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Miami — I asked three art professionals I deeply respect, who live in three culturally different cities, to share an artist or an exhibition they feel provided interesting insight in to contemporary artistic practice within “developing” parts of the world.
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During the Biennale, innumerable numbers of events take place outside of the official Biennale grounds of the Giardini and Arsenale, especially from countries that couldn’t afford pavilions inside the Arsenale. They either rented out abandoned spaces near it, like the Iraqi pavilion did, or, if they
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The Arsenale and its Corderie (Rope Walk) compose the remainder of the curatorial effort of the Biennale’s director. It is the sprawling nasty sibling of the Padiglione Centrale, and is somewhat of a chore to tackle. The entire layout of the Arsenale this year feels disjointed. On a whole, I felt li
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Editor's Note: Peter Dobey published a series of photo essays (1 [http://hyperallergic.com/26188/54th-venice-biennale-part-1/], 2 [http://hyperallergic.com/26213/54th-venice-biennale-part-2/], 3 [http://hyperallergic.com/26216/54th-venice-biennale-part-3/]) about this year's Venice Biennale at the b
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In 2011, India moved from the classification of “developing” country to that of being a "newly industrialized." This upgrade was made along Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Philippines, Brazil and China, all of which have economies showing promise towards becoming “developed.” Perhaps as a sa
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More images from the world’s oldest and largest art biennial event, the Venice Biennale, including photos from the American, Egyptian, Iraqi, Israeli and Polish pavilions, view of various social events and other random sightings.
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More images from the world's oldest and largest art biennial event, the Venice Biennale, including photos from the François Pinault Foundation, the French, Haitian, Danish, Swedish, Swiss and the Venezuelan pavilions.
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The voluminousness of the Venice Biennale can be overwhelming, much like the city of Venice itself. Talking with Venetian friends, I heard the city described as a “creature,” a labyrinthine monster that will suffocate you if you don’t know how to find the campos, or other open-air spaces where you c
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The 54th Venice Biennale has awarded its top prize, the Golden Lion for best national pavilion, to Germany for the art of Christoph Schlingensief. The best art work was given to Christian Marclay's "The Clock" (2011). [In the Air/Artinfo [http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2011/06/04/germany-takes
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New York Times visual columnist and famed designer Christoph Niemann is at the 2011 Venice Biennale, documenting his experiencing with the contemporary art festival in a series of sketches.
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Love it or hate it, Allora & Calzadilla's entry to the US Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale is a showstopper perfectly tuned for the art world's version of the Olympics.
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Artist Ahmed Basiony was to represent Egypt in the 2011 Venice Biennale in an exhibition at the country's national pavilion, curated by Shady El Noshokaty. Yet the artist will now be representing his country's art community posthumously — Basiony died in gunfire in Tahrir Square while documenting th