Category Archives: Theme

Simon Denny: Secret Power, New Zealand Pavilion in National Library of St Mark, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-26 14:01:01. Two installations that form Simon Denny’s Secret Power exhibition are in the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. Simon Denny’s project for the New Zealand pavilion is split across two spaces—the arrivals areas of the Marco Polo Airport and the Monumental Rooms of…

Invisible Beauty, Iraq Pavilion in Palazzo Dandolo Farsetti, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-26 06:59:40. The Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq (Ruya) commissioned the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale, May 2015. The exhibition, Invisible Beauty, is curated by Philippe Van Cauteren, Artistic Director of S.M.A.K. (Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent. It features five contemporary…

João Louro: I Will Be Your Mirror / Poems and Problems, Portugal Pavilion in Palazzo Loredan, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-25 17:59:42. The Portugal Pavilion is at the beautifull Palazzo Loredan, in Campo Santo Stefano, and presents the exhibition, I Will Be Your Mirror / Poems and Problems, by João Louro The motto of the exhibition, I’ll be your mirror, is taken from a song by the Velvet…

1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, UAE Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-25 10:43:39. The National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, in the 56th International Art Exhibition, received over 500,000 visitors. 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates was a retrospective on contemporary art exhibitions in the Emirates over…

Juan Carlos Distefano: The Rebellion of Form, Argentine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-24 06:26:37. The theme of the Argentine Pavilion is “The Rebellion of Form”， Created by artist Juan Carlos Distéfano. The pavilion had an assemblage of 29 human-size sculptures that were lined up beautifully to make up the exhibition La Rebeldía de la Forma (meaning The Uprising of Form).…

Lina Selander: Excavation of the Image: Imprint, shadow, spectre, thought, Swedish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-23 12:14:12. Lina Selander’s films and installations can be read as compositions or thought models, where ideas and conditions are weighed and tested. Representing Sweden at the 56th Biennale di Venezia 2015, she has compiled a group of works and documents describing a migration between utopia and collapse,…