Taking Venice

This thriller-paced retelling of a sensational art scandal from the height of the Cold War involves President Kennedy and legendary artist Robert Rauschenberg. The Venice Biennale, the world’s most influential art exhibition, becomes a proving ground in 1964 for the war on Communism through culture. Alice Denney, a friend of the Kennedys, curator Alan Solomon and Leo Castelli, a powerful New York art dealer, embark on a daring plan to make Rauschenberg the winner of the Grand Prize.The American team leaves the international press crying foul and Rauschenberg questioning the politics of nationalism that sent him there.