Despite differences of the actual themes, three national contributions stand out for their treatment of light and colour. In the Canadian Pavilion dominates the pink of the Victoria amazonica water lilies, while the Spanish one is multicoloured, due to countless postcards. Whereas the paintings in the Ethiopian exhibition are radiating bright tints. Additionally, there is… (read more)
Inside and outside the traditional Biennale venues, there are exhibitions which deal with the way we treat nature. Fiona Pardington shows in the Pavilion of Aotearoa New Zealand photographs of native birds that are threatened with disappearance or are already extinct. Ten international artists reflect in the Nauru-Pavilion on the endangered island in Oceania and… (read more)
The national pavilions of various states all around the globe are always an important part of the Venice Biennale, besides the main exhibition. This year’s title of the show in the central pavilion of the Giardini and in the Arsenale “In Minor Keys” was somehow adopted by several of the 100 national contributions, whilst others… (read more)
Interview with Patricia Jacomella Bonola about the Nauru-Pavilion “AIM Inundated, Imagining Life After Land” at this years’ Venice Biennale* In a narrow alleyway, not far from the Riva degli Schiavoni, visitors to this year’s Venice Biennale will find a rather surprising national pavilion. Close to the participations from New Zealand and Zimbabwe is the country… (read more)
Entitled “In Minor Keys”, the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia opened on Saturday 9 May 2026. A team of curators (1) continued the work of Koyo Kouoh, who passed away a year ago, in keeping with her vision: to “propose to visitors an exhibitional experience that is more sensory than didactic”…. (read more)
La Biennale di Venezia 2022 23 April – 27 November 2022 www.labiennale.org Founded in 1895, the Venice biennale was – until now – dominated by masculine curators and artists. Since 1948, there were 32 male artistic directors and only 3 female. Additionally, there was two times a double curatorship, once a male-female couple, the… (read more)
Inversion II Glenda León 2011 Video (Single channel, Sound, Colour) 3’00 Courtesy of the artist Glenda León’s video “Inversion II” illustrates the abrasion of the colour of a banknote and the sniffing of the resulting powder. The first images are introducing to the used objects, lying on a white plane: in the left lower… (read more)
“eARTh: creativity and sustainability” was the theme of this year’s Florence Biennale. It took place from October 6th to 15th and was located in the Padiglione Spadoli in the Fortezza da Basso (part of the Firenzefiera). There were 462 artists, coming from 72 countries. The 20-year-old institution sees herself as an independent platform of the… (read more)
Busca una pista, inventa la historia (Search a track, invent history) Lourdes de la Riva 3,50 m x 4,70 m 2016 Remains of small sections of paper books perforated by the moths and attached to the wall The mural collage “Busca una pista, inventa la historia” (Search a track, invent history) from 2016 by Lourdes… (read more)
13 May – 26 November 2017 On Saturday the 13th of May the 57th Biennale of Venice opened. The artistic director Christine Macel united 120 artists from 51 countries for the main exhibition under the title “VIVA ARTE VIVA” subdivided in nine sections. Moreover, there are 86 National Participations in the historic Pavilions at the… (read more)
Due to our moving to Italy, we only restarted our activities in January 2015. With this the focus is not only on art in public space, but changed more to report on exhibitions and presentation of international artists via the artwork of the month. First we published only on our Facebook website. However, since… (read more)
The 56th Biennale di Venezia under the theme “All the World Futures” curated by Okwui Enwezor closed its doors the 22nd November 2015. Nevertheless, we will continue to reflect about the offered artworks. Since the heart of the central exhibition was the reading of “Das Kapital” by Karl Marx, we focus on the artistic approach… (read more)
On November 22nd the 56th Biennale di Venezia will close its doors: Time to start a little reflexion about what is shown. Okwui Enwezor curated the international art exhibition under the title “All the World’s Futures”. He stated in May 2015 in “The Guardian” to want a “deeply reflective, deeply political” Biennale. In this context… (read more)
