Native Americans In Venice: Progress Or Tokenism?

“The Venice Biennale is the world’s oldest and most important survey of contemporary art. When artists have been chosen for the Biennale, you know they’ve truly arrived. This year, two native North Americans had prominent spots in the exhibition. Does this mean that native art in general has reached a new level of art-world recognition? Or is it a fluke, or even the kind of tokenism that could disappear again?”