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The 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale will take place in 2011, directed by the art historian and critic Bice Curiger: - Preview: 1-2-3 June 2011 - Official Opening: 3 June 2011 - Opening to the public: 4 June > 27 November 2011

 

see also:

- Venice Biennale 2011: the collateral events

- Venice Biennale 2011 map / mappa della Biennale di Venezia 2011

 


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ALBANIA Geopathies Anila Rubiku, Orion Shima, Gentian Shkurti, Eltjon Valle, Driant Zeneli Commissioner: Parid Tefereçi. Curator: Riccardo Caldura. Venue: Spazio Rolak, Giudecca 211/b  

ANDORRA Beyond vision Helena Guàrdia Ribó, Francisco Sánchez Sánchez Commissioners: Pedro de Sancristóval y Múrua, Joan Gil Gregório, Ermengol Puig Tàpies, Francesc Rodríguez Rossa. Curators: Paolo de Grandis, Josep M. Ubach Bernada. Venue: Chiesa di San Samuele, Campo San Samuele  

ARGENTINA Adrián Villar Rojas Commissioners: Magdalena Faillace. Curator: Rodrigo Alonso. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

ARMENIA Mher Azatyan, Grigor Khachatryan, Astghik Melkonyan Commissioner: Viktor Mnatsakanyan. Curators: Armine Antikyan, Ruben Arevshatyan, Vardan Azatyan, Nazareth Karoyan. Venue: Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael, Ca’ Zenobio, Dorsoduro 2596 www.biennale.am  

AUSTRALIA Hany Armanious Commissioner: Doug Hall AM. Curator: Anne Ellegood. Deputy Commissioner: Simon Mordant. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini venicebiennale.australiacouncil.gov.au

AUSTRIA Markus Schinwald Commissioner: Eva Schlegel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.labiennale.at

AZERBAIJAN Mikayil Abdurahmanov, Zeigam Azizov, Khanlar Gasimov, Aga Ousseinov, Altay Sadikhzade, Aidan Salakhova Commissioner/Curator: Chingiz Farzaliyev. Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Curator: Beral Madra. Venue: Palazzo Benzon, San Marco 3927 azpavilion.org  

BANGLADESH Parables Tayeba Begum Lipi, Promotesh Das Pulak, Imran Hossain Piplu, Kabir Ahmed Masum Chisty, Mahbubur Rahman Commissioners: Tayeba Begum Lipi, Fiona Biggiero. Curators: Mary Angela Schroth, Paolo W. Tamburella. Venue: Gervasuti Fondation, Fondamenta S.Anna (Via Garibaldi),Castello 995  

BELARUS Yury Alisevich, Artur Klinau, Kanstantsin Kastsiuchenka, Viktar Piatrou, Dzianis Skvartsou Commissioner: Natalia Sharangovich. Curator: Mikhail Barazna. Venue: Spazio Tethis - Arsenale Novissimo  

BELGIUM Feuilleton Angel Vergara Commissioner: Luc Tuymans. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.rtbf.be  

BRAZIL Artur Barrio Commissioner: Heitor Martins. Curators: Moacir dos Anjos, Agnaldo Farias. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini  

BULGARIA Greddy Assa, Pavel Koichev, Houben Tcherkelov Commissioner/Curator: Georges Luks. Venue: Palazzo Carminati, Santa Croce 1882  

CANADA Steven Shearer Commissioner: Josee Drouin-Brisebois Venue: Pavilion at Giardini National Gallery of Canada  

CENTRAL ASIA PAVILION Commissioners: Andris Brinkmanis, Asel Akmatova. Curators: Oksana Shatalova, Boris Chukhovich, Georgy Mamedov. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3199-3201 KYRGYZSTAN: Natalia Andrianova, Adis Seitaliev, Marat Raiymkulov KAZAKHSTAN: Said Atabekov, Galim Madanov, Zauresh Terekbay, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, TAJIKISTAN: Alla Rumyantseva, Aleksey Rumyantsev UZBEKISTAN: Artyom Ernst, Alexander Nikolaev www.cap2011.net  

