Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail
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Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmatesOriginally a convent dating to the 13th century, and once a reformatory for prostitutes, the Giudecca women’s prison, set on an island in the Venetian lagoon, will this summer perform a quite different role: as the official pavilion for the Vatican at this year’s Venice Biennale.Pope Francis is due to attend on 28 April – the first pontifical visit to the Biennale since it was founded in 1895....

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