Biennale 2026: are national pavillions still state of the art?

In a Telegram post picked up by Echo, exiled opposition politician Dmitry Gudkov hopes better times will come for the Russian pavillion:

“Some say it is wrong to protest against the pavillion. That this ‘mirrors’ Putin’s behaviour and is basically Russophobic. That is not the case at all. It is critical to separate country and state. In the case of the pavilion, the state has brought the country under its control. … A state which is waging a war and is literally killing culture, locking people up in prisons, driving them out of the country or forcing them to make degrading deals. … And as for the pavillion. … I am sure that the day will come when it opens again without there being protests in front of it.”