Nura portrait removed from Bolzano exhibition; Holzinger profiled in New Yorker

A portrait of Berlin rapper Nura by South Tyrolean artist Carmen Maria Alber was removed from an exhibition at the Stadtgalerie in Bolzano after complaints that it was 'too political'. The work features the lyric 'Why is it the refugee who scares you, and not the Nazis in the state parliament?' and was created in response to the rightward shift and a rally for 'remigration'. Instead of the gallery, the painting now hangs as a loan in the office of South Tyrolean governor Arno Kompatscher, who defended the decision, stating that art and its messages must be endured even if one does not fully share the statement. Alber hopes the removal sparks discussion about migration, artistic freedom, and society's rightward shift. Separately, Lauren Oyler profiled Austrian choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger in The New Yorker, focusing on her uncompromising work between theater, performance, and installation, and her Biennale contribution 'SEAWORLD VENICE', which has become the most discussed work in Venice. Holzinger rejects the scandal label, noting that from experimental theater, nothing is shocking or radical, but she still considers trigger warnings important: 'I don't want to traumatize people forever.' She finds the Biennale work comparatively gentle and aims to explore the possibilities of the body and stage, moving the audience between fascination and overwhelm.