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How was Arbus's photography viewed at the American Pavilion in the Venice Biennale?

  • Negative and mundane

  • Positive but strange

  • Uninteresting and boring

  • Appreciated but weird

Answer

Arbus's photographs were positively received at the American Pavilion in the Venice Biennale, but some found them to be strange and unsettling. This was due in part to the fact that Arbus often photographed people who were considered to be outsiders or eccentrics, and her photographs often depicted them in a way that was both realistic and unflattering.
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