The Vienna Biennale is a biennial international art exhibition that takes places in
Vienna
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Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. It was founded in 2006.
History
The first Vienna Biennale was held in October 2006.
"Biennale watch"
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The office of the Chancellary of Austria issued a news release:
:Vienna will for the first time host an art biennial festival. The first "Viennabiennale" (ending on 10 October 2006) presents international contemporary art by 80 artistic creators—among them 33 from Austria—at about forty venues. With a small budget, the young team plans to establish a "contemporary network" within the existing art scene.["Austria: Venice Biennale to feature young art"]
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The Biennale liaised with established galleries, as well as cultural institutes and artists' studios, alongside less conventional locations.[
The second Biennale showed a juxtaposition of minimal art and new media art, in collaboration with the Slovenian Cultural Institute and the Italian Cultural Institute.]["Vienna Biennale"]
, unlike.com. Retrieved 7 March 2009. There were also public installations, such as films shown on billboards in the city, with a view to providing more democratic access to the arts.[
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See also
*Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
Notes and references
External links
MyspaceArtfactsVienna Biennale
Official Site
ViennaBiennale Urban Art Exhibition
September - November 2010
{{List of Biennales
Contemporary art exhibitions
Art biennials
Austrian contemporary art