CHILE Fernando Prats Commissioner: Antonio Arévalo. Curator: Fernando Castro Flórez. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

CHINA Pervasion Yuan Gong, Pan Gongkai, Liang Yuanwei, Yang Maoyuan, Cai Zhisong Commissioner: China Arts & Entertainment Group. Curator: Peng Feng. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

CONGO Barly Baruti, Ange Bofenda, Huguette Diwampovesa, Dieudonné Kumindike, Ilanga Moli, Fifi Panzu Commissioner: Rocky Makota Kayimbi. Venue: to be announced  

COSTA RICA Stupore Luis Chacón, Francisco Córdoba, Silvia Fossati and Raffaella Rosa Lorenzo, Gianfranco Meggiato, Gavin Rain, Jaime David Tischler, Patrizio Travagli, Horst Uhlemann, Alec Von Bargen, Luca Zampetti Commissioner/Curator: Francesco Elisei. Deputy Curator: Dino Leoni. Venue: Campo De La Chiesa 3 Sant'Elena  

CROATIA Antonio G. Lauer aka Tomislav Gotovac and BADco Commissioners/Curators: What, How and for Whom/WHW. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

CUBA Alexandre Arrechea, Alessandro Busci, Yoan Capote, Felipe Cardeña, Duvier Del Dago, Giorgio Ortona, Alessandro Papetti, Eduardo Ponjuàn, Desiderio Sanzi Commissioner: Miria Vicini. Curator: Duccio Trombadori. Venue: Isola di San Servolo, Caserma Cornoldi

CYPRUS Temporal Taxonomy Marianna Christofides, Elizabeth Hoak-Doering Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou. Deputy Commissioner: Angela Skordi. Curator: Yiannis Toumazis. Venue: S. Marco 3198, second floor Palazzo Malipiero, Campo S. Samuele

CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAK REPUBLIC Dominik Lang Commissioners: Petr Hnízdo, Vera Krejcová. Curator: Yvonna Ferencová. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

DENMARK Agency, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Robert Crumb, Zhang Dali, Stelios Faitakis, FOS, Sharon Hayes, Han Hoogerbrugge, Mikhail Karikis, Thomas Kilpper, Runo Lagomarsino, Tala Madani, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Taryn Simon, Jan Švankmajer, Johannes af Tavasheden, Tilman Wendland Commissioners: The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts: Christine Buhl Andersen (Chairman), Eva Koch, Mikael Andersen, Jakob Jakobsen, Gitte Ørskou (1 April 2007 – 31 March 2011) / Rune Gade (Chairman), Jesper Elg, Mads Gamdrup, Lise Harlev, Anna Krogh (1 April 2011 – 31 March 2015). Curator: Katerina Gregos. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini The Danish Arts Agency

EGYPT: 30 Days of Running in the Space Ahmed Basiony Commissioner: Shady El Noshokaty. Curator: Aida Eltorie. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ESTONIA A Woman Takes Little Space Liina Siib Commissioner: Johannes Saar. Deputy Commissioners: Andris Brinkmanis, Elin Kard. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero,(First floor) San Marco 3079

FINLAND Vesa-Pekka Rannikko Commissioner/Curator: Laura Köönikkä. Venue: Pavilion Aalto at Giardini FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange

FRANCE Christian Boltanski Chance Commissioner: Institut Français. Curator: Jean-Hubert Martin. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GEORGIA Tamara Kvesitadze Commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen. Curator: Henk Slager. Venue: Palazzo Pisani S. Marina - Calle delle Erbe

GERMANY Christoph Schlingensief Commissioner: Susanne Gaensheimer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.deutscher-pavillon.com

GREECE Diohandi Commissioner: Maria Marangou. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

