By Dario Pappalardo (La Repubblica)
“The biggest risk? Let it be renamed the Women's Biennial. But what would that mean? In 125 years, you have never called it the Men's Biennial! In
11 weeks, Cecilia Alemani will inaugurate her exhibition in Venice.
In the meantime, she begins to reveal some elements to us.
If we are only interested in figures, the 59th Art Biennale promises to be colossal: 213 artists from 58 countries, 1433 works and objects, 80 national pavilions (Cameroon, Namibia, Nepal, Oman and Uganda will debut this year) and the longest run on record, over 7 months, from April 23 to November 27.
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The budget is 18 million euros:
"The costs have increased due to the rise in the price of energy and transport"
, explains the president Roberto Cicutto.
“Twenty percent of the budget has already been covered by the sponsors;
for the rest, we focus on revenue.
One of our…
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