58TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

May You Live in Interesting Times
Statement by Ralph Rugoff
Curator of the 58th International Art Exhibition
Professional Preview: 8.—10. Mai 2019
May 11–November 24, 2019
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019

90 National Participations

*** New participations: Algeria, Ghana, Madagascar, Pakistan
* Dominican Republic participates for the first time with its own pavilion at the Biennale Arte and has already participated in previous editions as part of the IILA.
* Republic of Kazakhstan participates for the first time with its own pavilion and has already participated in previous editions as part of the Central Asia Pavilion.

venice-biennale/2019/pavilions/

Albanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Driant Zeneli
Maybe the cosmos is not so extraordinary
Opening: 10. May 2019 | 2:30pm
curated by Alicia Knock.
Claudia Buizza, assistant curator
May 11–November 24, 2019
Arsenale Artiglierie , 30122 Venice Italy
http://driantzeneli.com/albanian-pavilion-2019/
kultura.gov.al
https://www.instagram.com/albanianpavilion2019/

ALGERIAN PAVILION
DURING THE VENICE BIENNALE 2019
TIME TO SHINE BRIGHT
Commissioner/Curator: Hellal Mahmoud Zoubir, National Council of Arts and Letters Ministry of Culture.
Opening: 9. May 2019 | 3 – 6 pm
Featured artists: Rachida Azdaou, Hamza Bounoua, Amina Zoubir, Mourad Krinah, Oussama Tabti.
Commissioner and Curator: Hellal Mahmoud Zoubir, Member of the National Council of Arts and Letters,
an advisory council created
with the Algerian Ministry of Culture.
11 May 2019 — 24 Nov 2019
Fondamenta San Giussepe 925 Castello
Venice, 30122 Italy
http://algerian-pavilion-2019.com/

Pavilion of Andorra
at the 58th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
Philippe Shangti
The Future is Now / El futur és ara
The Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports of the Government
of Andorra Olga Gelabert Fàbrega
Official opening: Thursday 9 May 2019 | 7 p.m.
Commissioner: Eva Martínez “Zoe”
Curators: Ivan Sansa, Paolo De Grandis
Exhibition: 11 May – 24 November 2019
Istituto S. Maria della Pietà,
Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 3701
https://www.andorrabiennale.ad/
www.cultura.ad

NATIONAL PAVILION OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
58 TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
FIND YOURSELF:
CARNIVAL AND RESISTANCE
Opening: Friday, 10. May 2019 | 5 pm
Commissioner: Daryll Matthew, Minister of Sports, Culture, National Festivals and the Arts.
Curator: Barbara Paca with Nina Khrushcheva.
Exhibitors: Timothy Payne, Sir Gerald Price,
Joseph Seton, and Frank Walter; Intangible Cultural, Heritage Artisans and Mas Troup.
11 May – 24 November 2019
Centro Culturale
Don Orione Artigianelli
DORSODURO 919, Venice 30123
Vaporetto: Zattere
https://www.antiguabarbudavenice.com/
@antiguabarbudavenice

Argentinian Pavilion
at the Venice Biennale 2019
Mariana Telleria
“El nombre de un país / The Name of a Country”
Commissioner: Sergio Alberto Baur Ambasciatore
Curator: Florencia Battiti
Press Preview: 8. May 2019 | 4 pm
11 May — 24 Nov 2019
Arsenale, Sale d’Armi
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019

Armenia
Revolutionary Sensorium
Commissioner: Nazenie Garibian, Deputy Minister.
Curator: Susanna Gyulamiryan.
Exhibitors: “ArtlabYerevan” Artistic Group (Gagik Charchyan, Hovhannes Margaryan, Arthur Petrosyan, Vardan Jaloyan) and Narine Arakelian.
Venue: Collegio Armeno Moorat – Raphael Dorsoduro 2596

Australia
Assembly
Commissioner: Australia Council for the Arts.
Curator: Juliana Engberg.
Exhibitor: Angelica Mesiti.
Venue: Giardini

AUSTRIAN PAVILION / ÖSTERREICHISCHER PAVILLON
BIENNALE ARTE 2019 58th International Art Exhibition
RENATE BERTLMANN represents Austria
Curator :
FELICITAS THUN-HOHENSTEIN

Professional Preview: 8.—10. Mai 2019
Pressekonferenz Österreichischen Pavillons
Thursday, 9. Mai 2019 | 1 pm
Eröffnung: Opening: Donnerstag, 9. Mai 2019 | 15 Uhr
Thursday, 9. Juni 2019 | 3 pm
Begrußung Es sprechen: Gernot Blumel
Bundesminister fur EU, Kunst, Kultur und Medien
Felicitas Thun-Hohenstein
Kuratorin des österreichischen Beitrags auf der Biennale Arte 2019
Renate Bertlmann Kunstlerin
Moderation: Ana Berlin a b c / Presse
Ausstellung: Exhibition: 11. May — 24. November 2019
Giardini della Biennale
Sestiere Castello, 30122 Venedig, Italien
https://www.biennalearte.at/de
https://www.labiennale.org
https://estherartnewsletter.wordpress.com/2018/06/05/austrian-pavilion19/