HAITI Death and Fertility Jean Hérard Celeur, André Eugène, Claude Saintilus Commissioner/Curator: Daniele Geminiani. Commissioner: The Island. Deputy Curator: Leah Gordon. Scientific Committee: Donald John Cosentino, Leah Gordon. Venue: Riva Sette Martiri (until July 28th) Haiti Royaume de ce monde Serge André, Elodie Barthelemy, Mario Benjamin, Maxence Denis, Eduard Duval-Carrié, Frankétienne, Guyodo, Sébastien Jean, Killy, Tessa Mars, Pascale Monnin, Paskö, Barbara Prézeau, Roberto Stephenson, Hervé Télémaque, Patrick Vilaire Commissioner: Fonds de dotation Agnès B et Institut Français. Deputy Commissioner: Regine Estimé. Curator: Giscard Bouchotte. Scientific Committee: Carlo A. Célius and Eduard Duval-Carrié. Venue: Fondazione Querini (until July 31st)

HUNGARY Hajnal Németh Commissioner: Gábor Gulyás. Curator: Miklós Peternák. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.velenceibiennale.com

ICELAND Libia Castro, Olafur Olafsson Commissioner: Dorothée Kirch. Curator:Ellen Blumenstein. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael. Fondamenta del Soccorso, Dorsoduro 2596

INDIA Zarina Hashmi, Gigi Scaria, Praneet Soi, The Desire Machine Collective (Sonal Jain, Mriganka Madhukaillya) Commissioner: Ranjit Hoskote. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

IRAN Morteza Darebaghi, Mohammad Mehdi Qanbeigi, Mohsen Rastani Commissioner: Mahmood Shalooei. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3198

IRAQ Acqua Ferita (Wounded Water): 6 Iraq Artists interpret the theme of water Adel Abidin, Halim Al Karim, Ahmed Alsoudani, Ali Assaf, Azad Nanakeli, Walid Siti Commissioner: Alì Assaf. Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Curator: Mary Angela Schroth. Venue: Gervasuti Foundation, Fondamenta S. Anna (Via Garibaldi), Castello 995

IRELAND Corban Walker Commissioner: Emily-Jane Kirwan. Curator: Eamonn Maxwell. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà

ISRAEL Sigalit Landau Commissioners: Arad Turgeman, Michael Gov. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ISTITUTO ITALO-LATINO AMERICANO Between forever and never Commissioner: Patricia Rivadenera. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandra Bonanni. Curator: Alfons Hug. Deputy Curators: Paz Guevara, Patricia Rivadenera. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale ARGENTINA Leticia El Halli Obeid – BOLIVIA Narda Alvarado – BRAZIL Neville D’Almeida – CHILE Sebastián Preece – COLOMBIA Juan Fernando Herrán – COSTA RICA Sila Chanto – CUBA Reynier Leyva Novo – ECUADOR María Rosa Jijón – EL SALVADOR Walterio Iraheta – GUATEMALA Regina José Galindo – HAITI Scultura voudou – HONDURAS Adán Vallecillo – MEXICO Julieta Aranda – NICARAGUA Rolando Castellón – PANAMA Humberto Vélez – PARAGUAY Claudia Casarino – PERU Fernando Gutiérrez – DOMENICAN REPUBLIC David Pérez Karmadavis – URUGUAY Martín Sastre – VENEZUELA Alexander Apóstol – ITALY Alberto de Agostini – ITALY/CHILE Gianfranco Foschino – GERMANY/VENEZUELA Christine de la Garenne – GERMANY/ with the community Wichi, ARGENTINA Olaf Holzapfel, Mirta, Dionisia, Noelia e Luisa Gutiérrez – NORWAY/MEXICO Björn Melhus

ITALY Padiglione Italia: Lo Stato dell’Arte nel 150° dell’Unità d’Italia Padiglione Italia bis (Tese dei soppalchi): l’Arte non è Cosa Nostra Commissioner: Antonia Pasqua Recchia. Curator: Vittorio Sgarbi. Venue: Arsenale, Padiglione Italia, Tese and Giardino delle Vergini

JAPAN Tabaimo Commissioner: Yuka Uematsu. Deputy Commissioners: Miwa Kaneko, Atsuko Sato. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

KOREA Lee Yongbaek Commissioner: Yun Chea Gab. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

