The 55th Venice Biennale was an international
contemporary art
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exhibition
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held in 2013. The
Venice Biennale
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takes place
biennially in
Venice, Italy
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. Artistic director
Massimiliano Gioni
Massimiliano Gioni (born 1973) is an Italian curator and contemporary art critic based in New York City, and artistic director at the New Museum. He is the artistic director of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan as well as the artistic dir ...
curated its central exhibition, "The Encyclopedic Palace".
Awards
* Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition:
Tino Sehgal
Tino Sehgal (; ; born 1976) is an artist of German and Indian descent, based in Berlin, who describes his work as "constructed situations". He is also thought of as a choreographer who makes dance for the museum setting.
Personal life
Sehgal was ...
* Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of main exhibition:
Camille Henrot
Camille Henrot (; born 21 June 1978) is a French artist who lives and works in Paris and New York City.
Early life and education
Henrot was born in 1978 in Paris, France. She attended the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, École ...
* Golden Lions for lifetime achievement:
Marisa Merz
Marisa Merz (née Maria Luisa Truccato 23 May 1926 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian artist and sculptor. and
Maria Lassnig
Maria Lassnig (8 September 1919 – 6 May 2014) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness".Attias, Lauri''Maria Lassnig'', ''Frieze'', May 1996. She was the first female artist to win the Gran ...
* Golden Lion for best national participation:
Angolan pavilion
Reception
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ARTnews
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'' later named the Biennale among the decade's best shows and praised, in particular, Gioni's central exhibition for displaying self-taught artists alongside major artists.
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