Artist Ruth Patir, who represents Israel at the Venice Biennale, and the exhibition's curators have decided to keep the doors to the Israel pavilion closed when the 60th Venice Biennale opens this week. Find out more here.

Legend has it that the weapon belonged to the playwright Alfred Jarry – patron saint of the Absurdists and creator of the parody of the science of pataphysics. Picasso I loved Jarry. A 2020 exhibit on Jarry's legacy at the Morgan Museum & Library noted that Guillame Apollinaire and Max Jacob spread rumors about interactions between Picasso and Jarry. Undoubtedly, Picasso drew Jarry many times and claimed that his pet owls were descended from the playwright's birds. Find out more here.

The Italian Heritage Group claims that a new sculptural exhibition in Venice's public square diverts attention from cultural heritage. Find out more here.

An exhibition that highlights the relationship of complicity between Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso and the artist couple Sonia and Robert Delaunay is inaugurated today at the Center Pompidou, in Paris, announced the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Find out more here.