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List Of National Pavilions At The 58th Venice Biennale
Ninety national pavilions participated in the 58th Venice Biennale, an international contemporary art exhibition held between May and November 2019. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islan ..., and participating nations select artists to show at their pavilions, hosted in the Venice Giardini, Arsenale, and palazzos throughout the city. The 90 pavilions set a new record for national participation, exceeding the 86 from 2017. Highlight pavilions from the show included Lithuania, Ghana, France, the United States, the Philippines, India, Brazil, and Italy. National pavilions References External links * {{Portal bar, Italy, Visual arts National pavilions 58th Venice Biennale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Venice Biennale
The 58th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held between May and November 2019. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Ralph Rugoff curated its central exhibition, ''May You Live in Interesting Times'', and 90 countries contributed national pavilions. Background The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater. Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacharias Kunuk
Zacharias Kunuk ( iu, ᓴᖅᑲᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ, born November 27, 1957) is a Canadian Inuk producer and director most notable for his film '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'', the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in Inuktitut. He is the president and co-founder with Paul Qulitalik, Paul Apak Angilirq, and the only non-Inuit, ex-New Yorker team member, Norman Cohn, of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first independent Inuit production company. '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'' (2001), the first feature film that was entirely in Inuktitut was named as the greatest Canadian film of all time by the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival poll. Background Zacharias Kunuk was born in Kapuivik on Baffin Island in Canada. In 1966 he attended school in Igloolik. There he carved and sold soapstone sculptures to afford movie admissions. As his skill improved, he was able to buy cameras and photographed Inuit hunting scenes. When he heard about video cameras in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artnet News
Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquarters in New York City, in the United States, and is owned by Artnet AG, a German publicly traded company based in Berlin that is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company increased revenues by 25.3% to 17.3 million EUR in 2015 compared with a year before. Company history The company was founded as Centrox Corporation in 1989 by Pierre Sernet, a French collector who developed database software which allowed images of artworks to be associated with market prices. Hans Neuendorf, a German art dealer, began to invest in the company in the 1990s; he became chairman in 1992 and chief executive officer in 1995. That same year, the name was changed to Artnet Worldwide Corporation. It was taken over by Artnet AG in 1998. Neuendorf's son, Jacob Pabst, became chief executive officer in July 2012. Website Artnet operates an international research and trading platform for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Kirszenbaum
Martha (Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus. Etymology of the name The name ''Martha'' is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μάρθα, itself a translation of the Aramaic מָרְתָא ''Mârtâ,'' "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress," feminine of מר "master." The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated AD 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form ''Marthein.'' Pope, Hugh"St. Martha" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1919. Biblical references In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visits the home of two sisters named Mary and Martha. The two sisters ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laure Prouvost
Laure Prouvost (born 1978) is a France, French artist living and working in Antwerp, Belgium. She won the 2013 Turner Prize. In 2019, she French pavilion, represented France at the Venice Biennale with the multi-media work "The Deep Blue Sea Surrounding You". Career Prouvost was born in Croix, Nord, Croix, an upscale suburb of Lille, France, and attended a local school with a strong arts focus. She studied film at Central Saint Martins and also attended Goldsmiths, University of London. After graduating from Saint Martins, she worked as an assistant to the artist John Latham (artist), John Latham, who she describes as "more like a grandfather than my real grandfather". She has exhibited at Tate Britain and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. She was awarded the biennial MaxMara Art Prize for Women in association with the Whitechapel, MaxMara Art Prize for Women in 2011, in collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery and her work has appeared in the private contemporary art collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Pavilion
