List of Venice Biennale exhibitions

This is a list of Venice Biennale exhibitions.

Art

# Dates Arts director[1] Central exhibition Awards Ref
60th 2024 Adriano Pedrosa Foreigners Everywhere [2][3]
59th 2022 Cecilia Alemani The Milk of Dreams [4][5]
58th 2019 Ralph Rugoff May You Live in Interesting Times
  • Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Arthur Jafa
  • Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of the exhibition: Haris Epaminonda
  • Golden Lion for lifetime achievement: Jimmie Durham
  • Golden Lion for best national participation: Lithuanian pavilion
 [6][7]
57th 2017 Christine Macel Viva Arte Viva [8]
56th 2015 Okwui Enwezor All the World's Futures
  • Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Adrian Piper
  • Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of the exhibition: Im Heung-soon
  • Golden Lion for lifetime achievement: El Anatsui
  • Golden Lion for best national participation: Armenian pavilion
 [9]
55th 2013 Massimiliano Gioni The Encyclopedic Palace [10]
54th 2011 Bice Curiger ILLUMInations [11][12]
53rd 2009 Daniel Birnbaum Making Worlds [13]
52nd 2007 Robert Storr Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind [14][15]
51st 2005 Maria de Corral and Rosa Martinez [16]
50th 2003 Francesco Bonami Dreams and Conflicts:
The Dictatorship of the Viewer 		[17][18]
49th 2001 Harald Szeemann Plateau of Humankind [17]
48th 1999 Harald Szeemann [17]
47th 1997 Germano Celant [17]
46th 1995 Jean Clair [17]
45th 1993 Giovanni Carandente [17]
44th 1990 Giovanni Carandente [17]
43rd 1988 Giovanni Carandente [17]
42nd 1986 Giovanni Carandente [17]
41st 1984 Maurizio Calvesi None[a] –
40th 1982 Sisto Dalla Palma None[a] –
39th 1980 Luigi Carluccio None[a] –
38th 1978 Luigi Scarpa None[a] –
37th 1976 Vittorio Gregotti None[a] –
36th 1972 Mario Penelope Opera o Comportamento (Work or Behavior)[19] None[a] –
35th 1970 Umbro Apollonio – None[a] –
34th 1968 Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): British painter Bridget Riley, French sculptor Nicolas Schöffer, German etcher Horst Janssen, and Italian sculptors Gianni Colombo and Pino Pascali

[20]
33rd 1966 Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Argentine painter Julio Le Parc, Danish sculptor Robert Jacobsen ex aequo with Étienne Martin (France), Japanese etcher Masuo Ikeda, and Italians painter Lucio Fontana, sculptor Alberto Viani, and etcher Ezio Gribaudo

[20]
32nd 1964 Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): American painter Robert Rauschenberg, Swiss sculptor Zoltan Kemeny, German draughtsman Joseph Fassbender, and Italians sculptor Andrea Cascella, sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, and etcher Angelo Savelli.

[20]
31st 1962 Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Alfred Manessier, Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, Argentine etcher Antonio Berni, and Italians painter Giuseppe Gapogrossi ex aequo with Ennio Morlotti, sculptor Aldo Calò ex aequo with Umberto Milani, and etcher Antonino Virduzzo

[20]
30th 1960 Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Jean Fautrier, German painter Hans Hartung, Italian painter Emilio Vedova, and Italian sculptor Pietro Consagra.

[20]
29th 1958 Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): American painter Mark Tobey, Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida, Brazilian etcher Fayga Ostrower, Italians painter Osvaldo Licini, sculptor Umberto Mastroianni, and etcher Luigi Spacal

[20]
28th 1956 Rodolfo Pallucchini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Jacques Villon, British sculptor Lynn Chadwick, Japanese etcher Shiko Munakata, Brazilian draughtsman Aldemir Martins, and Italians painter Afro, sculptor Emilio Greco, etcher Zoran Music, and draughtsperson Carlo Mattioli ex aequo with Anna Salvatore

[20]
27th 1954 Rodolfo Pallucchini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): German painter Max Ernst, French sculptor Jean Arp, Spanish etcher Joan Miró, and Italians painter Giuseppe Santomaso, sculptor Pericle Fazzini, and etcher Paolo Manaresi ex aequo with Cesco Magnolato

[20]
26th 1952 Rodolfo Pallucchini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Raoul Dufy, American sculptor Alexander Calder, German etcher Emil Nolde, and Italians painter Bruno Cassinari ex aequo with Bruno Saetti, sculptor Marino Marini, and etcher Toni Zancanaro

