55th Venice Biennale explained

Genre:	Art exhibition
Prev:	54th Venice Biennale (2011)
Begins:	2013
Ends:	2013
Next:	56th Venice Biennale (2015)
Location:	Venice
Country:	Italy

The 55th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held in 2013. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Massimiliano Gioni curated its central exhibition, "The Encyclopedic Palace".

Awards

• Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Tino Sehgal
• Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of main exhibition: Camille Henrot
• Golden Lions for lifetime achievement: Marisa Merz and Maria Lassnig
• Golden Lion for best national participation: Angolan pavilion^[1]

Reception

ARTnews 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.^[2]

Further reading

• Web site: 55th Venice Biennale . . 2013-09-03 . 2018-06-25 . mdy-all .
• Arnoldi . Mary Jo . All the World's Futures: The 55th Venice Biennale . . 49 . 3 . 84 . September 2016 . 0001-9933 . . mdy-all . 10.1162/AFAR_r_00302 .
• Boecker . Susanne . 55. Biennale Venedig: Ägypten. [55th Venice Biennale: Egypt.] . Kunstforum International . 222 . 301 . 2013 . 0177-3674 . mdy-all . .
• News: Bonami . Francesco . 2013-05-01 . Omnivore's Dilemma . Artforum International . dead . June 25, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118083204/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2980314981.html . November 18, 2018 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Cembalest . Robin . A Gallery of Venice Biennale Artists . . 2013-06-06 . 2017-02-09 . mdy-all .
• Eyene . Christine . Africa at the 55th Venice Biennale: Of Achievements and Illusions . . 47 . 1 . 1–5 . 2014 . 0001-9933 . 43306199 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Gioni . Massimiliano . Inventing Venice: A Director's Roundtable . . 2013-05-23 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Harris . Gareth . From muted to politically charged. . Art Newspaper . 11 . 2013 . 0960-6556 . mdy-all . .
• MacDonald . Vici . Buck . Louisa . Rivetti . Ermanno . Skeggs . Toby . Harris . Gareth . Acqua alta ai Giardini. [High water at the Giardini.] . Vernissage . 13 . 149 . 10–11 . 2013 . 1591-4348 . mdy-all . .
• Norman . William . More than just Death in Venice: Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale . British Journal of General Practice . 63 . 615 . 540–541 . October 2013 . 10.3399/bjgp13X673784 . 24152464 . 0960-1643 . mdy-all . 3782782 .
• Stark . Trevor . All the World's Futures: The 55th Venice Biennale . . 49 . 3 . 86 . September 2016 . 0001-9933 . . mdy-all . 10.1162/AFAR_r_00303 .
• Zaugg . Isabelle Alice . Nishimura . Emi . Angola and Kenya Pavilions in the 2013 Venice Biennale: African Contemporary Art and Cultural Diplomacy in the 'Olympics of Art' . Journal of Arts Management, Law & Society . 45 . 2 . 134–149 . April 2015 . 10.1080/10632921.2015.1039740 . 1063-2921 . mdy-all .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cascone . Sarah . Tino Sehgal, Sharon Hayes, Angolan Pavilion Among Venice Biennale Prizewinners . . 2013-06-06 . en-US . 2019-05-19 . mdy-all . https://web.archive.org/web/20150919225813/http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/tino-sehgal-sharon-hayes-angolan-pavilion-among-venice-biennale-prizewinners/ . September 19, 2015 . live .
2. Web site: Durón . Maximilíano . Greenberger . Alex . The Most Important Art Exhibitions of the 2010s . ARTnews.com . 2019-12-17 . en-US . 2019-12-29 . mdy-all . https://web.archive.org/web/20191220000514/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/most-important-exhibitions-2010s-1202672433/ . December 20, 2019 . live .