TAKING VENICE
with director Amei Wallach in person
Monday, July 29th at 7:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government is
determined to fight Communism with culture. The Venice Biennale, the world’s
most influential art exhibition, becomes a proving ground in 1964. Washington
insider Alice Denney, curator Alan Solomon, and powerful art dealer Leo
Castelli embark on a daring plan to make Robert Rauschenberg the winner of the
Grand Prize. Pulling off maneuvers that could have come from a Hollywood
thriller, the American team leaves the international press crying foul and
Rauschenberg questioning the politics of nationalism that sent him there. (2023,
98 mins)
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