Mama and Her Papa.(Venice Biennale)(Brief Article)

"CECILIA, HOW MANY ARTISTS DO WE HAVE?" inquires Harald Szeemann, director of this summer's Venice Biennale. "Eighty-eight," announces the chipper voice of an assistant. But the list of participants in this year's international exhibition isn't likely to be clinched until just before the opening on June 10.

"There will be some last-minute additions," says Szeemann, who cut off the number of artists at 104 for his 1999 version of the show. The question of the Venice Biennale's status in today's art worldis more complicated. What is the role of the ...

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