Putin, Netanyahu get their countries barred from Venice Biennale top prizes
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Russia and Israel have been barred from winning the Venice Biennale’s top prizes after the exhibition’s jury moved to exclude countries whose leaders have been indicted by the International Criminal Court.
In a statement released Thursday, the jury said it decided to rule out awarding the Biennale’s Golden and Silver Lions, handed out at the exhibition’s closing in September, to national pavilions belonging to countries whose heads of state are facing ICC charges.
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In a statement released Thursday, the jury said it decided to rule out awarding the Biennale’s Golden and Silver Lions, handed out at the exhibition’s closing in September, to national pavilions belonging to countries whose heads of state are facing ICC charges.
The unprecedented d
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