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The-Exchange-Value-of-Language-Has-Fallen-to-Zero: Joseph Kosuth

Joseph Kosuth, A Chain of Resemblance, 2025.

Fondamenta Trapolin, 2386, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy

During the Venice Biennale, Berggruen Arts & Culture has taken over Palazzo Diedo with a program that runs in three directions at once. The main event is “Strange Rules,” curated by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. It’s a sprawling exhibition of over 30 artists—among them, Philippe Parreno, Trevor Paglen, Hito Steyerl, Avery Singer, and Lynn Hershman Leeson—who work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, biology, and algorithmic culture, what the curators call Protocol Art. Alongside “Strange Rules,” a tribute to the late British conceptual artist Ceal Floyer presents video, photography, sound, and readymades from across her career. A third exhibition devoted to Joseph Kosuth—a pioneer of Conceptual art with a long history in Venice—presents seminal works as well as a newly commissioned neon installation that reflects on the collapse of linguistic meaning in a media-saturated world. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Joseph Kosuth Studio © Joseph Kosuth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2026 Courtesy: the artist and Sean Kelly, New York