This is a list of Venice Biennale exhibitions.
Art
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| 60th | 2024 | Adriano Pedrosa | Foreigners Everywhere |
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| 59th | 2022 | Cecilia Alemani | The Milk of Dreams |
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| 58th | 2019 | Ralph Rugoff | May You Live in Interesting Times |
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| 57th | 2017 | Christine Macel | Viva Arte Viva |
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| 56th | 2015 | Okwui Enwezor | All the World's Futures |
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| 55th | 2013 | Massimiliano Gioni | The Encyclopedic Palace |
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| 54th | 2011 | Bice Curiger | ILLUMInations |
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| 53rd | 2009 | Daniel Birnbaum | Making Worlds |
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| 52nd | 2007 | Robert Storr | Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind |
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| 51st | 2005 | Maria de Corral and Rosa Martinez |
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| 50th | 2003 | Francesco Bonami | Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer |
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| 49th | 2001 | Harald Szeemann | Plateau of Humankind |
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| 48th | 1999 | Harald Szeemann |
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| 47th | 1997 | Germano Celant |
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| 46th | 1995 | Jean Clair |
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| 45th | 1993 | Giovanni Carandente |
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| 44th | 1990 | Giovanni Carandente |
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| 43rd | 1988 | Giovanni Carandente |
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| 42nd | 1986 | Giovanni Carandente |
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| 41st | 1984 | Maurizio Calvesi | None | – | |
| 40th | 1982 | Sisto Dalla Palma | None | – | |
| 39th | 1980 | Luigi Carluccio | None | – | |
| 38th | 1978 | Luigi Scarpa | None | – | |
| 37th | 1976 | Vittorio Gregotti | None | – | |
| 36th | 1972 | Mario Penelope | Opera o Comportamento (Work or Behavior) | None | – |
| 35th | 1970 | Umbro Apollonio | – | None | – |
| 34th | 1968 | Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): British painter Bridget Riley, French sculptor Nicolas Schöffer, German etcher Horst Janssen, and Italian sculptors Gianni Colombo and Pino Pascali |
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| 33rd | 1966 | Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Argentine painter Julio Le Parc, Danish sculptor Robert Jacobsen ex aequo with Étienne Martin (France), Japanese etcher Masuo Ikeda, and Italians painter Lucio Fontana, sculptor Alberto Viani, and etcher Ezio Gribaudo |
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| 32nd | 1964 | Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): American painter Robert Rauschenberg, Swiss sculptor Zoltan Kemeny, German draughtsman Joseph Fassbender, and Italians sculptor Andrea Cascella, sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, and etcher Angelo Savelli. |
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| 31st | 1962 | Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Alfred Manessier, Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, Argentine etcher Antonio Berni, and Italians painter Giuseppe Gapogrossi ex aequo with Ennio Morlotti, sculptor Aldo Calò ex aequo with Umberto Milani, and etcher Antonino Virduzzo |
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| 30th | 1960 | Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Jean Fautrier, German painter Hans Hartung, Italian painter Emilio Vedova, and Italian sculptor Pietro Consagra. |
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| 29th | 1958 | Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): American painter Mark Tobey, Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida, Brazilian etcher Fayga Ostrower, Italians painter Osvaldo Licini, sculptor Umberto Mastroianni, and etcher Luigi Spacal |
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| 28th | 1956 | Rodolfo Pallucchini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Jacques Villon, British sculptor Lynn Chadwick, Japanese etcher Shiko Munakata, Brazilian draughtsman Aldemir Martins, and Italians painter Afro, sculptor Emilio Greco, etcher Zoran Music, and draughtsperson Carlo Mattioli ex aequo with Anna Salvatore |
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| 27th | 1954 | Rodolfo Pallucchini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): German painter Max Ernst, French sculptor Jean Arp, Spanish etcher Joan Miró, and Italians painter Giuseppe Santomaso, sculptor Pericle Fazzini, and etcher Paolo Manaresi ex aequo with Cesco Magnolato |
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| 26th | 1952 | Rodolfo Pallucchini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Raoul Dufy, American sculptor Alexander Calder, German etcher Emil Nolde, and Italians painter Bruno Cassinari ex aequo with Bruno Saetti, sculptor Marino Marini, and etcher Toni Zancanaro |
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| 25th | 1950 | Rodolfo Pallucchini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Henri Matisse, French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, Belgian etcher Frans Masereel, Italians painter Carlo Carrà, sculptor Marcello Mascherini ex aequo with Luciano Minguzzi, and etcher Giuseppe Viviani |