LATVIA Artificial Peace (Contemporary Landscape) Kristaps Gelzis Commissioner: Daiga Rudzate. Deputy Commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen. Curator: Astrida Rogule. Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi, Cannaregio 4118

LITHUANIA Behind the White Curtain Darius Mikšys Commissioner: Kestutis Kuizinas. Venue: Scuola S. Pasquale, Castello 2786

LUXEMBOURG Le Cercle Fermé Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil Commissioner: René Kockelkorn. Venue: Ca’ del Duca 3052 Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco

MACEDONIA ZERO: The Trailer Files Art Collective Zero (Aleksander Stankoski, Igor Toshevski, Bedi Ibahim, Zlatko Trajkovski, Sinisha Cvetkovski, Mishko Desovski, Perica Georgiev, Gorancho Gjorgjievski) Commissioner: Maja Krstevska. Curators: Gorancho Gjorgjievski, Maja Chankulovska-Mihajlovska. Venue: Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Cannaregio 3764 Leap Zarko Basheski Commissioner: Toni Chatleski. Curator: Emil Aleksiev. Venue: Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Cannaregio 3764

MEXICO Red Square, Impossible Pink Melanie Smith Commissioner: Gastón Ramírez Feltrín. Venue: Palazzo Rota Ivancich, Castello 4421

MOLDOVA The world around me Valeria Duca Commissioner: Darii Denis. Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia. Venue: Galleria d'Arte III Millennio, San Marco 1047 Cognition Nicoleta Stati Commissioner: Darii Denis. Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia. Venue: Galleria d'Arte III Millennio, San Marco 1047 Transnistria Group Moë (Aliona Kosonova, Igor Avramenko, Mark Verlan) Commissioner: Darii Denis. Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia. Curator: Oxana Maleeva. Venue: Squero San Trovaso, Dorsoduro 1097

MONTENEGRO The Fridge Factory and Clear Waters Ilija Šoškic, Natalija Vujoševic, “Marina Abramovic Cetinje Community Center Obod” Commissioners: Petar Cukovic, Svetlana Racanovic. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079

NETHERLANDS EventArchitectuur (Herman Verkerk and Paul Kuipers), Yannis Kyriakides, Maureen Mooren, Joke Robaard, Johannes Schwartz, Barbara Visser Commissioner: Gitta Luiten. Curator: Guus Beumer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

NEW ZEALAND Michael Parekowhai Commissioner: Jenny Harper. Venue: Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore, Calle dei Cerchieri www.nzatvenice.com

NORWAY The State of Things Franco Berardi, Leo Bersani, Judith Butler, T.J. Clark, Jan Egeland, Fawaz Gerges, Jacques Rancière, Saskia Sassen, Vandana Shiva, Eyal Weizman Commissioner: www.oca.no Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne. Venue: several venues in the city of Venice, including the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti and the Università IUAV di Venezia Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS Bjarne Melgaard together with the students attending his MA Programme at the Faculty of Design and Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia: Paola Angelini, Michelangelo Corsaro, Cecilia Divizia, Elisa Fantin, Marco Fellini, Corinne Mazzoli, Nicole Moserle, Beatrice Piva, Valentina Roselli, Alessio Sacchetto, Valeria Romagnini Solfato, Davide Spillari Commissioner: www.oca.no Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne. Venue: Faculty of Design and Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia and Palazzo Contarini Corfù

POLAND ... and Europe will be stunned Yael Bartana Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Curators: Sebastian Cichocki, Galit Eilat. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

PORTUGAL Francisco Tropa Commissioner: Direcção-Geral das Artes Ministério da Cultura. Curator: Sergio Mah Venue: Fondaco Marcello, Calle del Traghetto o Ca' Garzoni, San Marco 3415

ROMANIA Performing History Ion Grigorescu, Anetta Mona Chisa, Lucia Tkacova Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandro Damian. Curators: Maria Rus Bojan, Ami Barak. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini Romanian Cultural Resolution-documentary Adrian Bojenoiu, Alexandru Niculescu Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandro Damian. Venue: Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Cannaregio 2214

