Sokhanvari’s work asks what remains after a life has been pushed out of history – and whether a portrait can resurrect a woman consigned to oblivion.
- Lecturer in Museum Studies, SOAS, University of London
‘Instead of seeing limitations, I began to see possibilities.’
The show brings together communities separated by migration, sanctions, censorship and political borders.
Rather than existing outside politics, the Venice Biennale has become a site where geopolitical tensions are actively staged and contested.
When war damages historic monuments, more than architecture is lost.
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