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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…

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

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.…

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

Origins of Civilization, Syrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Syrian Arab Republic Pavilion takes part to the 56th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia with the exhibition Origins of Civilization curated by Duccio Trombadori. Taking on this theme, the Syrian Arab Republic Pavilion, now presenting its fifth exhibition, confirms the premises that have characterized it from the…

Origins of Civilization, Syrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Great Game, Iranian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Iran in the 56th International Art Exhibition of Venice with themed exhibition “The Great Game”. The artworks include a wide range, from calligraphy and painting to sculpture and installation. Close to 2000 square meters is dedicated to Iran by the private sector in Venice, suitable to showcase works of 30…

The Great Game, Iranian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Tie A String Around the World, Philippine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Philippines be back with the theme “Tie A String Around the World” to the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, after a 50-year hiatus. “Tie A String Around the World” revolves around the concept of the Philippines as a tropical heterotopia, a real space of crises where utopia – the…

Tie A String Around the World, Philippine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Sarkis: Respiro, Turkish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

“Respiro”, an installation conceptual artist Sarkis, will be presented in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 56th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, the Pavilion of Turkey is curated by Defne Ayas, in the main venue of the biennale. A…

Sarkis: Respiro, Turkish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

In the beginning… the Word became flesh, Vatican Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Pavilion of the Holy See at the Venice Biennale 2015 is promoted by the Pontifical Council for Culture chaired by cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. At its second edition after the participation of 2013, the Pavilion deals with the theme “In the Beginning … the Word became flesh” inspired by the…

In the beginning… the Word became flesh, Vatican Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

What remains is tomorrow, South African Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The South African Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2015 is themed “What remains is tomorrow”, taking cue from the International Art Exhibition at the 56th Biennale di Venezia, All the World’s Futures, Rose and Till present an array of works by artists who are deeply invested in local iterations of power,…

What remains is tomorrow, South African Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Juan Carlos Distefano: The Rebellion of Form, Argentine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The theme of the Argentine Pavilion is “The Rebellion of Form”， Created by artist Juan Carlos Distéfano. The pavilion had an assemblage of 29 human-size sculptures that were lined up beautifully to make up the exhibition La Rebeldía de la Forma (meaning The Uprising of Form). Each sculpture represents an…

Juan Carlos Distefano: The Rebellion of Form, Argentine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Lina Selander: Excavation of the Image: Imprint, shadow, spectre, thought, Swedish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Lina Selander’s films and installations can be read as compositions or thought models, where ideas and conditions are weighed and tested. Representing Sweden at the 56th Biennale di Venezia 2015, she has compiled a group of works and documents describing a migration between utopia and collapse, where technological or ideological…

Lina Selander: Excavation of the Image: Imprint, shadow, spectre, thought, Swedish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

UTTER: The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope, Slovenian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

“UTTER / The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope”, a new project by JAŠA, representing Slovenia at the 56th Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition. The project’s title embraces the very core of JAŠA’s aim to create an artwork as both a poetic stance and a dynamic, politicized presence.…

UTTER: The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope, Slovenian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Lotty Rosenfeld-Paz Errázuriz: Poetics of dissent, Chilean Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

For the first time, the concept for the Pavilion of Chile at la Biennale di Venezia was selected in a public competition. Poetics of Dissent was announced as the winning proposal by the National Council for Culture and the Arts of Chile (CNCA). Artists and creative practitioners to be known…

Lotty Rosenfeld-Paz Errázuriz: Poetics of dissent, Chilean Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Hope!, Ukraine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Ukrainian national pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, presents a group exhibition entitled “Hope!” featuring a young generation of Ukrainian artists, including Yevgenia Belorusets, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Mykola Ridnyi & Serhiy Zhadan, Artem Volokitin, Anna Zvyagintseva and Open Group. The project is…

Hope!, Ukraine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Ways of Folding Space & Flying, Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Moon kyungwon and jeon joonho immerse the korean pavilion at the 56th international art exhibition, in a site-specific work that is a continuation of the artists’s ongoing investigation into trying to ‘make sense of what they perceive as a fundamental function of art in the increasingly uncertain and precarious environment…

The Ways of Folding Space & Flying, Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Chiharu Shiota: The Key in the Hand, Japanese Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Japan’s contribution to the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is an exhibition by artist Chiharu Shiota entitled The Key in the Hand. The Key in the Hand, an installation that forges a link between a space made up of keys, yarn, and two boats, and photographs…

Chiharu Shiota: The Key in the Hand, Japanese Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

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