Berlin Art Link Editor Explores Scale in Art at Venice Biennale and Beyond

In a letter from the editor, Alison Hugill reflects on the theme of scale following the Venice Biennale preview. The Biennale's curatorial theme 'In Minor Keys' emphasizes slowing down and intimacy, yet its execution involves hundreds of artists and thousands of visitors, creating a contradiction. Florentina Holzinger's Austrian Pavilion commission 'Seaworld Venice' is highlighted as a standout, with critic Louise Trueheart noting that scale is central to Holzinger's work. Other contributions include Dagmara Genda's essay on music as material in exhibitions at Hamburger Bahnhof featuring Sâadane Afif, Petrit Halilaj, Annika Kahrs, and Lina Lapelytė; William Kherbek's interview with Arash Nassiri about his exhibition 'A Bug's Life' at Chisenhale Gallery; and Carolin Kralapp's exploration of Shilpa Gupta's exhibition 'What Still Holds' at Hamburger Bahnhof, which features a monumental sculpture 'TRUTH'. The topic considers the art world's preoccupation with size, both in terms of physical scale and temporal depth, and suggests that despite curatorial interest in the small, large-scale works like Holzinger's still dominate.