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The world’s oldest art biennial is back, and this year we’ve found a way to make it all a little easier for you to navigate with our fun-filled Bingo card.

The Breakthrough Retrospective of Carlos Villa

After an early career as a minimalist, Villa’s turn toward cultural expression was influenced by his study of Oceanic and African art to fill in the lacuna of Filipino art in art historical narratives.

Antiquity With a Side of Mischief

In Plato’s Closet, artist Timothy Hull gestures to the opportunities for creative play and repurposing that looking backward can pose.

Art Criticism as a Way to Live

These are what have been for me the most troubling and beautiful aspects of being a full-time critic and writer.

Required Reading

This week, national participation in the Venice Biennale, teen depression in the US, the “pity me” personal essay, reimagining borders, and more.