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“Mosque” Installation Case Reaches Dead End
The installation piece “Mosque” that was shut down by Venice police last May might stay that way, as legal inroads reach a dead end. However, other avenues are being explored. DV reports that “Mosque”, an installation piece by Cristoph Büchel consisting of…
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Life Imitating Art: Iceland’s “Mosque” Installation In Venice
On Friday May 22, Venetian police closed Iceland’s contribution to the Venice Biennale, a functioning mosque installed in a deconsecrated church in the heart of Venice. The issues surrounding the installation have varied from security risk to religious clashing to building permits…
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Venetian Officials Threaten To Close ‘THE MOSQUE’
Venetian officials have threatened to close the Icelandic exhibition, ‘THE MOSQUE’, after response by Catholic authorities, reports The Telegraph. The installation is set in a decommissioned church that has been privately owned since 1973. Nonetheless, the Catholic Church insists it should have…