Latest press coverage

"Also the Roma Pavilion must be mentioned for its clear artistic and political statement. ...  This was no decoration for a pretentious, futile drama with a raised finger, but here an air of openness and tolerance could be breathed. A perfect connection to the general theme of the Biennale: illuminations."
– Gijs van Tuijl, de Volkskrant, Amsterdam

“And what to think of the Roma Pavilion, which found its home just outside of the Biennale terrain? ...  It is perhaps the most powerful signal to the others that the national pavilions in the Giardini are the story of the past.”
– Sandra Smallenburg, NRC Handelsblad, Amsterdam

“During his reading Salman Rushdie, listed as one of the artists contributing to the Roma Pavilion, put it thus: art and artists are in principle stateless and as such are the avant-garde of the present.” 
– Catrin Lorch, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

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Latest remarks

“Today discrimination, racism, and populism are on the rise again. ... Against this background it is most important that minorities raise their voice like the Sinti and Roma have at the Venice Biennale. For this I want to thank our artists and encourage them to never give up.”
– Romani Rose, Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Heidelberg

“In the context of the Venice Biennale, the Roma Pavilion is a disruptive proposal. It tackles the paradox of a minority ethnic group lacking a nation, which lives within that sort of Leviathan that is the European Union.”
– Gerardo Mosquera, curator, Havana

“Particularly in turbulent times of anti-Romani actions across Europe, by giving recognition and a voice to Roma artists through their art, the project Call the Witness at the Venice Biennale 2011 is in keeping with the values of equality and dignity for all...”
– Magda Matache, Executive Director, Romani CRISS – Roma Centre for Social Interventions and Studies, Bucharest

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