The 55th Venice Biennale was an international
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exhibition
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held in 2013. The
Venice Biennale
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takes place
biennially in
Venice, Italy
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. Artistic director
Massimiliano Gioni
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curated its central exhibition, "The Encyclopedic Palace".
Awards
* Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition:
Tino Sehgal
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* Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of main exhibition:
Camille Henrot
Camille Henrot (born 1978) is a French artist who lives and works in Paris and New York.
Biography
Henrot was born in 1978 in Paris, France. She attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs where she studied film animation and s ...
* Golden Lions for lifetime achievement:
Marisa Merz
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and
Maria Lassnig
Maria Lassnig (8 September 1919 – 6 May 2014) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness".Attias, Lauri''Maria Lassnig'', ''Frieze'', May 1996. She was the first female artist to win the Grand ...
* Golden Lion for best national participation:
Angolan pavilion
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Reception
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ARTnews
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'' later named the Biennale among the decade's best shows and praised, in particular, Gioni's central exhibition for displaying self-taught artists alongside major artists.
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