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Biennale Chief Buttafuoco Defends Opening of Russian Pavilion

From Der Standard · () German

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Interview Named sources Context piece
  • Venice Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco again defended the decision to open the Russian pavilion.
  • He said he would make the same decision again.
  • Buttafuoco said the Biennale’s official decisions did not violate laws or applicable regulations.

Pietrangelo Buttafuoco is standing by the decision to open the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, despite the controversy surrounding it.

“I would do everything exactly the same again,” Buttafuoco said in an interview with Milan daily Corriere della Sera on Tuesday.

The Biennale president said the organization’s official decisions had not breached any laws or applicable rules. He also criticized what he described as an “anti-Italian” position by the European Union.

I would do everything exactly the same again.

— Pietrangelo ButtafuocoThe Venice Biennale president defended his decision to open the Russian pavilion.
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