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1. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Stephanie Gavan

   Step inside Andreas Angelidakis’ strobe-lit escape room in Venice (opens the original)

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   ‘Dear Visitor, we regret to inform you that Greece has escaped.’ At the Venice Biennale 2026, Andreas Angelidakis gives the Greek Pavilion a surprising twist

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2. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Stephanie Gavan

   Step into Andreas Angelidaki's surreal escape room in Venice (opens the original)

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   'It’s going to be alright, just imagine you’re a country,' said the architect to Baby Grecia. So begins Once upon a time in Grexia, a myth-making catalogue text by Andreas Angelidakis, written to accompany his show, ‘Escape Room’, at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Taking over the Greek Pavilion, architect-turned-artist Angelidakis reimagines the building as a drag queen in the throes of an identity crisis, desperate to shed her role as a national subject. Like drag, Angelidakis suggests, nationality

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