Azerbaijan
Virtual Reality
Commissioner: Mammad Ahmadzada, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Curators: Giovanni Mercurio, Emin Mammadov.
Exhibitors: Zeigam Azizov, Orkhan Mammadov, Zarnishan Yusifova, Kanan Aliyev, Ulviyya Aliyeva.
Venue: Palazzo Lezze, Campo S. Stefano, San Marco 2949

Bangladesh
Thirst
Commissioner: Liakat Ali Lucky.
Curators: Mokhlesur Rahman,Viviana Vannucci.
Exhibitors: Bishwajit Goswami, Dilara Begum Jolly, Heidi Fosli, Nafis Ahmed Gazi, Franco Marrocco, Domenico Pellegrino, Preema Nazia Andaleeb, Ra Kajol, Uttam Kumar karmaker.
Venue: Palazzo Zenobio – Dorsoduro 2596

Belarus
Exit/Uscita
Commissioner: Sergei Krishtapovich.
Curator: Olga Rybchinskaya.
Exhibitor: Konstantin Selikhanov.
Venue: Spazio Liquido, Sestiere Castello 103, Salizada Streta

Belgium
Mondo Cane
Commissioner: Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
Curator: Anne-Claire Schmitz.
Exhibitor: Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys.
Venue: Giardini

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zenica-Trilogy
Commissioner: Senka Ibrišimbegović, Ars Aevi Museum for Contemporary Art Sarajevo.
Curators: Anja Bogojević, Amila Puzić, Claudia Zini.
Exhibitor: Danica Dakić.
Venue: Palazzo Ca’ Bernardo, Sestriere San Polo 2186

THE BRAZILIAN PAVILION AT THE 58TH VENICE BIENNALE
CURATED BY GABRIEL PÉREZ-BARREIRO
WORKS BY:
BÁRBARA WAGNER & BENJAMIN DE BURCA
Swinguerra
Commissioned by José Olympio da Veiga Pereira, President of Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
press presentation:
Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 1pm
11. May -24. Nov 2019
Giardini Castello, Padiglione Brasile,
30122, Venice, Italy
http://www.bienal.org.br/post/6

British Pavilion- British Council
GREAT BRITAIN AT THE 58th INTERNATIONAL
ART EXHIBITION LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
CATHY WILKES
Curator Zoe Whitle
Commissioner: Emma Dexter.
Preview days: 8 May – 10 May 2019
11 May – 24 November 2019
BritishPavilion,GiardinidiCastello30122
#BritishPavilion
https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/

Bulgaria
How We Live
Commissioner: Iaroslava Boubnova, National Gallery in Sofia.
Curator: Vera Mlechevska.
Exhibitors: Rada Boukova , Lazar Lyutakov.
Venue: Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, San Marco 2893

Canada Pavilion
at La Biennale di Venezia, 2019 58th International Art Exhibition.
ISUMA
Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada.
Artist collective: Isuma : Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Paul Apak, Pauloosie Qulitalik
Press event: Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 1.30pm
Vernissage: Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 2.30pm
Curators: Asinnajaq, Catherine Crowston,
Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Barbara Fischer, Candice Hopkins.
Exhibition: 11 May – 24 Nov 2019
Giardini
https://www.gallery.ca/wha…/around-the-world/venice-biennale

CATALONIA IN VENICE—TO LOSE YOUR HEAD (IDOLS)
Collateral Event of the 58th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia
Marcel Borràs with Albert Garcia-Alzórriz and the collaboration of David Bestué,

Lúa Coderch, Lola Lasurt, Daniela Ortiz, Perejaume, Francesc Torres
PREVIEW PRESS: May 8 | 2pm
OPENING: Friday 10 May 2019 | 6pm
‘SHE APPROPRIATES IN PRESENT’
PERFORMANCE AND INTERACTIVE SCULPTURE
Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 5pm
Thursday 9 May |12pm & 5pm
Friday 10 May | 12pm
Curator: Pedro Azara
Commissioner: Institut Ramon Llull
MAY 11 – NOVEMBER 24 2019
Calle Quintavalle, Castello 40, Venice, Italy
https://www.llull.cat/monografics/toloseyourhead/…/index.cfm
#ToLoseYourHead #CataloniaInVenice

VAPORETTO: 1 | 2 – Giardini Sto

PAVILION OF CHILE
58th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
ALTERED VIEWS by Voluspa Jarpa
Curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio
Pre-opening Days: May 8-9-10, 2019
Press Preview and Opening Ceremony,
9. May 2019 | 11.30am
11 May 2019 — 24 Nov 2019
Kommissar: Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Chile
Arsenale, Artiglierie Venice, 30122 Italy
http://myartguides.com/national-participations/chile-2019/

