Venice Biennale 2019: The 7 Buzziest Things to See

The Venice Biennale is always a spectacle. Here are the 2019 edition’s most spectacular.

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Never in the Venice Biennale’s 124-year history has Ghana had a pavilion, until now. For the inaugural exhibition, the Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has designed six circular rooms with walls covered in clay from Ghana. Six artists are on view as part of “Ghana Freedom,” which lifts its name from a song by the 1960s crooner E.T. Mensah, written after the country gained its freedom in 1957. Works include portraits by the painter Lynette Boakye-Yiadom, which hang salon-style; photos by Felicia Abban; and a three-channel video by John Akomfrah, who combines footage from Ghana’s countryside with historic moments in African politics. Ghana is the eighth African country to participate in the Venice Biennale (Mozambique is also participating for the first time in 2019).