List of Venice Biennale exhibitions

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This is a list of Venice Biennale exhibitions.

Art

#DatesArts director [1] Central exhibitionAwardsRef
60th 2024 Adriano Pedrosa Foreigners Everywhere [2] [3]
59th 2022 Cecilia Alemani The Milk of Dreams [4] [5]
58th 2019 Ralph Rugoff May You Live in Interesting Times
  • Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Arthur Jafa
  • Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of the exhibition: Haris Epaminonda
  • Golden Lion for lifetime achievement: Jimmie Durham
  • Golden Lion for best national participation: Lithuanian pavilion
[6] [7]
57th 2017 Christine Macel Viva Arte Viva [8]
56th 2015 Okwui Enwezor All the World's Futures
  • Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Adrian Piper
  • Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of the exhibition: Im Heung-soon
  • Golden Lion for lifetime achievement: El Anatsui
  • Golden Lion for best national participation: Armenian pavilion
[9]
55th 2013 Massimiliano Gioni The Encyclopedic Palace [10]
54th 2011 Bice Curiger ILLUMInations [11] [12]
53rd 2009 Daniel Birnbaum Making Worlds [13]
52nd 2007 Robert Storr Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind [14] [15]
51st 2005Maria de Corral and Rosa Martinez [16]
50th 2003 Francesco Bonami Dreams and Conflicts:
The Dictatorship of the Viewer
[17] [18]
49th 2001 Harald Szeemann Plateau of Humankind [17]
48th 1999 Harald Szeemann [17]
47th 1997 Germano Celant [17]
46th 1995 Jean Clair [17]
45th 1993Giovanni Carandente [17]
44th 1990Giovanni Carandente [17]
43rd 1988Giovanni Carandente [17]
42nd 1986Giovanni Carandente [17]
41st 1984Maurizio CalvesiNone [a]
40th 1982Sisto Dalla PalmaNone [a]
39th 1980Luigi CarluccioNone [a]
38th 1978Luigi ScarpaNone [a]
37th 1976 Vittorio Gregotti None [a]
36th 1972Mario PenelopeOpera o Comportamento (Work or Behavior) [19] None [a]
35th 1970Umbro ApollonioNone [a]
34th 1968Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): British painter Bridget Riley, French sculptor Nicolas Schöffer, German etcher Horst Janssen, and Italian sculptors Gianni Colombo and Pino Pascali

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33rd 1966Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Argentine painter Julio Le Parc, Danish sculptor Robert Jacobsen ex aequo with Étienne Martin (France), Japanese etcher Masuo Ikeda, and Italians painter Lucio Fontana, sculptor Alberto Viani, and etcher Ezio Gribaudo

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32nd 1964Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): American painter Robert Rauschenberg, Swiss sculptor Zoltan Kemeny, German draughtsman Joseph Fassbender, and Italians sculptor Andrea Cascella, sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, and etcher Angelo Savelli.

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31st 1962Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Alfred Manessier, Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, Argentine etcher Antonio Berni, and Italians painter Giuseppe Gapogrossi ex aequo with Ennio Morlotti, sculptor Aldo Calò ex aequo with Umberto Milani, and etcher Antonino Virduzzo

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30th 1960Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Jean Fautrier, German painter Hans Hartung, Italian painter Emilio Vedova, and Italian sculptor Pietro Consagra.

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29th 1958Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): American painter Mark Tobey, Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida, Brazilian etcher Fayga Ostrower, Italians painter Osvaldo Licini, sculptor Umberto Mastroianni, and etcher Luigi Spacal

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28th 1956Rodolfo Pallucchini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Jacques Villon, British sculptor Lynn Chadwick, Japanese etcher Shiko Munakata, Brazilian draughtsman Aldemir Martins, and Italians painter Afro, sculptor Emilio Greco, etcher Zoran Music, and draughtsperson Carlo Mattioli ex aequo with Anna Salvatore

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27th 1954Rodolfo Pallucchini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): German painter Max Ernst, French sculptor Jean Arp, Spanish etcher Joan Miró, and Italians painter Giuseppe Santomaso, sculptor Pericle Fazzini, and etcher Paolo Manaresi ex aequo with Cesco Magnolato

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26th 1952Rodolfo Pallucchini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Raoul Dufy, American sculptor Alexander Calder, German etcher Emil Nolde, and Italians painter Bruno Cassinari ex aequo with Bruno Saetti, sculptor Marino Marini, and etcher Tono Zancanaro

