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Keeping Tabs: Biennale babies

An art critic in Venice

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Tabish Khan
May 11, 2026
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The Japanese pavilion at the Venice Biennale has lots of babies; change them, and you get a QR code with a poem about the baby.

I’m writing this while in Venice, for the Venice Biennale, where I’ve seen more art than I thought was possible. I’m here until Tuesday morning, so I will see even more, that is, if my legs don’t fall off. I’ll write it all up w…

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