Taking Venice(2024)

1h 38m
- Documentary

Release Date: May 17, 2024 | Limited

At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government is determined to fight Communism with culture. The Venice Biennale, the world's most influential art exhibition, becomes a proving ground in 1964. Alice Denney, Washington insider and friend of the Kennedys, recommends Alan Solom... Read all

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Original Release | May 17, 2024

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Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$7,056
Total US & Canada:
$65,334
Total Worldwide:
$65,334

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Director & Top Cast

Amei Wallach
Director

Amei Wallach

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States,France,Italy

Language: English

Summaries

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At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government is determined to fight Communism with culture. The Venice Biennale, the world's most influential art exhibition, becomes a proving ground in 1964. Alice Denney, Washington insider and friend of the Kennedys, recommends Alan Solomon, an ambitious curator making waves with trailblazing art, to organize the U.S. entry. Together with Leo Castelli, a powerful New York art dealer, they embark on a daring plan to make Robert Rauschenberg the winner of the Grand Prize. The artist is yet to be taken seriously with his combinations of junk off the street and images from pop culture, but he has the potential to dazzle. Deftly pulling off maneuvers that could have come from a Hollywood thriller, the American team leaves the international press crying foul and Rauschenberg questioning the politics of nationalism that sent him there.