54th Venice Biennale explained

Genre:	Art exhibition
Prev:	53rd Venice Biennale (2009)
Begins:	2011
Ends:	2011
Next:	55th Venice Biennale (2013)
Location:	Venice
Country:	Italy

The 54th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held in 2011. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Bice Curiger curated its central exhibition, "ILLUMInations".

Awards

• Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Christian Marclay
• Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of the exhibition: Haroon Mirza
• Golden Lions for lifetime achievement: Sturtevant and Franz West
• Golden Lion for best national participation: German pavilion with Christoph Schlingensief^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• News: 54th Venice Biennale Diversity, Reality and Interconnectivity . Dhaka Courier; Dhaka . 2011-06-18 . . Dhaka, India, Dhaka . mdy-all .
• Adendorff . Adele . Bearing the lightness of being: the 54th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy, 2011: exhibition review . Image & Text: A Journal for Design . 2011 . 18 . 128–132 . 2011 . 1020-1491 . mdy-all .
• Austin . Ramona . Called by the Spirits: Four African American Self-Taught Artists and the Venice Biennale . Folk Art Messenger . 23 . 1 . 6–10 . 2001 . 1043-5026 . mdy-all .
• News: Bishop . Claire . Safety in Numbers . Artforum International . 2011-09-01 . mdy-all . June 25, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081611/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2442193051.html . November 18, 2018 . dead .
• News: Bonami . Francesco . The Italian Job . Artforum International . 2011-09-01 . mdy-all . June 25, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081622/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2442193071.html . November 18, 2018 . dead .
• Web site: Chayka . Kyle . Cutting the 2011 Venice Biennale Jargon . . 2010-11-02 . en-US . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• News: Contemporary art world converges on Venice Biennale . The Daily Star; Beirut . 2011-06-03 . 1027-3883 . . Beirut, United States, Beirut . mdy-all .
• Web site: Dobey . Peter . Seeing Through the Crowds at the 2011 Venice Biennale Part I: The Giardini and Pavilions . . 2011-09-24 . en-US . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Dobey . Peter . Seeing Through the Crowds at the 2011 Venice Biennale Part II: The Arsenale . . 2011-10-01 . en-US . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Dobey . Peter . Seeing Through the Crowds Part III at the 2011 Venice Biennale: The Unofficial Exhibitions . . 2011-10-08 . en-US . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• Flake . Rebekah . 194102867 . Conspicuous Nationalisms in African Art at the 54th Venice Biennale . Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art . 2012 . 31 . 112–123 . 2012 . 10.1215/10757163-1586490 . 1075-7163 . . mdy-all .
• Web site: Freedman . Alex . VeniceЯUs . . 2011-06-09 . en-US . 2019-05-19 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Gioni . Massimiliano . Inventing Venice: A Director's Roundtable . . 2013-05-23 . 2018-06-25 . mdy-all .
• Hamid . Rebecca . What Are We Looking at? Michael Parekowhai at the 2011 Venice Biennale . Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Art & Design) . 5/6 . 182–193 . November 2010 . 1177-5653 . mdy-all .
• News: Hoffmann . Jens . Roelstraete . Dieter . Wilson-Goldie . Kaelen . 54th Venice Biennale . . 141 . 2011-09-01 . en . 0962-0672 . mdy-all .
• Rees . Simon . The 54th Venice Biennale . ArtUS . 32 . 100–103 . May 2011 . 1546-7082 . . mdy-all .
• Web site: Saltz . Jerry . Jerry Saltz . Jerry Saltz on the Ugly American at the Venice Biennale . Vulture . 2011-06-02 . 2018-07-18 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Saltz . Jerry . Jerry Saltz . Jerry Saltz's Best and Worst of the Venice Biennale . Vulture . 2011-06-10 . 2018-07-18 . mdy-all .
• Schmidt . Leoni . Leoni Schmidt . Drawing strategies at the Venice Biennale 2011 . South African Journal of Art History . 26 . 3 . 35–44 . 2011-01-01 . 0258-3542 . mdy-all .
• News: Searle . Adrian . The Venice Biennale's balance of power . . 2011-06-06 . en-GB . 0261-3077 . mdy-all .
• News: Shetty . Deepika . Spectacle in Venice . . 2011-06-04 . Singapore . mdy-all . .
• News: Smee . Sebastian . Jokes, Spectacle at Venice Biennale . . 2011-06-12 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Smith . Roberta . Venice Biennale: An Installation Art Contest . ArtsBeat . 2011-06-01 . en-US . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Smith . Roberta . Roberta Smith . Venice Biennale: The Enormity of the Beast . ArtsBeat . 2011-06-02 . 2018-07-18 . mdy-all .
• News: The Middle East makes a showing at the Venice Biennale . The National; Abu Dhabi . 2011-06-02 . . Abu Dhabi, United States, Abu Dhabi . mdy-all .
• Web site: Vine . Richard . Venice Welcomes a Chinese Pavilion for the Nose . . 2011-03-25 . 2018-06-20 . mdy-all .
• News: Wullschlager . Jackie . Breadth in Venice . Financial Times; London (UK) . 8 . 2011-06-04 . 0307-1766 . London (UK), United Kingdom, London (UK) . mdy-all . .
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/venice-biennale-an-ambitious-but-typically-overblown-international-art-festival/2011/06/14/AGQA75YH_story.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christoph Schlingensief and Christian Marclay Awarded Golden Lions at the Venice Biennale . . 2011-06-04 . en-US . 2019-05-19 . mdy-all .
2. Web site: Freedman . Alex . VeniceЯUs . . 2011-06-09 . en-US . 2019-05-19 . mdy-all .