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Organised to coincide with the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale, the exhibition will feature five large marble sculptures by the Flemish artist, including an unprecedented reinterpretation of Michelangelo’s Pietà. From 1 June to 16 October 2011, during the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale, the Nuova Scuola Grande di

LEE Yong-baek The Love is gone, but the Scar will heal a solo exhibition at the Korean Pavilion www.korean-pavilion.or.kr June 4 to November 27, 2011 Lee Yongbaek (b. 1966, Korea), since graduation from the Department of Painting at Hongik University in Korea in 1990, the Department of Painting at Stuttgart

TABAIMO: teleco-soup The Japan Pavilion at the 54th Biennale di Venezia June 4 – November 27, 2011 Commissioner: Yuka Uematsu. Deputy Commissioners: Miwa Kaneko, Atsuko Sato. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini May 2011 Press Release The Japan Foundation is proud to announce the artist Tabaimo’s representation of Japan at the 54th

ENTRE SIEMPRE Y JAMÁS (Between Forever and Never) Latin American Pavilion – IILA (Italo-Latin American Institute) 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia 4th June – 27th Novembe Enfoques del arte latinoamericano en torno al tema del Bicentenario Destellos de un pretérito porvenir por Patricia Rivadeneira El verbo

MEXICAN PAVILION Melanie Smith Cuadrado Rojo, Imposible Rosa / Red Square Impossible Pink / Quadrato Rosso, Impossibile Rosa Co-author of film projects: Rafael Ortega 54. INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION – LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA June 4th – November 27 th 2011 Press preview: June 2nd 17:00 hrs. Opening preview: June 2nd

Russian Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia www.ruspavilion.ru Title: Empty Zones Commissioner: Stella Kesaeva Curator: Boris Groys Artists: Andrei Monastyrski and Collective Actions (Andrei Monastyrski, Nikolai Panitkov, Igor Makarevich, Elena Elagina, Sabine Hänsgen, Sergei Romashko) Organization: Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Stella

Critical Text by Fernando Castro Flórez Fernando Prats: a note about the Sismografías project. [Sent from Chile to the 2011 Venice Biennial]. Fernando Prats is the perfect example of the contemporary creator who is able to remain open  to the wonderful paths of painting without clutching to established dogmas or

PAVILLON BELGE 54ème Exposition Internationale d’Art – la Biennale di Venezia Du 4 juin au 27 novembre 2011 Journées professionnelles: 1er, 2 et 3 juin 2011 www.angelvergara-venise2011.cfwb.be Angel Vergara est l’artiste qui représente cette année la Communauté française de Belgique à la 54ème Exposition Internationale d’Art – la Biennale d

Spanish Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia theinadequate.net notes about the inadequate The future must be dangerous. (1) Dora Garcia (Valladolid 1965) conducts incisive experiments with the exhibition format that set out to question the power relations between the visitor, the artwork and the

Venice Biennale – UAE Pavilion http://www.uaepavilion.org/ http://www.uaepavilion.org/press/Press_Release_14Mar2011_Eng.pdf THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REVEALS ARTISTS FOR  THE UAE PAVILION AT THE 54th INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION  LA  BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, 2011 Reem Al Ghaith, Abdullah Al Saadi and Lateefa bint Maktoum will represent the UAE as chosen by Curator Vasif Kortun United Arab

PERFORMING HISTORY with Ion Grigorescu and the artist duo Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkácová Curators: Maria Rus Bojan and Ami Barak With the special collaboration of Bogdan Ghiu, the magazine IDEA arts + society and IRES Commissioner: Monica Morariu Vice-commissioner: Alexandru Damian Romanian Pavilion – Giardini di Castello June

54th International Art Exhibition Hungarian Pavilion Giardini, Venice, 4 June – 27 November 2011 CRASH– Passive Interview Hajnal Németh object installation, video and audio installation curator:         Miklós Peternák national commissioner:     Gábor Gulyás exhibition opening:     Thursday, 2 June 2011, 18:15 welcome speech:     Géza Szőcs, Ministry of

