The Venice Biennale 2022 has just opened to the public and, along with it, a huge solo exhibition on the South African abstract artist Marlene Dumas (1953, Cape Town). The exhibition of Dumas’s work debuted at Palazzo Grassi, one of the most established contemporary centers in the city of Venice. It was bought by the French collector François Pinault in 2005. Fig. 1 – Installation view of “Marlene Dumas. Open-end” at the Palazzo Grassi, 2022. © Palazzo Grassi © Marlene Dumas

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