RUSSIA Empty Zones Andrei Monastyrski and the ‘Collective Actions’ Group (Nikita Alexeev, Elena Elagina, Georgy Kizevalter, Igor Makarevich, Andrei Monastyrski, Nikolai Panitkov, Sergei Romashko, Sabine Hänsgen) Commissioner: Stella Kesaeva. Curator: Boris Groys. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SAN MARINO Commissioner: Leo Marino Morganti. Deputy Commissioner and Curator: Valerio Pradal. Venue: Palazzo Riva del Vin, San Silvestro, San Polo 1097

SAUDI ARABIA Shadia Alem and Raja Alem Commissioner: Abdulaziz Alsebail. Curator: Mona Khazindar, Robin Start. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

SERBIA Light and darkness of the symbols Todosijevic Dragoljub Raša Commissioner: Grozdanic Živko Gera. Curator:Sanja Kojic Mladenov. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.pavilionserbia.org

SINGAPORE The Cloud of Unknowing Ho Tzu Nyen Commissioner: National Arts Council. Curator: June Yap. Venue: Salone di Ss. Filippo e Giacomo del Museo Diocesano di Venezia

SLOVENIA Mirko Bratuša Commissioner: Nadja Zgonik. Venue: Galleria A+A www.slovenianpavilion.com

SOUTH AFRICA Siemon Allen, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Lyndi Sales, Mary Sibande Commissioner: Lethole Mokoena. Curator: Thembinkosi Goniwe. Venue: Torre di Porta Nuova, Arsenale Nuovissimo

SPAIN Dora Garcia Commissioner/Curator:Katya Garcia-Anton. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.venicebiennale-spain.es

SWEDEN Fia Backström, Andreas Eriksson Commissioner: Ann-Sofi Noring. Curator: Magnus af Petersens. Venue: Nordic Pavilion at Giardini

SWITZERLAND Thomas Hirschhorn Commissioner: Urs Staub. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini Pauline Boudry, Renate Lorenz, Tim Zulauf, KMUProduktionen Commissioner: Andreas Münch. Curator: Andrea Thal. Venue: Teatro Fondamenta Nove

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Sabhan Adam, Bernard Aubertin, Talal al Abdoullah, Nemat Badaoy, Beppe Bonetti, Ivan Lardscheneider, Renato Mambor, Piero Mottola, Salvo Pastorello, Nizar Sabour, Rima Salamoun, Slis (Pierluigi Slis) Commissioner: Christian Maretti. Curators: Fabio Anselmi, Sandro Orlandi. Venue: Isola di San Servolo

THAILAND Navin Rawanchaikul Commissioner: Prisna Pongtadsirikul. Curators: Pandit Chanrochanakit, Steven Pettifor. Venue: Paradiso Gallerie, Giardini della Biennale, Castello 1260

TURKEY Ayse Erkmen Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Fulya Erdemci. Deputy Curator: Danae Mossman. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale www.iksv.org

UKRAINE Post-vs - Proto-Renaissance Oksana Mas Commissioner: Viktor Sydorenko. Curators: Achille Bonito Oliva, Oleksiy Rogotchenko. Deputy Curators: Ute Kilter, Diana Fedorova-Pecherskaya. Venue: Chiesa di San Fantin and Campo San Stae

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Reem Al Ghaith, Abdullah Al Saadi, Lateefa Bint Maktoum Commissioner: Hamdan Lamees. Curator: Vasif Kortun. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale www.uaepavilion.org

UNITED KINGDOM Mike Nelson Commissioner: Andrea Rose. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla Commissioner: Lisa D. Freiman. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

URUGUAY Alejandro Cesarco, Magela Ferrero Commissioner: Silvia Listur. Curator: Clio E. Bugel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

VENEZUELA Spaces Francisco Bassim, Clemencia Labin, Yoshi Commissioner: Javier Cerisola. Curator: Luis Hurtado. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ZIMBABWE Berry Bickle, Calvin Dondo, Tapfuma Gutsa, Misheck Masamvu Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda. Curator: Raphael Chikukwa. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello 3701