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‘I dealt with death, bankruptcy and HIV in three months': Andreas Angelidakis on his radical, Ru Paul-influenced art installation

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By Alex Needham Verified
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‘Do you mind if I'm smoking while we're talking?” enquires Andreas Angelidakis as we both recline on a bean bag in the form of a fallen classical column. “Do you mind if it's narcotics? If it's cannabis?” He extracts an elegantly constructed spliff wrapped in pink cigarette paper from his black Nike windcheater and lights it up. “It's my medicine for anxiety,” he says, before reconsidering.
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What not to miss at the 2026 Venice Biennale

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By Alex Needham Verified, Lanre Bakare Verified, Charlotte Higgins Verified
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Lanre Bakare, Charlotte Higgins and Alex Needham FLORENTINA HOLZINGER'S SKINNY DIPPERS She's famous for her extreme performances and Florentina Holzinger upped the ante yet again in Venice with a postapocalyptic pavilion that opened with her suspended upside down from the clappers of a large bell. Inside, there was a woman riding a speedboat in circles, two others suspended at the top of a pole and another sitting entirely submerged in a tank. Oh, and no one was wearing any clothes.
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What not to miss at the 2026 Venice Biennale

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By Lanre Bakare Verified, Charlotte Higgins Verified, Alex Needham Verified
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She’s famous for her extreme performances and Florentina Holzinger upped the ante yet again in Venice with a postapocalyptic pavilion that opened with her suspended upside down from the clappers of a large bell. Inside, there was a woman riding a speedboat in circles, two others suspended at the top of a pole and another sitting entirely submerged in a tank. Oh, and no one was wearing any clothes.
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