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Coronavirus image taken from Google search on 23-03-2020
Coronavirus – screenshot taken from BBC on 23-03-2020

 

May you live in interesting times - taken from Google search on 23-03-2020
Image taken from Google search on 23-03-2020

“May you live in interesting times” is the title of the 58th Venice Biennale (11th May – 24th November 2019) curated by Ralph Rugoff. Like a prophecy, this title seems to have revealed divine truth, and in fact we are now living in the most interesting of all times. Art Basel Hong Kong has been cancelled, the Biennale Architettura 2020 has been postponed, Frieze NY cancelled and so 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Art Night London postponed to 2021, and all art galleries and museums shut down until ‘further notice’ to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.

As the virus is bringing an unprecedented time in the history of contemporary society (and in my own life time as it took away my job!) and all seems to be tried anew, we are urged to think creatively and test new paths and methods of survival.

The slate is blank and is for us to be resilient.

In the immediate, I decided to come back to my blog and document what I read, listen, and see happening in the art world right now through the internet filter.

Stay safe! Stay tuned!