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Florence Biennale 2009 - Press Release
The seventh edition of the International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence will take place from 5th - 13th December 2009.
The seventh edition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from 5th - 13th December 2009. 800 artists coming from 80 countries will be exhibiting more than 2,500 artworks and there will be an extraordinary meeting of cultures, languages and diverse artistic styles. The Florence Biennale supports the United Nations program “Dialogue between civilizations”, to which the Biennale has officially adhered since 2001.
The Biennale will also see the presence of important artists. In the 2007 edition, the “Lorenzo il Magnifico" career prize was conferred to Gilbert & George, for the 2005 edition to Christo and Jeanne-Claude and to Richard Anuszkiewicz and in 2003 to David Hockney.
The International Scientific Committee (I.S.C.), composed of 20 qualified members, categorizes the works in the categories of painting, sculpture, graphic, mixed media, installation, photography and digital art. The selection is done with no prejudice of style. Artists are selected based on the quality of their artwork and the cultural values their work represents.
The International Jury that assigns recognitions and awards to the invited artists is composed of distinguished figures such Elza Ajzenberg, exhibition curator of the MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Dominique Edouard Bacheler, art history professor and art critic, Paris; R.B. Bhaskaran, past President of Lalit Kala Akademi, India; Francesco Buranelli, General Manager of the Pontifical Commission for the Church’s Cultural Beings; Pasquale Celona, President of the Biennale, Florence; Piero Celona, Vice president of the Biennale, Florence; Gregorio Luke, past Director of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) Long Beach, California; Bianca Laura Petretto, Curator, journalist, expert on modern and Asian arts - Italy; Matty Roca member of AICA and President of the Arts Corporation in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico; Gerfried Stocker, Artistic Director of the Ars Electronica Center of Linz - Austria; Rosa Tejada, educator at the Metropolitan Museum, New York; and Stefano Francolini, Artistic Director of the Biennale, art historian and Restoration Director at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure Museum, Florence.
The Florence Biennale is organized by Arte Studio.
For further information: www.florencebiennale.org
Press Office:
Studio Abba, Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Firenze Italy
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Biennale Art - La Biennale di Venezia Foundation
53rd International Art Exhibition
The 53rd International Art Exhibition will run June 7th to November 22nd, 2009.
The history of the Venice Biennale began in 1895, when the first Art Exhibition took place.
The latest edition of the event, the 52nd International Art Exhibition, attracted 319,332 visitors from the opening on June 10th to the closing day, November 21st, 2007. This has been the most attended Biennale of the past twenty-five years.
The Venice Biennale
La Biennale di Venezia Foundation
The Venice Biennale has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organising international events in the contemporary arts in accordance with a multi-disciplinary model which characterises its unique nature.
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