Funding Frenzy: The Venice Biennale's Bizarre Politics Sergei Loznitsa's scathing critique of the European Commission's decision to cut funding to the Venice Biennale has left many in the art world perplexed.
As a Ukrainian filmmaker, he is intimately familiar with the conflict that Russia has unleashed on his country and has consistently tackled themes of politics, power, and the human cost of war in his films.
Loznitsa's frustration stems from what he sees as EU hypocrisy – cutting off funding to the Biennale while European companies continue to import Russian gas at record levels.