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May 2022
26m 25s

Venice

BENJAMEN WALKER & RADIOTOPIA
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Does art have anything to offer us in these trying times? Your host visits the 59th International Art Biennale in Venice, the world’s most important art fair and the first since the global pandemic. Plus Digital Ukranians, Sound Art, and NFTs. 
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