Elena Filipovic writes, “Determined to present themselves as an alternative to the museum, these large-scale exhibitions attempt to give voice to cultures, histories, and politics underrepresented within the institution. The fact that the most seemingly progressive biennials and their curators vaunting the most heterogenous of art forms adopt a unique and now ossified exhibition format suggests that some of the most pernicious tenants of the museum and the history of modernism it embodies remain fundamental to their functioning”

Elena Filipovic writes, “Determined to present themselves as an alternative to the museum, these large-scale exhibitions attempt to give voice to cultures, histories, and politics underrepresented within the institution. The fact that the most seemingly progressive biennials and their curators vaunting the most heterogenous of art forms adopt a unique and now ossified exhibition format

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