Romania Taps Adrian Ghenie for 2015 Venice Biennale Pavilion — artnews.com

Adrian Ghenie, The Dada Room, 2010.COURTESY THE ARTIST, VAN VAERE, PACE, JUDIN Painter Adrian Ghenie has been selected by Romania to represent it at the 56th Venice Biennale, which opens to the public in just a little more than three months, on May 9. Ghenie, who was born in 1977, is known for moody paintings, often portraits or interiors, that he bedecks with patches of brushy abstraction. Michaël Borremans and Luc Tuymans may come to mind as precedents when viewing his canvases.

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