Iraq’s experimental contemporary artists have never had a chance to present their work for an Iraq Pavilion at the Venice Biennale; the first and last major appearance in 1976 outlined only some of their “modern” artists. The Iraq Pavilion for 2011 will indeed show the world an exciting professionally-curated selection

Last chance to see this week: “Death and Fertility”, Haiti Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale The 54th Venice Biennale has welcomed the first national participation of Haiti. Of all Venice’s surreal juxtapositions, none beats the fragile Haitian pavilion, housed in shipping containers installed on the quayside directly underneath Roman

Artist: Karla Black At the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale Commissioner: Scotland +  Venice Curator: The Frutimarket Gallery Palazzo Pisani (S.Marina), Calle delle Erbe 6103, Cannareggio (off Campo Santa Maria) 4 June – 27 November 2011 www.scotlandandvenice.com Scotland + Venice is delighted to announce further details of

Artist Steven Shearer to represent Canada at the 54th International Art Exhibition − La Biennale di Venezia Ottawa – August 3, 2010 Steven Shearer is known for using a wide range of traditional and contemporary media in works that address the human subject and its relationship with the outside world.

The most beautiful Kunsthalle in the World for once in Venice Italian Non-profit Ninth meeting Organized with the collaboration of IUAV and Nomas Foundation, Rome. June 1 2011 at 2.30 pm, Aula B, ex-Convento delle Terese, IUAV, Dorsoduro 2206 I-30123 Venice Italian Non-Profit, the tenth encounter of the project of

la Biennale di Venezia 54th International Art Exhibition Sturtevant and Franz West Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement Venice, May 2nd 2011 – Sturtevant and Franz West will be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 54th International Art Exhibition – ILLUMInations (Venice, Giardini and Arsenale, June

http://www.scotlandandvenice.com/ Monday 19 April 2010 Artist selected for Scotland and Venice 2011 Visual artist Karla Black has been selected to represent Scotland at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the world’s largest and most prestigious showcase for contemporary visual arts. Selected from an open call, the

la Biennale di Venezia Press Contacts Visual Arts Press Office Tel. +39 041 5218 – 846/716 infoartivisive@labiennale.org www.labiennale.org www.labiennalechannel.org FB: La Biennale di Venezia la Biennale di Venezia 54th International Art Exhibition directed by Bice Curiger ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations Venice (Giardini and Arsenale), June, 4th – November, 27th 2011 Preview:

Biennale Sessions Project For the 54th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia addresses universities, academies of fine arts and secondary schools with a special project. – la Biennale di Venezia looks at the Exhibition as the place where universities, academies of fine arts, secondary schools as well as research

ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations Artists Giorgio Andreotta Calò Born in Venice, Italy, 1979 Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherland Meris Angioletti Born in Bergamo, Italy, 1977 Lives and works in Paris, France Nairy Baghramian Born in Isfhan, Iran, 1971 Lives and works in Berlin, Germany Yto Barrada Born in Paris,

ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations National Participations Artists, Commissioners, Curators, Venues ALBANIA Anila Rubiku, Orion Shima, Gentian Shkurti, Eltjon Valle, Driant Zeneli Commissioner: Parid Tefereçi. Curator: Riccardo Caldura. Venue: to be announced ANDORRA, Principality of Beyond vision Helena Guàrdia Ribó, Francisco Sánchez Sánchez Commissioners: Pedro de Sancristóval y Múrua, Joan Gil Gregório,

Curatorial Statement Bice Curiger La Biennale di Venezia | 54th International Art Exhibition ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations Bice Curiger La Biennale di Venezia is one of the world’s most important forums for the dissemination illumination of current developments in international art. The title of the 54th International  Exhibition, ILLUMInations, literally draws