Category Archives: Artwork

Simon Denny: Secret Power, New Zealand Pavilion in National Library of St Mark, Venice Biennale 2015

Two installations that form Simon Denny’s Secret Power exhibition are in the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. Simon Denny’s project for the New Zealand pavilion is split across two spaces—the arrivals areas of the Marco Polo Airport and the Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana…

Invisible Beauty, Iraq Pavilion in Palazzo Dandolo Farsetti, Venice Biennale 2015

The Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq (Ruya) commissioned the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale, May 2015. The exhibition, Invisible Beauty, is curated by Philippe Van Cauteren, Artistic Director of S.M.A.K. (Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent. It features five contemporary artists from across Iraq…

João Louro: I Will Be Your Mirror / Poems and Problems, Portugal Pavilion in Palazzo Loredan, Venice Biennale 2015

The Portugal Pavilion is at the beautifull Palazzo Loredan, in Campo Santo Stefano, and presents the exhibition, I Will Be Your Mirror / Poems and Problems, by João Louro The motto of the exhibition, I’ll be your mirror, is taken from a song by the Velvet Underground. The lyrics of…

1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, UAE Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, in the 56th International Art Exhibition, received over 500,000 visitors. 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates was a retrospective on contemporary art exhibitions in the Emirates over the last 40 years.…