Venice Biennale President Stands by Decision to Host Russian Pavilion: ‘I’d Do It All Over Again’

Venice Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco said this week that he had no qualms about hosting the Russian Pavilion for the first time since the onset of the country’s invasion of Ukraine.“The Biennale is independent; I’d do it all over again for the Russian pavilion,” Buttafuoco told the Italian publication Corriere della Sera in a candid interview that touched on his politics and his views on how the Biennale should function with regard to geopolitics. “With