Indian and Bangladeshi Art Debut at the Venice Biennale - Scene Asia - WSJ

Indian contemporary art made its debut at this year’s Venice Biennale, a show that tops the agenda of art lovers worldwide. The Biennale, which takes place in Italy’s lagoon city every two years and is now in its 54th edition, opened to the public on Saturday.

But India is not alone: Another South Asian country is having its own, quieter Venice debut–-Bangladesh.

Speaking to India Real Time on the day of the inauguration, Paolo Tamburella, co-curator of the country’s pavilion, says lack of resources and poor communication, normally make it “very difficult” for Bangladesh’s contemporary art to have global reach. He says the country’s presence at the Biennale, which is on till November, now gives it “the possibility of being inside an international arena.”