Venice Biennale

(Text and Images are from La Biennale di Venezia official site, worth exploring to know more about the most important, oldest international art exhibition in the world, born in 1895 and evolved into what it is today, please see also: Wikipedia).

Biennale Art 53rd International Art Exhibition
Making Worlds

The 53rd International Art Exhibition, titled Making Worlds // Fare Mondi // Bantin Duniyan // Weltenmachen // Construire des Mondes…, directed by Daniel Birnbaum, is open in the Giardini and the Arsenale venues, as well as in various other locations around the city. The opening and awards ceremony was held on Saturday 6th June. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Giardini closed on Mondays, Arsenale closed on Tuesdays) until 22nd November.
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Making Worlds // Hacer Mundos

53rd International Art Exhibition

A work of art is more than an object, more than a commodity. It represents a vision of the world, and if taken seriously must be seen as a way of “making a world”. A few signs marked on paper, a barely touched canvas, or a vast installation can amount to different ways of world-making. (Daniel Birnbaum)

Artists and National Participations

53rd International Art Exhibition
There are some 90 artists in the main exhibition, Making Worlds. Participating countries are amounting to the record number of 77, with exhibitions in their own pavilions, and a further 44 collateral events from international institutes and organizations are exhibited in various places across the city of Venice.
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(I just need to add that representing Canada is extraordinary artist (part time Vancouverite...) Mark Lewis, at Canada pavilion).