The 45th Venice Biennale, held from June 13 to October 13, 1993, was an exhibition of international

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, with 45 participating nations. The

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

takes place biennially in

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. Prizewinners of the 45th Biennale included: ''ex aequo'' Richard Hamilton and

Antoni Tàpies Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tápies (; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalan People, Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation. Life The son of Jo ...

(Golden Lion for painting), Robert Willson (Golden Lion for sculpture), the

German pavilion The German pavilion houses Germany'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 ...

with

Hans Haacke Hans Haacke (born August 12, 1936) is a German-born artist who lives and works in New York City. Haacke is considered a "leading exponent" of Institutional Critique. Early life Haacke was born in Cologne, Germany. He studied at the '' Staatlic ...

and

Nam June Paik Nam June Paik (; July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super hi ...

(best national representation), and

Matthew Barney Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American contemporary artist and film director who works in the fields of sculpture, film, photography and drawing. His works explore connections among geography, biology, geology and mythology as well ...

(''Premio 2000'' for young artists).

Awards

* La Biennale di Venezia International Prizes: **Golden Lion for painting: ''ex aequo'' Richard Hamilton and

**Golden Lion for sculpture: Robert Wilson * Golden Lion for best national representation:

German Pavilion The German pavilion houses Germany'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 ...

with

and

* ''Premio 2000'' (young artist; also called Duemila Prize):

* Special awards (also called Honourable Mention):

Louise Bourgeois Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (; 25 December 191131 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a varie ...

Ilya Kabakov Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov (Russian: Илья́ Ио́сифович Кабако́в; born September 30, 1933), is a Russian–American conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk in what was then the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. He worked ...

Joseph Kosuth Joseph Kosuth (; born January 31, 1945), an American conceptual artist, lives in New York and London,

, Jean Pierre Raynaud * ''Premia Giulio Carlo Argan'' for the critics:

David Sylvester Anthony David Bernard Sylvester (21 September 1924 – 19 June 2001) was a British art critic and curator. Although he received no formal education in the arts, during his long career he was influential in promoting modern artists, in particula ...

* ''Premia Gian Tomaso Liverani'': Eva Marisaldi * ''Premia (purchase) Fondazione Marino Marini'': Luca Quartana * ''Premia Swatch'':

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