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Director Threatens Biennale Pullover Hotel Conversion, 260 Singers Protest

4/24/2026

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Director Carlos Antunes warned he will pull the Anozero biennale if Revive plan turns the Clara convent into a hotel.
Organizers framed the festival as a mutual-aid experiment borrowing Peter Kropotkin’s anarchist ideas.
260 singers marched from Coimbra’s central square to the convent, singing Verdi’s Nabucco to draw residents.
Students in repúblicas, which provide affordable housing, were largely left out of the exhibition despite helping run the biennale.

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Director Carlos Antunes warned he will pull the Anozero biennale if Revive plan turns the Clara convent into a hotel.
Organizers framed the festival as a mutual-aid experiment borrowing Peter Kropotkin’s anarchist ideas.
260 singers marched from Coimbra’s central square to the convent, singing Verdi’s Nabucco to draw residents.
Students in repúblicas, which provide affordable housing, were largely left out of the exhibition despite helping run the biennale.