Venice Biennale Forges Ahead With In-Person Attendance

摘要

AS NEW coronavirus variants emerge and mass-vaccination efforts roll out more slowly than anticipated, the organizers of design and architecture festivals and product trade shows have engaged in a new round of event postponements that feel like 2020 all over again. After canceling the Salone del Mobile last year, Milan's famous furniture fair announced this past November that it would shift its 2021 edition from April to early September. In January, Art Basel pushed back its Swiss flagship event from its traditional June slot to September, citing the "many uncertainties" of planning during the pandemic.