Week #11 - Biennales

Biennales are exciting art exhibitions that occur every two years and showcase new work. The most well known of these is the Venice Biennale. 

Great resource for Biennales around the world: http://www.biennialfoundation.org/biennial-map/

------------Follow Up Questions---------------

Name five Biennales or Biennials that will be occurring in 2017:

-The Venice Biennale: Italy (57th)

-La Biennale de Montréal: Canada

-Biennale de Paris

-London Art Biennale

-Documenta: Kassel

What are some of the characteristics of Biennales?

Italian for "biennial" or "every other year", is any event that happens every two years. It is most commonly used within the art world to describe large-scale international contemporary art exhibitions. Biennales are site-specific events that focuses on the here and now and the everyday. 

What have you found out about the Venice Biennale? (Make 5 points)

-The first Venice Biennale was held in 1895.

-It began as a celebration for Italian Art, it is now an exhibition of international artworks.

-It now has an attendance of over 500 000 visitors.

-The 51st edition of the Biennale opened in June 2005 and was curated, for the first time, by two women.

-In 1972, for the first time a theme was adopted by the Biennale, called "Opera o comportamento" ("Work or Behaviour").

Simryn Gill at the 2013 Venice Biennale