After a week of protests and resistance, artists gathered in Venice to share the best advice they received from their mothers. Pat Oleszko, now part of the Whitney Biennial, remembers her mother's wisdom about college appreciation.

Hakim Bishara reports on historic strikes for Palestine and workers' rights, while Hrag Vartanian guides us through the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition In Minor Keys. Damien Davis discusses artists and consignment agreements, with Matt Stromberg focusing on the LA Art Book Fair.

Valentina Di Liscia concludes by sharing her mother's advice: get off your phone, smell flowers, and steal one or two from a neighbour. Meanwhile, in Venice, Pussy Riot and FEMEN rally against the Russian pavilion, while Israeli artist Belu-Simion Fainaru faces legal threats.

In New York, workers at the American Folk Art Museum picket for better wages, while MoMA PS1 prepares an exhibition of Mexican artist Teresa Margolles. The Carnegie International looks back at itself, capturing earlier excitement on issues of authoritarianism and militarism.