venice biennale

venice biennale

2017

A Look Back at the 57th Venice Biennale

Venice never loses its magic. A subtle festive feeling is always in the air wherever you go. And well, it’s this time of the year again: you can dive into the festival of art, surrounded by amazing architecture in a labyrinth of narrow streets...read more

2013

What Did I Miss/ What Did I Not Miss 27.06 - 30.06

THURSDAY 27.06 Nicolás Robbio - Every Body Knows @ invaliden1 A simple, lovely and subtly humorous show. Or at least I saw it that way, while it actually cites some paragraph on ancient Greeks, Newton, the universe, quantum physics... (A)...read more

The Encyclopedic Palace

Marino Auriti's "Il Palazzo Encyclopedico del Mondo, (ca.1950s), surrounded by photographs by J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere Spread between the Central Pavilion at the Giardini and part of the Arsenale, the exhibition curated by Masimiliano Gioni displays,...read more

Venice Art Olympics: Medals for National Pavilions and Collateral Events

It’s the Olympics of the art world and the jury is a bit stingy with the Gold Lion awards, so here are some more (unfortunately only symbolic) prizes for the national pavilions and collateral events of the 55th Venice Biennale. National Pavilions...read more

Venice First Look Monday & Tuesday

Venice so far... Prima Materia @ Palazzo Grassi Rudolf Stingel @ Punto Della Dogana carpet installation #1, by far the most extensive and spectacular in scale painting of Franz West Ornamentation @ Azerbijan Pavillion all over carpet installation...read more

Venice Survival Guide # 3: COLLATERAL EVENTS

In case you haven’t been hit with the contagious Venice fever yet, here’s the third part to the Bpigs Venice Survival Guide with our additional recommendations in the city. This list includes both Berlin's representation in Venice and the rest of...read more

Venice Survival Guide #2

As the Preview of the 55th Venice Biennale approaches (barely one week to go), the Bigs Team gets busy scheduling one of their most important dates with the arts in a broader international context. As a result, we have started our very own “Venice...read more

Venice Survival Guide #1

Does his name mean “Big”? Like Maximum? No wonder he is so famous… I don’t know. And lives in New York… Hm… The maximum Curator. The Ultimum Curator. The Curator Ultimatum… I don’t know... Ultimilianno? I DON'T KNOW Despina! But you are Spanian!...read more

What Did I Miss/ What Did I Not Miss 08.05.-12.05.

WEDNESDAY 08.05 Introduction of the Georgian Pavillion in Venice by curator Joanna Warsza in presence of Thea Djordjadze @Georgian Embassy picture courtesy Kamikaze Loggia team - visit facebook page -"Please come in, otherwise you are not able to...read more