Poland Withdraws Controversial Venice Biennale Entry, Replaces with Ukrainian Art Collective's Interactive War Memories Exhibit
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Poland's new government withdrew the previous nationalist government's submission to the Venice Biennale, replacing it with an interactive show by a Ukrainian art collective.
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The original submission, featuring works by Ignacy Czwartos, had drawn criticism within Poland's art community for promoting national victimhood.
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Czwartos complained the withdrawal was censorship and contrary to selection procedures.
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The new exhibition features a video by Open Group interviewing displaced Ukrainians narrating war memories.
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Curators welcomed the new exhibition as representing openness, tolerance and opposing armed conflict.