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25th 1950Rodolfo Pallucchini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Henri Matisse, French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, Belgian etcher Frans Masereel, Italians painter Carlo Carrà, sculptor Marcello Mascherini ex aequo with Luciano Minguzzi, and etcher Giuseppe Viviani

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24th 1948Rodolfo Pallucchini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Georges Braque, British sculptor Henry Moore, French etcher Marc Chagall, and Italians painter Giorgio Morandi, sculptor Giacomo Manzù, and etcher Mino Maccari

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23rd 1942Antonio Maraini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Hungarian painter Arthur Kampf, Swiss sculptor Charles Otto Bänninger, Swedish etcher Stif Borglind, and Italians painter Alberto Salietti, sculptor Francesco Messina, and etcher Luigi Bartolini

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22nd 1940Antonio Maraini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Hungarian painter Vilmos Aba Novàk, German sculptor Arno Breker, Belgian etcher Maurice Brocas, and Italians painter Felice Carena, sculptor Guido Galletti, and etcher Marcello Boglione

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21st 1938Antonio Maraini

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, Swiss sculptor Herman Hubacher, British etcher Blair Hughes-Stanton, and Italians painter Felice Casorati, sculptor Venanzio Crocetti, and etcher Mario Delitala

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20th 1936Antonio Maraini
19th 1934Antonio Maraini
18th 1932Antonio Maraini
17th 1930Antonio Maraini
16th1928Antonio Maraini
15th1926Vittorio Pica
14th1924Vittorio Pica
13th1922Vittorio Pica
12th1920Vittorio Pica
11th1914Antonio Fradeletto
10th1912Antonio Fradeletto
9th1910Antonio Fradeletto
8th1909Antonio Fradeletto
7th1907Antonio Fradeletto
6th1905Antonio Fradeletto
5th1903Antonio Fradeletto
4th1901Antonio Fradeletto
3rd1899Antonio Fradeletto
2nd1897Antonio Fradeletto
1st1895Antonio Fradeletto

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Grandi Premi re-instituted in 1986 were the first since 1968. They included the Golden Lion (Leone d’Oro), Premio 2000/Duemila for a young artist, and the Premio dei Paesi Golden Lion for the best national pavilion. [20]

References

  1. Di Martino 2005, p. 120–125.
  2. "Biennale Arte 2024 Awards". Venice Biennale . Biennale Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. "Anna Maria Maiolino and Nil Yalter Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the Biennale Arte 2024". Venice Biennale . Biennale Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. Rea, Naomi (June 9, 2021). "Cecilia Alemani's 2022 Venice Biennale Will Explore the Power of the Human Imagination to Adapt to a Changing Planet". Artnet News . Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. "BIENNALE ARTE 2022: OFFICIAL AWARDS". Venice Biennale . 23 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. Nayeri, Farah (15 May 2019). "Venice Biennale's Top Prize Goes to Lithuania". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331.
  7. Halperin, Julia (11 May 2019). "Arthur Jafa and the Lithuanian Pavilion Win the Venice Biennale's 2019 Golden Lions, Casting a Spotlight on Racism and Climate Change". Artnet News . Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  8. Russeth, Andrew (13 May 2017). "Golden Lions in Venice for Anne Imhof and Franz Erhard Walther, Silver for Hassan Khan". ARTnews . Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  9. "Armenia, Adrian Piper Win Venice Biennales Golden Lions". ARTnews . 9 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  10. Cascone, Sarah (6 June 2013). "Tino Sehgal, Sharon Hayes, Angolan Pavilion Among Venice Biennale Prizewinners". Art in America . Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  11. "Christoph Schlingensief and Christian Marclay Awarded Golden Lions at the Venice Biennale". Artforum . 4 June 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  12. Freedman, Alex (9 June 2011). "VeniceЯUs". Art21 Magazine . Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  13. Crow, Kelly (6 June 2009). "Venice Biennial: Hear the U.S. Roar". Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  14. "Venice Biennale Golden Lion Awards Announced". Artforum . 17 October 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  15. Vogel, Carol (11 June 2007). "Art in the Present Tense: Politics, Loss and Beauty". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331.
  16. Vetrocq 2005, p. 110.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Di Martino 2005, p. 133.
  18. Kimmelman, Michael (26 June 2003). "Critic's Notebook: Cramming It All in at the Biennale". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331.
  19. Morris, Jane (1 May 2019). "Why is the Venice Biennale still so important?". The Art Newspaper . Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Di Martino 2005, p. 132.

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