[20]
25th 1950 Rodolfo Pallucchini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Henri Matisse, French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, Belgian etcher Frans Masereel, Italians painter Carlo Carrà, sculptor Marcello Mascherini ex aequo with Luciano Minguzzi, and etcher Giuseppe Viviani

[20]
24th 1948 Rodolfo Pallucchini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): French painter Georges Braque, British sculptor Henry Moore, French etcher Marc Chagall, and Italians painter Giorgio Morandi, sculptor Giacomo Manzù, and etcher Mino Maccari

[20]
23rd 1942 Antonio Maraini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Hungarian painter Arthur Kampf, Swiss sculptor Charles Otto Bänninger, Swedish etcher Stif Borglind, and Italians painter Alberto Salietti, sculptor Francesco Messina, and etcher Luigi Bartolini

[20]
22nd 1940 Antonio Maraini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Hungarian painter Vilmos Aba Novàk, German sculptor Arno Breker, Belgian etcher Maurice Brocas, and Italians painter Felice Carena, sculptor Guido Galletti, and etcher Marcello Boglione

[20]
21st 1938 Antonio Maraini –

Gran Premi (Grand Prize): Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, Swiss sculptor Herman Hubacher, British etcher Blair Hughes-Stanton, and Italians painter Felice Casorati, sculptor Venanzio Crocetti, and etcher Mario Delitala

[20]
20th 1936 Antonio Maraini – –
19th 1934 Antonio Maraini – –
18th 1932 Antonio Maraini – –
17th 1930 Antonio Maraini – –
16th 1928 Antonio Maraini – –
15th 1926 Vittorio Pica – –
14th 1924 Vittorio Pica – –
13th 1922 Vittorio Pica – –
12th 1920 Vittorio Pica – –
11th 1914 Antonio Fradeletto – –
10th 1912 Antonio Fradeletto – –
9th 1910 Antonio Fradeletto – –
8th 1909 Antonio Fradeletto – –
7th 1907 Antonio Fradeletto – –
6th 1905 Antonio Fradeletto – –
5th 1903 Antonio Fradeletto – –
4th 1901 Antonio Fradeletto – –
3rd 1899 Antonio Fradeletto – –
2nd 1897 Antonio Fradeletto – –
1st 1895 Antonio Fradeletto – –

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g The Grandi Premi re-instituted in 1986 were the first since 1968. They included the Golden Lion (Leone d’Oro), Premio 2000/Duemila for a young artist, and the Premio dei Paesi Golden Lion for the best national pavilion.[20]

References

  1. ^ Di Martino 2005, p. 120–125.
  2. ^ "Biennale Arte 2024 Awards". Venice Biennale. Biennale Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Anna Maria Maiolino and Nil Yalter Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the Biennale Arte 2024". Venice Biennale. Biennale Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. ^ Rea, Naomi (June 9, 2021). "Cecilia Alemani's 2022 Venice Biennale Will Explore the Power of the Human Imagination to Adapt to a Changing Planet". Artnet News. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "BIENNALE ARTE 2022: OFFICIAL AWARDS". Venice Biennale. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. ^ Nayeri, Farah (15 May 2019). "Venice Biennale's Top Prize Goes to Lithuania". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  7. ^ Halperin, Julia (11 May 2019). "Arthur Jafa and the Lithuanian Pavilion Win the Venice Biennale's 2019 Golden Lions, Casting a Spotlight on Racism and Climate Change". Artnet News. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  8. ^ Russeth, Andrew (13 May 2017). "Golden Lions in Venice for Anne Imhof and Franz Erhard Walther, Silver for Hassan Khan". ARTnews. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Armenia, Adrian Piper Win Venice Biennales Golden Lions". ARTnews. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  10. ^ Cascone, Sarah (6 June 2013). "Tino Sehgal, Sharon Hayes, Angolan Pavilion Among Venice Biennale Prizewinners". Art in America. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Christoph Schlingensief and Christian Marclay Awarded Golden Lions at the Venice Biennale". Artforum. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  12. ^ Freedman, Alex (9 June 2011). "VeniceЯUs". Art21 Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  13. ^ Crow, Kelly (6 June 2009). "Venice Biennial: Hear the U.S. Roar". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Venice Biennale Golden Lion Awards Announced". Artforum. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  15. ^ Vogel, Carol (11 June 2007). "Art in the Present Tense: Politics, Loss and Beauty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  16. ^ Vetrocq 2005, p. 110.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i Di Martino 2005, p. 133.
  18. ^ Kimmelman, Michael (26 June 2003). "Critic's Notebook: Cramming It All in at the Biennale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  19. ^ Morris, Jane (1 May 2019). "Why is the Venice Biennale still so important?". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Di Martino 2005, p. 132.

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