Architecture Measures it All: Why the Venice Biennale Should not be Postponed
© Hesperia Iliadou
Last week, the Venice Architecture Biennale announced that it would postpone its opening to August 29 while still maintaining the original closure date of November 29, shortening the Biennale to be only three months long. This sudden change follows the continued world-wide outbreak of the COVID-19 virus which has been shuttering events around the world to prevent its further spread. Since Italy is one of the countries currently fighting more than ten thousand cases of the virus, the Biennale stated that the decision comes from the overall threat to public health and the inability to prepare for the set up and installation of events in Venice.