China
Re-
Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd. (CAEG).
Curator: Wu Hongliang.
Exhibitors: Chen Qi, Feijun, He Xiangyu, Geng Xue.
Venue: Arsenale

Croatian Pavilion
58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia
project by Igor Grubić
Traces of Disappearing (In Three Acts)
Curated by Katerina Gregos
Press Preview:
Wednesday 8 May, 2019 | 4 – 6 pm
presentation by the artist and the curator | 4.30 pm
Followed by the opening reception:
Wednesday 8 May, 2019 | 6 – 10 pm
Sestiere Santa Croce 2258,
Calle Regina Venice, Italy
(50 m from Fondazione Prada)
Nearest vaporetto: San Stae
alternatively, 3-5′ walk from
Rialto Mercato & Rialto bridge
http://www.croatianpavilion-venicebiennale.hr/2019

Cuba
Entorno aleccionador (A Cautionary Environment) 
Commissioner: Norma Rodríguez Derivet, Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas.
Curator: Margarita Sanchez Prieto.
Exhibitors: Alejandro Campins, Alex Hérnandez, Ariamna Contino e Eugenio Tibaldi.
Venue: Isola di San Servolo

Cyprus
Christoforos Savva: Untimely, Again
Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou.
Curator: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti.
Exhibitor: Christoforos Savva.
Venue: Associazione Culturale Spiazzi, Castello 3865

Czech Republic

CZECH AND SLOVAK PAVILION
AT THE 58TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION – LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
THE CZECH REPUBLIC PRESENTS
STANISLAV KOLÍBAL: FORMER UNCERTAIN INDICATED
Curator: Dieter Bogner
Pavilion commissioner: National Gallery Prague, Adam Budak
Press conference: 8 May 2019 | 1 p.m.
May 11 – November 24, 2019
Giardini di Castello, Venice
https://www.ngprague.cz/en/la-biennale-di-venezia
https://www.labiennale.org/en/

Stanislav Kolíbal. Former Uncertain Indicated
Commissioner: Adam Budak, National Gallery Prague.
Curator: Dieter Bogner.
Exhibitor: Stanislav Kolibal.
Venue: Giardini

https://www.ngprague.cz/en/la-biennale-di-venezia

Denmark
Heirloom
Commissioner: The Danish Arts Foundation: Lisette Vind Ebbesen (Chair), Peter Land, Jane Jin Kaisen, Charlotte Fogh and Søren Assenholt.
Curator: Nat Muller. Exhibitor: Larissa Sansour.
Venue: Giardini

DEUTSCHER Germany PAVILLON 2019
La Biennale di Venezia
58. INTERNATIONALE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG
Natascha Süder Happelmann
Kuratorin: Franciska Zólyom
Kommissar: ifa
Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
im Auftrag des Auswärtigen Amts.

Preview Biennale Arte 2019: 8.–10. Mai 2019
Eröffnung 10. Mai 2019
JESSICA EKOMANE
KOOPERATIVE FÜR DARSTELLUNGS POLITIK MAURICE LOUCA
DJ MARF OX JAKO MARON
TISHA MUKARJI MAZIYAR PAHLEVAN
SUSANNE SACHSSE ELNAZ SEYEDI
Ausstellung: 11. Mai – 24. November 2019
Giardini della Biennale
Sestiere Castello, 30122 Venezia
https://deutscher-pavillon.org/
https://www.facebook.com/DeutscherPavillonBiennaleVenedig
@natascha.sueder.happelmann

Dominican Republic *
Naturaleza y biodiversidad en la República Dominicana
Commissioner: Eduardo Selman, Minister of Culture.
Curators: Marianne de Tolentino, Simone Pieralice, Giovanni Verza.
Exhibitors: Dario Oleaga, Ezequiel Taveras, Hulda Guzmán, Julio Valdez, Miguel Ramirez, Rita Bertrecchi, Nicola Pica, Marraffa & Casciotti.
Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Cannaregio 4118 – Sala della Pace

Egypt
khnum across times witness
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture.
Curator: Ahmed Chiha.
Exhibitors: Islam Abdullah, Ahmed Chiha, Ahmed Abdel Karim.
Venue: Giardini

Estonia
Birth V
Commissioner: Centre of Contemporary Arts of Estonia.
Curators: Andrew Berardini, Irene Campolmi, Sarah Lucas, Tamara Luuk.
Exhibitor: Kris Lemsalu.
Venue: c/o Legno & Legno, Giudecca 21

Pavilion of Finland
Pavilion of Finland
The 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
The Miracle Workers Collective:
A Greater Miracle of Perception
Kommissar: Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Press Conference: Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 11am.
Venice Performance Iteration:
Friday 10 May 2019 | 2-6pm.
Commissioner: Raija Koli, Director Frame Contemporary Art Finland.
Curators: Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Christopher Wessels.
11 May – 24 November 2019
Giardini, Alvar Aalto Pavilion
https://frame-finland.fi/en/venice-biennale

Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
Instagram: @frame_finland 
Twitter: @framefinland
Facebook: @framefinland
#framefinland #finnishpavilion #MWC #MiracleWorkersCollective

French Pavillion
at the 58th International Art Exhibition
of la Biennale di Venezia in 2019
LAURE PROUVOST
DEEP SEE BLUE SURROUNDING YOU
VOIS CE BLEU PROFOND TE FONDRE
CURATED BYMARTHA KIRSZENBAUM
PROFESSIONAL DAYS 8–10 MAY 2019
Press Preview: Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 4pm
Opening: 8. May 2019 | 17 pm
EXHIBITION 11 MAY– 24 NOVEMBER 2019
Giardini della Biennale
https://www.if.institutfrancais.com/en/
https://www.if.institutfrancais.com/en/institutional-news/laure-prouvost-represents-france-at-the-58th-international-art-exhibition-la

France
Deep see blue surrounding you / Vois ce bleu profond te fondre
Commissioner: Institut français with the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture

Georgia
REARMIRRORVIEW, Simulation is Simulation, is Simulation, is Simulation
Commissioner: Ana Riaboshenko.
Curator: Margot Norton.
Exhibitor: Anna K.E.
Venue: Arsenale

GHANA PAVILION
at The 2019 Venice Biennale
Ghana National Pavilion: Ghana Freedom
Official Inauguration -Press Preview:
Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 10:30 –11:30 am
curated by Nana Oforiatta Ayim.
In the presence of:
Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady of Ghana
Attended by:
Nana Oforiatta Ayim, Curator
Sir David Adjaye OBE, Architect
Exhibitors: Felicia Abban, John Akomfrah,
El Anatsui, Lynette Yiadom Boakye,
Ibrahim Mahama, Selasi Awusi Sosu.
Arsenale-Artiglierie, Castello,
Calle della Tana 2169/f, 30122 Venice
https://www.facebook.com/GhanaInVenice/
https://www.facebook.com/events/480922379111793/

Greece
Mr Stigl
Commissioner: Syrago Tsiara (Deputy Director of the Contemporary Art Museum – Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus).
Curator: Katerina Tselou.
Exhibitors: Panos Charalambous,Eva Stefani, Zafos Xagoraris.
Venue: Giardini

Grenada
Epic Memory
Commissioner: Susan Mains.
Curator: Daniele Radini Tedeschi.
Exhibitors: Amy Cannestra, Billy Gerard Frank, Dave Lewis, Shervone Neckles, Franco Rota Candiani, Roberto Miniati, CRS avant-garde.
Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Cannaregio 4118 – Gallerie Espositive del primo piano

Guatemala
Interesting state
Commissioner: Elder de Jesús Súchite Vargas, Ministro della Cultura e delle Attività Sportive del Guatemala.
Curator: Stefania Pieralice.
Exhibitors: Elsie Wunderlich, Marco Manzo.
Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Cannaregio 4118 – Salone dei Concerti

Haiti
The Spectacle of Tragedy
Commissioner: Ministero della Cultura e della Comunicazione.
Curator: Giscard Bouchotte.
Exhibitor: Jean Ulrick Désert.

Pavilion of Hungary,
at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019.
Tamás Waliczky – Imaginary Cameras
Press preview: 8–10 May
Opening ceremony:
9 May 2019, Thursday 2019 | 11.30 am
Opening: 9 May, 11:30 am
Opening speech by Jeffrey Shaw, new media artist
National commissioner:
Julia Fabényi, director of Ludwig Museum
Curator: Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák
Organizer: Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Guided tours with Tamás Waliczky:
Sunday, 12 May, 11 am
Monday, 13 May, 4 pm
Wednesday, 15 May, 4 pm
Exhibition: 11 May – 24 November, 2019
Giardini della Biennale, Venezia
https://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/en/2019
https://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/velencei-biennale/2019

ICELANDIC Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2019
to build hypernature at the 58th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
Chromo Sapiens –Out of Controll in Venice
Egill Sæbjörnsson – Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir / Shoplifter
In collaboration with Ūgh and Bõögâr, two trolls turned artists
Press Preview: Wednesday 10 May 2019 | 3 – 5 pm
Enjoy an afternoon coffee with Ūgh and Bõögâr,
Egill and Stefanie
Press and VIP Preview /official opening:
Thursday 11 May 2019 | 6.30 pm
Official Opening: Thursday 11 May 2019 | 8 pm
Curator: Stefanie Böttcher
Commissioner: Icelandic Ministry of Education,
Science and Culture – Eiríkur Thorláksson
Deputy commissioner: Icelandic Art Center – Björg Stefánsdóttir
11 May – 24 November 2019
Spazio Punch, Giudecca, Venice, Italy
http://icelandicartcenter.is/projects/venice-biennale/
#ChromoSapiens, #IcelandicPavilion2019
#BiennaleArte2019
Vaporetto stop: Palanc

