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Jimmie Durham to receive the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale announced that Jimmie Durham will be the recipient of this year’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
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Venice Biennale: May You Live in Interesting Times
The Venice Biennale11 May - 24 Nov, 2019
The Venice Biennale
Ca’ Giustinian | San Marco 1364/A | Venice | ItalyThe Venice Biennial has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organizing international events in the contemporary arts in accordance with a multi-disciplinary model, which characterizes its unique nature.
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Only Living Artists
Ralph Rugoff, the artistic director of this year’s Venice Biennale breaks the tradition by announcing he will only include living artists in the event’s central exhibition.
visit websiteVenice Biennale Reveals Details of Inaugural Satellite Performance Program
Ralph Rugoff, the artistic director of this year’s Venice Biennale, "May You Live in Interesting Times" has announced the launch of a new performance program that will coincide with the event.
visit websiteIranian works will abound at the Venice Biennale despite US sanctions
Complications around shipping and insurance have not stopped artists and curators from the country to make their presence felt at this year's edition
visit websiteMasoud Akhavanjam and Bizhan Bassiri in Venice During the Biennale
as a separate project, the curator Janet Rady is bringing two stainless steel sculptures several metres tall by the Iranian sculptor Masoud Akhavanjam to the Giardini Marinaressa. Bizhan Bassiri, the 2017 Iranian pavilion artist, is separately showing a ten-metre-tall bronze colossus. (Photo: Masoud Akhavanjam's "Dilemma of Man" Sculpture)
visit websiteGroup exhibition "The Spark Is You" in Parasol unit
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art presents The Spark Is You, an official collateral event of the 58th Venice Biennale with works by nine contemporary Iranian artists presented through a prism of classical Persian poetry. Artists include Morteza Ahmadvand, Nazgol Ansarinia, Siah Armajani, Mitra Farahani, Sahand Hesamiyan, Y.Z. Kami, Farideh Lashai, Koushna Navabi and Navid Nuur. The exhibition will be accompanied by a poetry reading performance by Narguess Farzad on May 9th and 10th.
visit websitePress Conference for Iran's Participation in Venice Biennale
The press conference for Iran's participation in Venice Biennale was held Wednesday in Vahdat Hall in Tehran.
visit websiteTouring the Venice Biennale, Part 1: The Arsenale
The Venice Biennale has officially begun. On Tuesday morning, Ralph Rugoff’s main exhibition, “May You Live in Interesting Times,” swung open its doors,
visit websiteFrom the Venice Biennale to Art Basel: A Lament for the Space in Between
Veterans of the Venice Biennale will remember when the opening days of the exhibition took place in June, during the week before Art Basel in Switzerland
visit websiteVenice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions around the city
Where to go beyond the Arsenale and Giardini. (Photo: Reza Lavassani's work in the Iran Pavilion)
visit websiteA Buyer’s Guide to the Venice Biennale: What Collectors Need to Know
delved into the markets of eight national pavilion artists who are likely to be among the stars of this year’s Venice Biennale to provide a buyer’s guide
visit websiteWhy is the Venice Biennale still so important?
Historical importance, glamour, big spenders - it continues to be an art festival like no other
visit websiteArthur Jafa and the Lithuanian Pavilion Win the Venice Biennale’s 2019 Golden Lions
The Venice Biennale has awarded the top prizes for this year’s edition to works that explore American race relations and the looming dangers of climate change
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