indigenous and descendant movements, the expanding LGBTQIA+ or LGBTQI2S movement, and consequent installations … Continue reading

Culture Vultures Say Cheese: Filthy Dreams’ 60th Venice Biennale Fashion Report
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Culture Vultures Say Cheese: Filthy Dreams’ 60th Venice Biennale Fashion Report

I’m just back from the 60th Venice Biennale pre-opening. Expect my not-quite-a-review review on the main exhibition, Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, soon. But first, here is my second bi-annual Venice Biennale Fashion Report! Half the thrill of attending the three-day pre-opening of the Venice Biennale is communing with perhaps the most internationally diverse … Continue reading

Rest Is Resistance: Filthy Dreams’ Most-Read Essays of 2022
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Rest Is Resistance: Filthy Dreams’ Most-Read Essays of 2022

Uh…shhhh…hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers! Are you as hungover as we are? Are you dry-heaving into those empty present boxes still littered below the Christmas tree from all the gallons of egg nog on Christmas Day and the Day after Christmas Day Holiday? Who isn’t?! Everyone knows what Christmas is about–no, not the birth … Continue reading

The Milk of Dreams vs. Nocturnal Emissions: The Intense Pleasures and Contrasts of the 59th Venice Biennale Arte
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The Milk of Dreams vs. Nocturnal Emissions: The Intense Pleasures and Contrasts of the 59th Venice Biennale Arte

After four days of crisscrossing Venice, mostly on foot, for the pre-opening of the 59th Venice Biennale, I sat next to a curator from Sweden on my Scandinavian Airlines flight leaving Venice for Copenhagen. As we waited impatiently inside a warming plane still on the tarmac—our delay due to the imminent boarding of the Queen … Continue reading

Wet Your Lips and Make Love to the Camera: Filthy Dreams’ 59th Venice Biennale Arte Fashion Report
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Wet Your Lips and Make Love to the Camera: Filthy Dreams’ 59th Venice Biennale Arte Fashion Report

On location of the 59th Venice Biennale Arte Preview for Filthy Dreams! In the next weeks, I’ll post an in-depth review of the main exhibition, The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani with anecdotes about accompanying national pavilions. First impression: EXTRAORDINARY! GROUNDBREAKING! But first, a FASHION REPORT: It’s impossible to see/experience this year’s Biennale … Continue reading

Drag Them To Filth: Ideal Women, Liberal Guilt, Art Critic Nervous Breakdown Edition
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Drag Them To Filth: Ideal Women, Liberal Guilt, Art Critic Nervous Breakdown Edition

Hello, faithful Filthy Dreams readers, and welcome back to Drag Them To Filth. What’s that noise? Is that your blood boiling? Ours too. It’s time for this month’s wrap-up of the most extensive sigh-inducing arts-related reading on the Internet. So grab a cocktail or five and let’s start hate-reading: 1. Artnet News, Gallery Hopping: ‘Harumi’s … Continue reading