India
Our time for a future caring
(Under the theme of 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi)
Commissioner: Adwaita Gadanayak National Gallery of Modern Art.
Curator: Roobina Karode, Director & Chief Curator, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.
Venue: Arsenale

Indonesia
Lost Verses
Commissioner: Ricky Pesik & Diana Nazir, Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy.
Curator: Asmudjo Jono Irianto.
Exhibitors: Handiwirman Saputra and Syagini Ratna Wulan.
Venue: Arsenale

Iran
Of Being and Singing
Commissioner: Hadi Mozafari. Curator: Ali Bakhtiari.
Exhibitors: Reza Lavassani, Samira Alikhanzadeh, Ali Meer Azimi.
Venue: Magazzino 106 e Officina Lamierini Thetis, Arsenale

Iraq
Fatherland
Commissioner: Fondazione Ruya.
Curators: Tamara Chalabi, Paolo Colombo.
Exhibitor: Serwan Baran.
Venue: Ca’ del Duca Corte del Duca Sforza San Marco 3052

Ireland
The Shrinking Universe
Commissioner: Culture Ireland.
Curator: Mary Cremin.
Exhibitor: Eva Rothschild.
Venue: Arsenale

Pavilion of Israel at the 58th International Art Exhibition –La Biennale di Venezia

AYA BEN RON – FIELD HOSPITAL X
Curator: Avi Lubin.
Press Preview: 8 – 10 May 2019
pressconference: 9. May 2019 |3:30 am
opening: 10. May 2019 | 1pm
Commissioner: Michael Gov, Arad Turgeman.
Exhibition: 11 May 2019 — 24 Nov 2019
Giardini della Biennale – Venezia
http://fieldhospitalx.org/press/
http://ayabenron.com/venice-bienalle-2019/
www.fieldhospitalX.org
@fieldhospitalX

Field Hospital X (FHX) is a new, mobile, international institution, established by artist Aya Ben Ron. It is a unique organization that is committed to researching the way art can react and act in the face of social ills and corrupt values in society. Learning from the structure and practice of hospitals, health maintenance organizations and healing resorts, FHX provides a space in which silenced voices can be heard and social injustices can be seen.
https://estherartnewsletter.wordpress.com/2019/04/

Italy

Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2019.
Neither Nor: The challenge to the Labyrinth
preview: 8. 9. and 10. May 2019
Curated by Milovan Farronato
ARTISTS
ENRICO DAVID – CHIARA FUMAI – LILIANA MORO
Commissioner: Federica Galloni, Director General DGAAP
Exhibition: May 11–November 24, 2019
Arsenale Venice Italy
https://www.neithernor.it/en/

Commissioner: Federica Galloni, Direttore Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e Periferie Urbane, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali.
Curator: Milovan Farronato.
Exhibitors: Enrico David, Liliana Moro, Chiara Fumai.
Venue: Padiglione Italia, Tese delle Vergini, Arsenale

Commissioned by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities
DGAAP – Directorate-General for Contemporary Art
and Architecture Urban Peripheries

The Italian Pavilion will be inaugurated on the occasion of the preview before the opening of the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2019 8th, 9th and 10th of May 2019
The exhibition will be open to the public from Saturday 11 May to Sunday 24 November 2019.

work by Enrico David (Ancona, 1966),
Biography:
Ancona, 1966. He lives and works in London.
Nominated for the Turner Prize in 2009.

Chiara Fumai (Rome, 1978–Bari, 2017)
Biography:
Rome, 1978 – Bari, 2017.
She took part in dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel (2012).

Liliana Moro (Milan, 1961).
Biography:
Milan, 1961. She lives and works in Milan.
She took part in documenta IX, Kassel (1992)
and Aperto – 45th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
https://www.neithernor.it/en/page/artists

Ivory Coast
Les ombres ouvertes de la mémoire
Commissioner: Nkoumo Koffissé Henri.
Curator: Massimo Scaringella.
Exhibitors: Ernest Dükü, Ananias Leki Dago, Valérie Oka, Tong Yanrunan.
Venue: Castello Gallery, Castello 1636/A

Japan
Cosmo-Eggs
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation.
Curator: Hiroyuki Hattori.
Exhibitors: Motoyuki Shitamichi, Taro Yasuno, Toshiaki Ishikura, Fuminori Nousaku.
Venue: Giardini

Kazakhstan *
Commissioner: Abil Taufikovich Zholamanov, Director of Culture and Art Department.
Curators: Almaz Shaikenovich Nurazkhan, James Putnam, Viktor Aleksandrovich Misiano.

