Careening Into “The Milk of Dreams”: Southeast Asia at the 59th Venice Biennale
about 22 months ago (07/25/2022)
Careening Into “The Milk of Dreams”: Southeast Asia at the 59th Venice Biennale | ArtsEquator Skip to content While the stated theme of the Biennale is to challenge the hegemony of the West, Nicole Wong finds that the spaces created for these interventions to happen struggles against the behemoth of the Biennale itself. The 59th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, entitled The Milk of Dreams, boasts a bold vision. Artistic director Cecilia Alemani was inspired by the book of the same name by Leonora Carrington, which depicts a fantasy world where life is constantly re-envisioned through imagination.