There was some doubt whether Ukraine would be able to participate in the Venice Biennale exhibition at all. Now, after a last-minute escape from the eastern city of Kharkiv, one of the country’s lead artists, Pavlo Makov, has become a spokesperson for Ukraine’s cultural resistance. John Last reports from Venice about how Ukrainian artists and curators were able to pull it off.
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