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A Gift To Marco Polo: Contemporary Art from China
On the occasion of the 53rd Biennale Art Exhibition, the exhibition “A Gift to Marco Polo: Contemporary Art from China” will take place at Venice International University in San Servolo Isle from June 3 to July 2, 2009. On display the works of 9 prominent Chinese contemporary artists: Zhang Xiaogang, Zhou Chunya, He Duoling, Wang Guangyi, Fang Lijun, Yue Minjun, Zhang Peili, Wu Shanzhuan and Ye Fang.
As a tribute to Marco Polo, the participating artists combine elements from the East and West in their interpretations of Italian art, European culture and western civilization. Their work reflects what makes modern and the modern Oriental.
The opening ceremony will take place at VIU on the Island of San Servolo on June 2 at 6.00 pm.
When: From Jun-3-2009 To Jul-2-2009
Where: VIU - Isola di San Servolo
Contacts: www.institutionsofchinart.org www.mocashanghai.org
Promoter: VIU (Venice International University)
Institutions of Chinart
Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai)
More information: curated by Lu Peng e Achille Bonito Oliva
Web: www.labiennale.org
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Where: VIU - Isola di San Servolo
Contacts: www.institutionsofchinart.org www.mocashanghai.org
Promoter: VIU (Venice International University)
Institutions of Chinart
Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai)
More information: curated by Lu Peng e Achille Bonito Oliva
Web: www.labiennale.org
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53rd International Art Exhibition - Biennale
The 53rd International Art Exhibition, entitled Fare Mondi // Making Worlds directed by Daniel Birnbaum, organized by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, will open to the public from Sunday June 7th to Sunday November 22nd 2009 in the Giardini (50,000 sq.m.) and the Arsenale (38,000 sq.m.) as well as in various other locations around the city. The press preview will take place on June 4th, 5th, and 6th 2009.
When: From Jun-7-2009 To Nov-22-2009
Where: Giardini - Arsenale -centro storico Venezia
Entry: Intero € 18
Ridotto € 15
Studenti / under 26 € 8
Formula Family € 38
Gruppo adulti € 12
Gruppo studenti € 6
Permanent pass € 60
Where: Giardini - Arsenale -centro storico Venezia
Entry: Intero € 18
Ridotto € 15
Studenti / under 26 € 8
Formula Family € 38
Gruppo adulti € 12
Gruppo studenti € 6
Permanent pass € 60
The Mental Asylum Museum of San Servolo
"Secluded folly" is the name with which the museum was inaugurated on May the 20th 2006 on the Island of St Servolo, where equipment from the mental asylum, on the island from the 1700s till 1978, are displayed to public. It aims to show just how segregated and isolated the asylum was by exhibiting specific finds, notes, explicative panels.
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