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Venice Biennale

The Vatican Will Put On A Contemporary Art Exhibition At The Venice Biennale

by Corinna Kirsch on March 20, 2013
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Expectations run high with the 2013 Venice Biennale, which will include many “firsts” in the Biennale’s 110-year history. Possibly the strangest revelation yet, is that the Biennale will include a contemporary art pavilion by the Vatican. No, Hell has not frozen over.

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Massimiliano Gioni named Curator of the Venice Biennale

by Will Brand on January 31, 2012
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If you have any kind of career in the art world, Massimiliano Gioni should make you feel bad. Now, as the newly-named curator of the 2013 Venice Biennale, he should make you feel worse.

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Massive Links! False Identities | Hidden Paintings | Enormous Hunks of Rock and the Men that Move Them

by Reid Singer on September 23, 2011
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A completion date for the Sagrada Familia, restaurants in the Upper East Side that don’t suck, a moveable Michael Heizer sculpture, and other things you didn’t think you’d hear about when you got out of bed this morning.

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Venice Biennale Remainders: Allora and Calzadilla Aren’t So Bad | Christian Marclay’s “Timeless” Clock | Scads of Flickr Photos

by Paddy Johnson on June 10, 2011
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Jerry Saltz and Adrian Searle both maybe like Allora and Calzadilla’s tank at the US Pavilion, but Saltz thinks the rest should go. Sure it was a bit of a circus, but I liked the show regardless.

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Should Artists Go To The Venice Biennale?

by Paddy Johnson on June 9, 2011
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Are biennales like art fairs – a quick way to kill an artist’s soul? I sometimes had this impression while I was in Venice last week, even though nothing is for sale. There’s a lot of art to see, sure, but more importantly, people to schmooze! Given that the day the Biennale opens to the public the crowds thin dramatically — this is same day the three-day advance press and VIP preview closes — it’s hard to think the show is mostly about the art.

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Art Fag City at The L Magazine: Six Differences Between Venice and New York

by Paddy Johnson on June 8, 2011
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Is New York really that different from Venice? I’ve scoured the 2011 Venice Biennale in search of answers and believe I’ve found a few. Those results after the jump.

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I Hate The British Pavilion

by Paddy Johnson on June 7, 2011
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Resting on the perch of a hill first visible from the entrance of the Giardini in Venice, The British Pavilion commands a lot of attention. It’s a grand location, and with the exception of the La Biennale building probably the best spot in the whole garden. As such, even for those who have never been to the Giardini, it’s probably not hard to imagine the kind of drama that ensues from seeing giant lines of people lined out front the pavilion. The angle of the hill makes the crowds look larger than they are, and there’s an element of anticipation that builds as the throng swells.

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Paddy Johnson at The Daily: Best in Show at The Venice Biennale

by Paddy Johnson on June 7, 2011
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If the Venice Biennale were a race, no one would finish. There's too much art to see, which means people look at what's talked about and make empty promises to return in the summer – the exhibition is up through November 27th.

But how effective a viewing strategy is following the buzz? Better than one would think.

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Paddy Johnson at The Daily: G-L-O-R-I-A! Gloria! U.S. installation at Venice Biennale challenges notions of 'competition'

by Paddy Johnson on May 25, 2011
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The Venice Biennale only happens once every two years, but it's the closest approximation to an international sporting event the art would has. Next month, countries will once more vie for the honor of Best National Pavilion, the highly sought-after Golden Lion award no one in the field will admit they are actively competing for. Even if it's a rather lofty way of thinking about art, the idea that one artwork should be somehow more transcendent than another is distasteful to many in the profession.

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