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| 24th | 1948 | Rodolfo Pallucchini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Georges Braque, British sculptor Henry Moore, French etcher Marc Chagall, and Italians painter Giorgio Morandi, sculptor Giacomo Manzù, and etcher Mino Maccari |
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| 23rd | 1942 | Antonio Maraini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Hungarian painter Arthur Kampf, Swiss sculptor Charles Otto Bänninger, Swedish etcher Stif Borglind, and Italians painter Alberto Salietti, sculptor Francesco Messina, and etcher Luigi Bartolini |
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| 22nd | 1940 | Antonio Maraini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Hungarian painter Vilmos Aba Novàk, German sculptor Arno Breker, Belgian etcher Maurice Brocas, and Italians painter Felice Carena, sculptor Guido Galletti, and etcher Marcello Boglione |
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| 21st | 1938 | Antonio Maraini | – |
Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, Swiss sculptor Herman Hubacher, British etcher Blair Hughes-Stanton, and Italians painter Felice Casorati, sculptor Venanzio Crocetti, and etcher Mario Delitala |
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| 20th | 1936 | Antonio Maraini | – | – | |
| 19th | 1934 | Antonio Maraini | – | – | |
| 18th | 1932 | Antonio Maraini | – | – | |
| 17th | 1930 | Antonio Maraini | – | – | |
| 16th | 1928 | Antonio Maraini | – | – | |
| 15th | 1926 | Vittorio Pica | – | – | |
| 14th | 1924 | Vittorio Pica | – | – | |
| 13th | 1922 | Vittorio Pica | – | – | |
| 12th | 1920 | Vittorio Pica | – | – | |
| 11th | 1914 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 10th | 1912 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 9th | 1910 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 8th | 1909 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 7th | 1907 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 6th | 1905 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 5th | 1903 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 4th | 1901 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 3rd | 1899 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 2nd | 1897 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – | |
| 1st | 1895 | Antonio Fradeletto | – | – |
Notes
- ^ The Grandi Premi re-instituted in 1986 were the first since 1968. They included the Golden Lion (Leone d’Oro), Premio 2000/Duemila for a young artist, and the Premio dei Paesi Golden Lion for the best national pavilion.
References
- Di Martino 2005, p. 120–125.
- "Biennale Arte 2024 Awards". Venice Biennale. Biennale Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- "Anna Maria Maiolino and Nil Yalter Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the Biennale Arte 2024". Venice Biennale. Biennale Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- Rea, Naomi (June 9, 2021). "Cecilia Alemani's 2022 Venice Biennale Will Explore the Power of the Human Imagination to Adapt to a Changing Planet". Artnet News. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- "BIENNALE ARTE 2022: OFFICIAL AWARDS". Venice Biennale. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- Nayeri, Farah (15 May 2019). "Venice Biennale's Top Prize Goes to Lithuania". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Halperin, Julia (11 May 2019). "Arthur Jafa and the Lithuanian Pavilion Win the Venice Biennale's 2019 Golden Lions, Casting a Spotlight on Racism and Climate Change". Artnet News. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Russeth, Andrew (13 May 2017). "Golden Lions in Venice for Anne Imhof and Franz Erhard Walther, Silver for Hassan Khan". ARTnews. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- "Armenia, Adrian Piper Win Venice Biennales Golden Lions". ARTnews. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Cascone, Sarah (6 June 2013). "Tino Sehgal, Sharon Hayes, Angolan Pavilion Among Venice Biennale Prizewinners". Art in America. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- "Christoph Schlingensief and Christian Marclay Awarded Golden Lions at the Venice Biennale". Artforum. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Freedman, Alex (9 June 2011). "VeniceЯUs". Art21 Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Crow, Kelly (6 June 2009). "Venice Biennial: Hear the U.S. Roar". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- "Venice Biennale Golden Lion Awards Announced". Artforum. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Vogel, Carol (11 June 2007). "Art in the Present Tense: Politics, Loss and Beauty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Vetrocq 2005, p. 110.
- ^ Di Martino 2005, p. 133.
- Kimmelman, Michael (26 June 2003). "Critic's Notebook: Cramming It All in at the Biennale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Morris, Jane (1 May 2019). "Why is the Venice Biennale still so important?". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Di Martino 2005, p. 132.
Bibliography
- Di Martino, Enzo (2005). The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005. Venice: Papiro Arte. ISBN 978-88-901104-4-3. OCLC 62237064.
- Vetrocq, Marcia E. (September 2005). "Venice Biennale: Be Careful What You Wish For". Art in America. 93 (8): 108–168. ISSN 0004-3214 – via EBSCOhost.
