59th Venice Biennale

The 59th Venice Biennale is an upcoming international contemporary art exhibition to be held between April and November 2022. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Cecilia Alemani will curate its central exhibition.

59th Venice Biennale
GenreArt exhibition
BeginsApril 23, 2022
EndsNovember 2022
Location(s)Venice
CountryItaly
Previous event58th Venice Biennale (2019)

Background

The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.[1]

Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well.[1] Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in the Venice Arsenale and palazzos throughout the city.[2]

The 59th Biennale will run from April 23, 2022, through November. Originally scheduled for the year prior, the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the 2020 architecture biennale into 2021 and the art biennale into 2022. As a result of the displacement, the art biennale will coincide with Documenta 15, another major contemporary art exhibition.[3]

Central exhibition

Cecilia Alemani will curate the Biennale's central exhibition. The chief curator of High Line Art previously curated the 2017 Biennale's Italian pavilion. She is the first Italian woman to serve as the Biennale's artistic director. Her husband, Massimiliano Gioni, curated the 2013 Biennale.[4] After the exhibition was postponed one year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Alemani hoped to use the extra year to prepare new projects and use the opening, which now precedes Liberation Day, to mark an occasion of togetherness.[3]

National pavilions

Countries began to announce their national representatives following the 58th Biennale exhibition,[5] in which 90 national pavilions participated. Each country selects artists to show at their pavilion, ostensibly with an eye to the Biennale's theme.[1]

Nation Location Artist(s) Curator(s) Ref
AustraliaGiardiniMarco FusinatoAlexie Glass-Kantor [5][6]
AustriaGiardiniJakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans ScheirlKarola Kraus [7][8]
BelgiumGiardiniFrancis AlÿsHilde Teerlinck [9]
CanadaGiardiniStan DouglasTBD [10]
FinlandGiardiniPilvi TakalaChristina Li [11]
FranceGiardiniZineb Sedira [12][13]
GermanyGiardiniYilmaz Dziewior [14]
Great BritainGiardiniSonia BoyceTBD [15]
IcelandArsenaleSigurður Guðjónsson [5]
NetherlandsAround VeniceMelanie BonajoMaaike Gouwenberg, Geir Haraldseth, Soraya Pol [16]
New ZealandAround VeniceYuki KiharaNatalie King [5][17]
SwitzerlandGiardiniLatifa EchakhchFrancesco Stocchi [18]
TurkeyAround VeniceFüsun OnurBige Örer [19]
United Arab EmiratesAround VeniceMohamed Ahmed IbrahimMaya Allison [20]

References
  1. Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  2. Herriman, Kat (May 16, 2019). "What to See at the Venice Biennale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019.
  3. Farago, Jason (May 18, 2020). "Venice Biennale Postpones Next Two Editions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  4. Cascone, Sarah (January 10, 2020). "The Venice Biennale Has Appointed Cecilia Alemani, the Artistic Force Behind New York's High Line, as the Curator of Its 2021 Edition". Artnet News. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  5. "A Continually Updated List of Every Country's Pick for the 2021 Venice Biennale". ARTnews. December 9, 2019. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  6. Maida, Desirée (November 15, 2019). "Il Padiglione dell'Australia alla Biennale d'Arte di Venezia 2021". Artribune (in Italian). Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  7. "Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl Will Represent Austria at 2021 Venice Biennale". Artforum. February 25, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  8. "Knebl und Scheirl 2021 für Österreich bei Kunstbiennale Venedig" in derstandard.at (in German)
  9. Greenberger, Alex (June 15, 2020). "Francis Alÿs, Artist with a Timely Interest in Borders, Will Represent Belgium at 2022 Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  10. Greenberger, Alex (January 15, 2020). "Stan Douglas, Leading Video Artist with an Eye Toward the Marginalized, Will Represent Canada at 2021 Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  11. Selvin, Claire (February 5, 2020). "Celebrated Video and Performance Artist Pilvi Takala Will Represent Finland at 2021 Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  12. Selvin, Claire (January 27, 2020). "Zineb Sedira Becomes First Algerian Artist to Represent France at Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  13. Azimi, Roxana (January 24, 2020). "La Franco-Algérienne Zineb Sedira représentera la France à la Biennale de Venise 2021". Le Monde (in French). Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  14. "Germany's Venice Biennale curator talks about the future of the festival after COVID-19". Deutsche Welle. May 12, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  15. Rea, Naomi (February 12, 2020). "Artist Sonia Boyce Will Be the First Black Woman to Represent the UK at the Venice Biennale". Artnet News. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  16. Goldstein, Caroline (March 12, 2020). "Venice Biennale 2021: Here Are All the Artists Confirmed to Represent Their Countries at the Event (So Far)". Artnet News. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  17. Long, Lauren (September 17, 2019). "Yuki Kihara to Represent New Zealand at 59th Venice Biennale". ArtAsiaPacific. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  18. Greenberger, Alex (January 28, 2020). "Latifa Echakhch, Rising Star Focused on Immigration and Alienation, Will Represent Switzerland at 2021 Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  19. "Füsun Onur to Represent Turkey at 2021 Venice Biennale". Artforum. April 20, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  20. Chaves, Alexandra (September 28, 2020). "Emirati artist Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim to represent the UAE at 2022 Venice Biennale". The National. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

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