Kiribati
Pacific Time – Time Flies
Commissioner: Pelea Tehumu, Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Curators: Kautu Tabaka, Nina Tepes.
Exhibitors: Kaeka Michael Betero, Daniela Danica Tepes, Kairaken Betio Group; Teroloang Borouea, Neneia Takoikoi, Tineta Timirau, Teeti Aaloa, Kenneth Ioane, Kaumai Kaoma, Runita Rabwaa, Obeta Taia, Tiribo Kobaua, Tamuera Tebebe, Rairauea Rue, Teuea Kabunare, Tokintekai Ekentetake, Katanuti Francis, Mikaere Tebwebwe, Terita Itinikarawa, Kaeua Kobaua, Raatu Tiuteke, Kaeriti Baanga, Ioanna Francis, Temarewe Banaan, Aanamaria Toom, Einako Temewi, Nimei Itinikarawa, Teniteiti Mikaere, Aanibo Bwatanita, Arin Tikiraua.
Venue: European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Strada Nuova 3659

Republic of Korea
History Has Failed Us, but No Matter
Commissioner: Arts Council Korea.
Curator: Hyunjin Kim.
Exhibitors: Hwayeon Nam, siren eun young jung, Jane Jin Kaisen.
Venue: Giardini

Kosovo
Family Album
Commissioner: Arta Agani.
Curator: Vincent Honore.
Exhibitor: Alban Muja.
Venue: Arsenale

Latvia
Saules Suns
Commissioner: Dace Vilsone.
Curators: Valentinas Klimašauskas, Inga Lāce.
Exhibitor: Daiga Grantiņa.
Venue: Arsenale

Lithuanian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale
SUN & SEA (MARINA)
Artist: Rugile Barzdžiukaite, Vaiva Grainyte,
Lina Lapelyte
curated by Lucia Pietroiusti
Assistant Curator: Caterina Avataneo.
Kommissare: Jean Baptiste Joly, Rasa Antanavičiūtė
organised by Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Vernissage: May 8-10, 2019
Opening Events Vernissage
10.5.2019 | 16 pm
Opening Talk Daisy Hildyard
Performance 10am-8pm
May 11- October 31, 2019
Installation Tue-Sun, 10am-6pm
Performance every Saturday 10am-6pm
Marina Militare,
Fondamenta Case Nuove 2738c, Venice, Italy
https://www.sunandsea.lt/en
@sunandsea_lt
https://www.facebook.com/operasunandsea/

Luxembourg
Written by Water
Commissioner: Ministryof Culture of Luxembourg.
Curator: Kevin Muhlen.
Exhibitor: Marco Godinho.
Venue: Arsenale

North Macedonia
Subversion to Red
Commissioner: Mira Gakina.
Curator: Jovanka Popova.
Exhibitor: Nada Prlja.
Venue: Palazzo Rota Ivancich, Castello 4421

BIENNALE ARTE 2019 58th International Art Exhibition
MADAGASCAR PAVILION
JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA
I have forgotten the night
Opening: 9. May 2019 | 11 am
Curators: Rina Ralay Ranaivo Emmanuel Daydé
Emmanuel Dayd
Exhibition: 11 May – 24 November 2019
Arsenale, Artiglierie
http://www.madagascarpavilionvenice.org/
#MadagascarPavilion
#JoelAndrianomearisoa
#BiennaleArte2019
#LaBiennaleDiVenezia

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Promotion of Handicrafts and Safeguarding of the Republic of Madagascar Heritage.
Curators: Rina Ralay Ranaivo, Emmanuel Daydé.
Arsenale, Artiglierie

Malta
Maleth / Haven / Port – Heterotopias of Evocation
Commissioner: Arts Council Malta.
Curator: Hesperia Iliadou Suppiej.
Exhibitors: Vince Briffa, Klitsa Antoniou, Trevor Borg. Venue: Arsenale

Mexico
Actos de Dios / Acts of God
Commissioner: Gabriela Gil Verenzuela.
Curator: Magalí Arriola.
Exhibitor: Pablo Vargas Lugo.
Venue: Arsenale

MONGOLIAN PAVILION AT 2019 VENICE BIENNALE
TO PRESENT E.JANTSANKHOROL AND INTERACTIVE SOUND PERFORMANCE
BY THROAT SINGERS AND CARSTEN NICOLAI
A Temporality
Opening: 7 May 2019.
Commissioner: The Ministry of Education,
Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia.
Curated by Gantuya Badamgarav
Jantsankhorol Erdenebayar with the participation
of traditional Mongolian throat singers
and Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto).
Exhibition: 11 May -24 November 2019
Calle del Forno, Castello 2093-2090
Art Bakery”, former Bruchium al Forno
a 1 minute walk from Arsenale
http://mcasa-mongolia.com/media/

Montenegro
Odiseja/An Odyssey/Un`Odissea
Commissioner: Nenad Šoškić.
Curator: Petrica Duletić.
Exhibitor: Vesko Gagović.
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero (piano terra), San Marco 3078-3079/A, Ramo Malipiero

