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Centuries of Endurance Undergird “In Minor Keys”

Hyperallergic·Hakim Bishara·4 days ago
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Art Review The main exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale sets rage and retribution aside, relaxing the oppressed’s clenched fist for a moment of calm, centeredness, and self-forgiveness.  May 27, 2026 — 7 min read Big Chief Demond Melancon's "Amistad Takeover" (2026) at the Venice Biennale's main exhibition In Minor Keys (photo Hrag Vartanian/ Hyperallergic ) VENICE — If you’re Eurocentric by disposition, confident that the West is the single source of high art and ideas of progress, then don’t visit Koyo Kouoh's exhibition In Minor Keys at the 2026 Venice Biennale.  If you bristle at the mention of White colonizers, this show is not for you, though it might be partly about you.  Moreover, if you’re convinced that what’s happened in Gaza over the last three years looks nothing like a genocide, you’re in for boatloads of protest signs and solidarity statements that tell you just how dead wrong you are.  This posthumous exhibition, the crown jewel of a momentous biennale, is a…

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