It will be interesting to discover how many national pavilions will follow this theme and how they will address it. I am pleased that this Exhibition includes artworks created in the past century that are now considered to be points of reference for the new generations. And we will find many Italian artists within this movement. Adriano Pedrosa will also direct the second edition of the College Arte, an activity inaugurated in 2022 with Cecilia Alemani that is very important to La Biennale. I am certain that the 60th International Art Exhibition and its curator will be able to move us and, as the curator of the 18th Biennale Architettura Lesley Lokko said, fill in those gaps in art history with many heretofore neglected artists.»

The 60th International Art Exhibition will present, as usual, the National Participations with their own exhibitions in the Pavilions at the Giardini and at the Arsenale, as well as in the historic centre of Venice.

Starting from today June 22, the application form to submit projects’ proposals as a Collateral Event will be online. The selected projects - promoted by non-profit international organisations and institutions operating in the field of art - will be set-up in the city of Venice.

Biennale College Arte
The international call for Biennale College Arte, published just today on the Biennale website www.labiennale.org, will be open for five weeks, from Thursday 22 June until Monday 24 July 2023.

The call for applications is reserved for young emerging artists under the age of 30 from all over the world (who are under 31 years old on the application deadline), who have participated in at least one group exhibition and whose work has been the subject of at least one solo exhibition in nationally and/or internationally recognised exhibition spaces.

Twelve projects will be selected and the artists will be invited to participate in a 10-day workshop dedicated to the development of the proposed projects, which will take place in Venice in October 2023.

The workshop, which will alternate individual and group moments, will be coordinated by Adriano Pedrosa, Director of the Visual Arts Department of La Biennale, together with curators and artists, tutors and mentors directly involved in the development of the projects with the participants. At the end of the workshop the artists will have three weeks to work on the projects and deliver a final proposal. Based on the evaluation of the materials, Adriano Pedrosa will select up to four projects, which will be eligible for a maximum contribution of 25,000 euros for the realisation of the work.

The works will be presented, out of competition, in the context of the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Stranieri Ovunque / Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa.

The official website of the Biennale Arte 2024: www.labiennale.org Official hashtags: #BiennaleArte2024 #StranieriOvunque #ForeignersEverywhere