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Zeljko Jovanovic: This year’s success is just the beginning, Romani culture at the Venice Biennale transcends national borders
Eugen Raportoru and his portray at the exhibition (2022 Venice Biennale) (Photograph: ERIAC) This year’s Venice Biennale is a terrific moment for Romani society. The exhibition of Romani artist Małgorzata Mirgy-Tas in the Polish pavilion is not the only case in point, either. In the metropolis heart, an exhibition by the renowned Romani painter Eugen Raportoru is also taking location in a palace dating to the 15th century, surrounded by the waters of the Venetian canals. “This year, anything incredible has occurred,” Zejlko Jovanovic, director of the Open up Society Foundation’s Roma Initiatives Business office and chair of the Board of Directors of the European Roma Institute for Artwork and Lifestyle…