53rd Venice Biennale explained

Genre:	Art exhibition
Prev:	52nd Venice Biennale (2007)
Begins:	2009
Ends:	2009
Next:	54th Venice Biennale (2011)
Location:	Venice
Country:	Italy

The 53rd Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held in 2009. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Daniel Birnbaum curated its central exhibition, "Making Worlds".

Awards

• Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Tobias Rehberger
• Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of the exhibition: Nathalie Djurberg
• Golden Lions for lifetime achievement: Yoko Ono and John Baldessari
• Golden Lion for best national participation: American pavilion with Bruce Nauman (Topological Gardens)^[1]

Further reading

• Web site: Adam . Georgina . Trading places . . 2009-06-06 . https://archive.today/20180620103427/https://www.ft.com/content/63f20e8a-50a4-11de-9530-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss . dead . 2018-06-20 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Crow . Kelly . Venice Biennial: Hear the U.S. Roar . . 2009-06-06 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Crow . Kelly . Venice Biennial: Hear the U.S. Roar . WSJ . 2009-06-06 . en-US . 2019-05-19 . mdy-all .
• News: Crow . Thomas . Acting the Part . . September 2009 . mdy-all . June 25, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001232/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1857408361.html . November 16, 2018 . dead .
• News: Cumming . Laura . Laura Cumming on the Venice Biennale, the world's grandest art exhibition . . 2009-06-06 . 0029-7712 . mdy-all .
• News: Dorment . Richard . Venice Biennale 2009: behind the mask . The Telegraph . 2009-06-08 . 0307-1235 . mdy-all .
• Galligan . Gregory . Thai Pavilion: Mental Vacation . . 97 . 6 . 140–141 . 2009-07-06 . 0004-3214 . . mdy-all .
• Web site: Gioni . Massimiliano . Inventing Venice: A Director's Roundtable . . 2013-05-23 . 2018-06-25 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Golden Lion for the Best National Participation Awarded to the U.S. Representation . Artdaily . 2009-06-07 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Hixson . Kathryn . 53rd Venice Biennale . ArtUS . 28 . 34–37 . January 2010 . 1546-7082 . . mdy-all .
• Web site: It's Reigning Men . . June 5, 2009 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Kennedy . Randy . Venice Biennale: Let the Invasion Begin . ArtsBeat . 2009-06-02 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• News: Kennedy . Randy . Over and Over: Art That Never Stops . . 2009-06-03 . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Kennedy . Randy . Venice Biennale: Navigating the 'Grande Confusione' . ArtsBeat . 2009-06-03 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Kennedy . Randy . Venice Biennale: Listening to Art . ArtsBeat . 2009-06-04 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Kennedy . Randy . Venice Biennale: Flashing Lights . ArtsBeat . 2009-06-05 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Kennedy . Randy . Venice Biennale: A Middle Eastern Presence . ArtsBeat . 2009-06-08 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• News: Kennedy . Randy . Riddle at Nexus of Art and Salami at Venice Biennale . . 2009-07-03 . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .
• News: Kimmelman . Michael . Small World Crammed on the Grand Stage of the Venice Biennale . . 2009-06-10 . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Knight . Christopher . Venice is doubly enamored of Bruce Nauman . LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster . 2009-06-07 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Manasseh . Cyrus . Favaro . Paola . An Inquiry into the Design and Aesthetics of the Venice Biennale Pavilions . International Journal of the Constructed Environment . 1 . 3 . 71–83 . October 2011 . 10.18848/2154-8587/CGP/v01i03/37496 . 2154-8595 . mdy-all . 10453/18733 . free .
• Web site: Ng . David . Bruce Nauman wins a Golden Lion at Venice Biennale . LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster . 2009-06-06 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Ostrow . Saul . Venice Preview: Liam Gillick . . 2009-06-02 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Ostrow . Saul . Liam Gillick: Practical Considerations . . 97 . 6 . 130–136 . June 2009 . 0004-3214 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Plagens . Peter . Venice Preview: Bruce Nauman . . 2009-06-02 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Plagens . Peter . Nauman's Own . Newsweek . 153 . 22 . 58–59 . 2009 . 0028-9604 . mdy-all .
• Plagens . Peter . Deft in Venice . . 97 . 6 . 125 . 2009-07-06 . 0004-3214 . mdy-all .
• Sheets . Hilarie M. . Péter Forgács: Ebb and Flow . . 97 . 6 . 137–139 . June 2009 . 0004-3214 . mdy-all .
• Web site: The Venice Biennale opens with top honors for a German artist . . 2009-06-07 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: This, That, and the Other . . June 8, 2009 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Tonchi . Stefano . Venice - Slowly but Surely . T Magazine . 2009-06-09 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Venice Biennale Opens Showing Works by Over 90 Artists from all Over the World . Artdaily . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• Vetrocq . Marcia E. . Worlds Enough, and Time: Daniel Birnbaum's Biennale . . 97 . 9 . 97–103 . September 2009 . 0004-3214 . . mdy-all .
• Vetrocq . Marcia E. . The Venice Biennale Preview . . 97 . 6 . 120–121 . June 2009 . 0004-3214 . mdy-all .
• News: Vogel . Carol . In Venice, a Quieter Biennale of Careful Choices and Looks . . 2009-06-07 . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .
• Wei . Lilly . Ragnar Kjartansson: The Beginning of 'The End' . . 97 . 6 . 122–124 . June 2009 . 0004-3214 . . mdy-all .
• Wright . Karen . Pascale Marthine Tayou: Global Villages . . 97 . 6 . 128–129 . June 2009 . 0004-3214 . mdy-all .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crow . Kelly . Venice Biennial: Hear the U.S. Roar . . 2009-06-06 . en-US . 2019-05-19 . mdy-all .