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A little taste of Venice Biennale... in pictures.

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Brazil   Inside/Outside  Pavilion of Brazil Odires Mlászho Brazil   Inside/Outside (Fervenza/Mlászho/Clark/Bill/Munari)   Hélio Fervenza, Odires Mlászho, Lygia Clark, Max Bill, Bruno Munari. Commissioner: Luis Terepins (Fundação Bienal de São Paulo). Curator: Luis Pérez-Oramas. Deputy Curator: André Severo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini. GREAT BRITAIN Jeremy Deller The Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, UK 24 October 2007   We sit starving amidst our gold , Venice, Italy 1 June 2011   GREAT BRITAIN Jeremy Deller Commissioner: Andrea Rose . Curator: Emma Gifford-Mead. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org GERMANY Ai Weiwei, Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh Ai Weiwei, Bang, Installation view Santu Mofokeng, Installation view Dayanita Singh, installation view GERMANY Ai Weiwei, Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh Commissioner:...

The Venice Golden Lions - The Clock of Christian Marclay!

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Today the 4th of June the Jury of the 54th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia comprised of Hassan Khan (President, Egypt), Carol Yinghua Lu (China), Letizia Ragaglia (Italy), Christine Marcel (France) and John Waters (USA) has decided to confer the awards as follows: Golden Lion for Best National Participation to Germany: Schlingensief ( Pavilion at the Giardini) Commissioner: Susanne Gaensheimer Golden Lion for the best artist at the ILLUMInations Exhibition to Christian Marclay (United States, 1955; on display at the Corderie, Arsenale) The Clock , 2010 Silver Lion for a promising young artist at the ILLUMInations Exhibition to Haroon Mirza (Great Britain, 1977; on display at the Corderie, Arsenale and at the Central Pavilion, Giardini) The Jury has also decided to assign two Special Mentions : Lithuania Behind the White Curtain Darius Mikšys (Pavilion in town; Scuola S. Pasquale, Castello 278) Commissioner: Kestutis K...