Mozambique
The Past, the Present and All in Between
Commissioner: Domingos do Rosário Artur.
Curator: Lidija K. Khachatourian.
Exhibitors: Gonçalo Mabunda, Mauro Pinto, Filipe Branquinho.
Venue: Palazzo Mora, Strada Nova, 3659

The Netherlands
The Measurement of Presence
Commissioner: Mondriaan Fund.
Curator: Benno Tempel.
Exhibitors: Iris Kensmil, Remy Jungerman.
Venue: Giardini

New Zealand
Post hoc
Commissioner: Dame Jenny Gibbs.
Curators: Zara Stanhope and Chris Sharp.
Exhibitor: Dane Mitchell.
Venue: Palazzina Canonica, Riva Sette Martiri

Nordic Countries
(Finland-Norway-Sweden)
Weather Report – Forecasting Future
Commissioner: Leevi Haapala / Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma / Finnish National Gallery, Katya García-Antón / Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), Ann-Sofi Noring / Moderna Museet.
Curators: Leevi Haapala, Piia Oksanen.
Exhibitors: Ane Graff, Ingela Ihrman, nabbteeri.
Venue: Giardini

Pakistan ***
Manora Field Notes
Commissioner: Syed Jamal Shah, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, PNCA.
Curator: Zahra Khan.
Exhibitor: Naiza Khan.
Venue: Tanarte, Castello 2109/A and Spazio Tana, Castello 2110-2111

Peru
Indios Antropófagos. A butterfly Garden in the (Urban) Jungle
Commissioner: Armando Andrade de Lucio.
Curator: Gustavo Buntinx. Exhibitors: Christian Bendayán, Otto Michael (1859 – 1934), Manuel Rodríguez Lira (1874 – 1933), Segundo Candiño Rodríguez, Anonymous popular artificer.
Venue: Arsenale

Philippines
Island Weather
Commissioner: National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)/Virgilio S. Almario.
Curator: Tessa Maria T. Guazon.
Exhibitor: Mark O. Justiniani.
Venue: Arsenale

Poland
Flight
Commissioner: Hanna Wroblewska.
Curators: Łukasz Mojsak, Łukasz Ronduda.
Exhibitor: Roman Stańczak.
Venue: Giardini

Portugal
a seam, a surface, a hinge or a knot
Commissioner: Direção-Geral das Artes.
Curator: João Ribas.
Exhibitor: Leonor Antunes.
Venue: Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi Onlus, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin

Romania
Unfinished Conversations on the Weight of Absence
Commissioner: Attila Kim.
Curator: Cristian Nae.
Exhibitor: Belu-Simion Făinaru, Dan Mihălțianu, Miklós Onucsán.
Venue: Giardini e New Gallery of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research (Campo Santa Fosca, Palazzo Correr, Cannaregio 2214)

Russian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale
presents LC. 15: 11-32
Commissioner: Semyon Mikhailovsky.
Curator: Mikhail Piotrovsky, The State Hermitage Museum.
Exhibitors: ALEXANDER SOKUROV, ALEXANDER SHISHKIN-HOKUSAI
Opening ceremony: Wednesday 8 May 2019 | 3pm.
Commissioned by Semyon Mikhailovsky
11 May – 24 November 2019
Giardini
https://www.ruspavilion.com/
Instagram: @ruspavilion
Facebook: @ruspavilion
#RussianPavilion2019#Lc151132

The Russian Pavilion is delighted to present the exhibition Lc. 15: 11-32 curated by The State Hermitage Museum and the General Director Mikhail Piotrovsky, which has been created especially for the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. ​

The exhibition is supported by JSC Russian Railways.

San Marino
Friendship Project International
Commissioner: Vito Giuseppe Testaj.
Curator: Vincenzo Sanfo.
Exhibitors: Gisella Battistini, Martina Conti, Gabriele Gambuti, Giovanna Fra, Andrea Pescio, Thea Tini, Chen Chengwei, Li Geng, Dario Ortiz Tang Shuangning, Jens W. Beyrich, Xing Junqin, Xu de Qi.
Venue: Palazzo Bollani Castello 36/47, Complesso dell’Ospedaletto Barbaria de le Tole Castello 6691

Pavilion of Saudi Arabia
Biennale Arte 2019 58th International Art Exhibition
Zahrah Al Ghamdichosen | After Illusion
Curator: Eiman Elgibreen
Commissioner: Misk Art Insitute
Opening: Wed 8 May, 1pm (by invitation only)
11 May – 24 November, 2019
Arsenale Venice, IT
https://miskartinstitute.org/initia…/saudi-national-pavilion

