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This visual tour contains artworks by 70 of the 79 participants. The curator shows two separate exhibitions of the same artists in the Arsenale and the Giardini. For 50 of them, we linked their works directly at both locations.
The central international exhibition is divided into two separate shows, one at the Arsenale, and one at the Central Pavilion in the Giardini. Both "Propositions" include all the 79 artists, exhibiting very different kinds of works - see our photo tour.
The title of the 58th International Art Exhibition is taken from a [supposedly] Chinese saying referring to periods of uncertainty, crisis and turmoil; "interesting times," exactly as the ones we live in today.
Curator Ralph Rugoff about his concept:
"At a moment when the digital dissemination of fake news and 'alternative facts' is corroding political discourse and the trust on which it depends, it is worth pausing whenever possible to reassess our terms of reference. The 58th International Art Exhibition will not have a theme per se, but will highlight a general approach to making art and a view of art’s social function as embracing both pleasure and critical thinking. Artists who think in this manner offer alternatives to the meaning of so-called facts by suggesting other ways of connecting and contextualising them."
Golden Lion for the best National Participation:
Lithuania
Special mention for a National Participation:
Belgium
Golden Lion for best participant in the International Exhibition May You Live In Interesting Times
Arthur Jafa
Silver Lion for a promising young participant in the International Exhibition May You Live In Interesting Times
Haris Epaminonda
Special mentions:
Teresa Margolles
Otobong Nkanga
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:
Jimmie Durham
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Giardini and Arsenale, opening times:
11 May - 24 November 2019
Tue - Sun 10 am - 6 pm
Closed on Mondays - except 13 May, 2 Sept., 18 Nov.
Only Arsenale until 5 October:
Fri, Sat 10 am - 8 pm
More information, tickets, education, guided tours, access, contacts, etc.:
Info Public (pdf)
Website La Biennale di Venezia
Visual Art Press Office:
infoartivisive(at)labiennale.org
Tel.: +39 41 - 5218849 / 846 / 716
From press information.
Portrait Ralph Rugoff, © Photo: Andrea Avezzu, Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia
Photo on top: © Haupt & Binder, UiU