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Anish Kapoor says US’s ‘politics of hate’ should exclude it from Venice Biennale

Artist commends jury for resigning over inclusion of Russia and Israel but says reasoning should also have included US

Anish Kapoor says the US should be excluded from the Venice Biennale because of the country’s “abhorrent politics of hate” and its “incessant warmongering”.

The artist, who represented Britain at the 1990 edition, told the Guardian that he commended the biennale jury’s decision to resign just a few days before the event, which is billed as the “Olympics of art”, in protest at the inclusion of Israel and Russia.

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May 4, 2026 Venice Biennale Art and design Culture

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