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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
58TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION

THE NATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS

The Exhibition will also include 90 National Participations in the
historic Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the historic
city centre of Venice. Four countries will be participating for the
first time at the Biennale Arte: Ghana, Madagascar, Malaysia and
Pakistan. The Dominican Republic for the first time at the Biennale
Arte with its own national pavilion.
The Italian Pavilion at the Tese delle Vergini in the Arsenale, MAYBE THE
sponsored and promoted by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività COSMOS IS NOT SO
EXTRAORDINARY,
Culturali, Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e 2019, TWO-CHANNEL
Periferie Urbane, will be curated this year by Milovan Farronato. VIDEO INSTALLATION
© THE ARTIST AND
PROMETEOGALLERY
DI IDA PISANI, MILAN_
COLLATERAL EVENTS LUCCA

21 Collateral Events which are admitted by the curator and
promoted by non – profit national and international bodies and
institutions, take place in several locations; they offer a wide range
of contributions and participations that enrich the diversity of
voices that characterizes the exhibition of Venice.

SPECIAL PROJECTS EDUCATIONAL
REALIZED BY LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
FORTE MARGHERA, MESTRE For the past decade, La Biennale di Venezia has been devoting
increased attention to learning activities, and has developed
Ludovica Carbotta, one of the artists taking part in the International a growing commitment to so-called “Educational” initiatives
Exhibition, has been invited by Ralph Rugoff to expressly make addressed to the audience of its Exhibitions’, to universities, young
a work in Forte Marghera, inside the building called the Austrian people, and children, from schools at all levels. In the past two
Polveriera. years, La Biennale’s great 57th International Art Exhibition and
- Applied Arts Pavilion Special Project, Arsenale, Sale d’Armi 16th International Architecture Exhibition had 114,814 participants
Marysia Lewandowska is the artist set to exhibit in the Pavilion in Educational activities in total, amongst whom 68,794 were
of Applied Arts located in the Arsenale, Sale d’Armi. The project, youngsters. A broad Educational programme has been scheduled
renewed for the fourth consecutive year, is the result of the for 2019 as well, addressed to individuals and groups of students,
collaboration between La Biennale and the Victoria and Albert children, adults, families, professionals, companies, and universities.
Museum, London. All the initiatives aim at actively involving the participants, and are
led by professional operators, carefully trained by La Biennale di
Venezia. They are divided into two categories: Guided Tours and
BIENNALE SESSIONS Workshop Activities (see document attached herein).
THE PROJECT FOR UNIVERSITIES

For the tenth consecutive year La Biennale dedicate the Biennale PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
Sessions project to institutions that develop research and training
in architecture, the arts and related fields, and to Universities and The 58th International Art Exhibition was made possible by the
Fine Arts Academies. The goal is to offer favourable conditions for support of Swatch, Partner of the event.
students and teachers to organize three-day group visits for fifty Main Sponsor of the 58th Exhibition is illycaffè.
people or more, offering the possibility to organize seminars free of Sponsors: JTI (Japan Tobacco International), Artemide,Vela-Venezia
charge at the Exhibition’s venues, and assistance in organizing their Unica and Seguso Vetri d’Arte.
journey and stay (see document attached herein). Our thanks go to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

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