The French pavilion houses France's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. Background The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists known for propelling career visibility. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater. Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suvi West
Suvi West (born 14 January 1982) is a Finnish Sámi director, screenwriter, and television personality. Early life and education Suvi West was born in Kittilä and spent her youth in Utsjoki's Outakoski. She received her primary education at Tampere's high school for expressive arts. As a media assistant, she studied in Inari at the film department of the Sámi Regional Education Center from 2003 to 2005. Career Suvi West's career progressed while still a student working in Inari for Yle Sami Radio and the Norwegian broadcasting company NRK as a television news and documentaries producer from 2000 to 2007. Still, the strict predetermined format of television work began to make her anxious, and she feared that it would stifle her own film narrative. Her final work in 2005 was the documentary film ''Vaikein niistä on rakkaus'' ''(The hardest thing is love)'', which humorously chronicled West's search for a boyfriend. The film was screened in Hollywood and Vancouver Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Pavilion
The Finnish pavilion houses Finland's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. Background Since 2013, the Frame Contemporary Art Finland foundation has commissioned and produced exhibitions for the Finnish pavilion as part of its mission to promote contemporary Finnish art. Organization and building The pavilion, designed by Alvar Aalto, was built between 1955 and 1956. It was later restored by Fredrik Fogh between 1976 and 1982. The building was briefly lent to Iceland following the restoration, but has been used by Finland since. Representation by year Art * 2005 — Jaakko Heikkilä * 2007 — Maaria Wirkkala * 2011 — Vesa-Pekka Rannikko (Curator: Laura Köönikkä) * 2013 — Antti Laitinen, Terike Haapoja (Curators: Mika Elo, Marko Karo Harri Laakso) * 2015 — IC-98 – Visa Suonpää, Patrik Söderlund (Curator: Taru Elfving) * 2017 — Erkka Nissinen, Nathaniel Mellors (Curator: Xander Karskens) * 2019 — Miracle Workers Collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Pavilion
The Egyptian pavilion is a national pavilion of the Venice Biennale. It houses Egypt's official representation during the Biennale. The building is part of a complex that Brenno Del Giudice designed in 1932 to house Venetian decorative arts on Sant'Elena Island—an expansion of the Biennale from its main Giardini area. The building later served as Switzerland's national pavilion before the country moved to a new pavilion in 1952 and left the building to Egypt. The national pavilions for Serbia and Venice flank the Egyptian pavilion. Egypt's 1995 exhibition won the Biennale's Golden Lion award for best national pavilion. Building In 1932, Italian architect Brenno Del Giudice designed a series of buildings on Sant'Elena as an expansion from the main Giardini area of the Venice Biennale. The island of Sant'Elena is separated from the Giardini by a bridged canal. The original complex was designed as a single unit to exhibit Venetian decorative arts. Its façade repeats a pattern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Pavilion
The Danish pavilion houses Denmark's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. The building was designed by Carl Brummer and constructed between 1930 and 1932, and restored and expanded by Peter Koch in the 1950s. Background Organization and building The pavilion, designed by Carl Brummer, was constructed between 1930 and 1932. Architect Peter Koch led a restoration and expansion between 1958 and 1960. The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts serves as commissioner for the Danish Pavilion at the Biennale, where Denmark has taken part since 1895. Representation by year Art * 1999 — Jason Rhoades, Peter Bonde * 2003 — Olafur Eliasson * 2005 — Eva Koch, Joachim Koester, Peter Land, Ann Lislegaard, Gitte Villesen * 2007 — Troels Wörsel (Commissioner: Holger Reenberg; Assistant Commissioner: Stinna Toft Christensen) * 2009 — Elmgreen and Dragset * 2011 — Taryn Simon and others (Curator: Katerina Gregos) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech And Slovak Pavilion
The Czech and Slovak pavilion houses the national representation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. Background Organization and building Architect Otakar Novotny designed the pavilion for Czechoslovakia in 1926 with strong influence from Cubism and European functionalism. Representation by year Art * 1926 — Charlotte Schrötter-Radnitz * 1942 — Janko Alexy, Miloš Alexander Bazovský, Martin Benka, Ľudovít Fulla, Jan Hála, Jozef Kollar, Frantisek Kudlac, Eugen Lehotský, Gustáv Mallý, Peter Matejka, Lea Mrazova, Jan Mudroch, Karol Ondreička, Štefan Polkoráb, Teodor Tekel, Jaroslav Votruba, Júlia Kováciková-Horová, Vojtech Ihrisky, Jan Koniarek, Jozef Kostka, Ladislav Majerský, Fraňo Stefunko, Koloman Sokol * 1956 — Josef Lada, Adolf Zábranský, Jiří Trnka, Antonín Pelc, Cyril Bouda, Václav Karel, Kamil Lhoták, Antonín Strnadel, Vincenc Vingler, a.o. * 1964 — Vladimír Kompánek * 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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