Hyperallergic Weekend Roundup: Venice Biennale Protests, Mother's Day Advice, and More

Key facts

• Historic strike at Venice Biennale for Palestine and workers' rights shut down dozens of pavilions on May 8.
• 15 artists shared advice from their mothers in a Mother's Day feature by Isa Farfan.
• Pat Oleszko, whose work is in the Whitney Biennial, said her mother advised she would be appreciated in college.
• Hakim Bishara reported on the US Pavilion and the strike; Hrag Vartanian reviewed 'In Minor Keys'.
• Protest against Jeff Bezos at Met Gala; projections on his penthouse condemned Amazon.
• MoMA PS1 will present first US survey of Mexican artist Teresa Margolles this fall.
• Workers at American Folk Art Museum picketed gala for higher wages.
• Pussy Riot and FEMEN rallied against Russian pavilion at Venice Biennale.
• Israeli pavilion artist Belu-Simion Fainaru made legal threats against Biennale; hundreds protested Israel's pavilion.
• Iran will not participate in Venice Biennale with a national pavilion.
• Keith Haring exhibition at Brant Foundation reviewed by Arthur Nersesian.
• Christopher Payne photographs at Cooper Hewitt reviewed by Julie Schneider.
• Marcel Duchamp show at MoMA reviewed by Hakim Bishara.
• 59th Carnegie International reviewed by Ed Simon.
• Damien Davis wrote about artists and consignment agreements.
• Matt Stromberg covered LA Art Book Fair.
• Mohammad Omer Khalil, 90, has multi-city retrospective.
• Rosy Simas exhibition at Walker Art Center discussed.
• Jack Kerouac exhibition in NYC reviewed by Greta Rainbow.
• Steven Durland, champion of performance art, died at 75.
• Remembrance of Georg Baselitz, Nicole Hollander, and Doris Fisher.
• Monthly opportunities list includes Bennett Prize, Oak Spring Garden Foundation.