Scotland

The 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Charlotte Prodger – Scotland + Venice
Collateral Event
Preview: Thursday 9 May 2019 | 14-17:30 pm
Commissioned and curated
by Linsey Young with Cove Park,
Exhibition: 11 May – 24 November 2019
Arsenale Docks
S. Pietro di Castello, 40, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
@ScotlandVenice / #ScotlandVenice /
https://scotlandandvenice.com/
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/
Vaporetto stops: Giardini, Arsenale or S. Pietro di Castello

The new single-channel video installation by Charlotte Prodger for La Biennale di Venezia is curated by Linsey Young with Cove Park, an international artists residency centre based in Scotland, and commissioned by Scotland + Venice, a partnership between Creative Scotland, British Council Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland.

https://scotlandandvenice.com/

Serbia
Regaining Memory Loss
Commissioner: Vladislav Sepanovic.
Curator: Nicoletta Lambertucci.
Exhibitor: Djordje Ozbolt.
Venue: Giardini

Seychelles
Drift
Commissioner: Galen Bresson.
Curator: Martin Kennedy.
Exhibitors: George Camille and Daniel Dodin.
Venue: Palazzo Mora, Strada Nova, 3659

Singapore
Music For Everyone: Variations on a Theme
Commissioner: Rosa Daniel, Chief Executive Officer, National Arts Council (NAC).
Curator: Michelle Ho.
Exhibitor: Song-Ming Ang.
Venue: Arsenale

Slovenia
Here we go again…
A situation of the resolution series
Commissioner: Zdenka Badovinac, Director Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana.
Curator: Igor Španjol.
Exhibitor: Marko Peljhan.
Venue: Arsenale

South Africa
The stronger we become
Commissioner: Titi Nxumalo, Console Generale.
Curators: Nkule Mabaso, Nomusa Makhubu.
Exhibitors: Dineo Seshee Bopape, Tracey Rose, Mawande Ka Zenzile.
Venue: Arsenale

Spain
Perforated by Itziar Okariz and Sergio Prego
Commissioner: AECID Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional Para El Desarrollo. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Union Europea y Cooperacion.
Curator: Peio Aguirre.
Exhibitors: Itziar Okariz, Sergio Prego.
Giardini della Biennale. Sestiere Castello, 30122. Venice. Italy

Pavilion of Switzerland
at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Moving Backwards
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
Press conference: Wednesday, 8 May 2019 | 2pm
Official opening: Thursday, 9 May 2019 | 2.30pm
Pre-opening: 8 to 10 May 2019
Curator: Charlotte Laubard
Commissioner: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia – Marianne Burki,
Head of Visual Arts; Sandi Paucic, Project Leader;
Rachele Giudici Legittimo, Project Coordinator
Exhibition: 11 May – 24 November 2019
Pavilion of Switzerland,
Giardini della Biennale, Venice
https://www.boudry-lorenz.de
https://www.biennials.ch
https://www.prohelvetia.ch

Salon Suisse
1 opening: Saturday 11 May 2019 | 3 – 11pm
Salon Suisse 2: 19 -18- 21 September 2019
Salon Suisse 3: 17 -18- 19 October 2019
Salon Suisse 4: 21 -22- 23 November 2019
Exhibition: 11 May – 24 November 2019
Pavilion of Switzerland,
Giardini della Biennale, Venice
https://www.boudry-lorenz.de
https://www.biennials.ch
https://www.prohelvetia.ch
https://biennials.ch/home/Biennial.aspx?BiennialId=77

Every Salon Suisse takes place from Thursday to Saturday in the afternoon and evening at the Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, except the opening Salon which will be at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice.

Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Civilization is still alive
Commissioner/Curator: Emad Kashout.
Exhibitors: Abdalah Abouassali, Giacomo Braglia, Ibrahim Al Hamid, Chen Huasha, Saed Salloum, Xie Tian, Saad Yagan, Primo Vanadia, Giuseppe Biasio.
Venue: Isola di San Servolo, Chiesetta della Misericordia, Campo dell’Abbazia, Cannaregio

Taiwan 58th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
Palazzo delle Prigioni
3x3x6
Shu Lea Cheang
Kurator: Paul B. Preciado
Kommissar: Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan
11 May – 24 November 2019
Palazzo delle Prigioni Castello 4209,
San Marco, Venice, Italy
https://www.taiwaninvenice.org/
https://www.tfam.museum

Thailand
The Revolving World
Commissioner: Vimolluck Chuchat, Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture, Thailand.
Curator: Tawatchai Somkong.
Exhibitors: Somsak Chowtadapong, Panya Vijinthanasarn, Krit Ngamsom.
Venue: In Paradiso 1260, Castell

Pavilion of Turkey at the 58th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
İnci Eviner
We, Elsewhere, a new work by Inci Eviner
Curated by Zeynep Öz
Press Event | Friday 10 May 2019 | 11am-12.30pm
official opening: Thursday 9 May 2019 | 3pm.
performers of Inci Eviner’s work
between 7-10 May, throughout the days,
inside the Pavilion of Turkey.
Commissioner
Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV)
Sale d’Armi at the Arsenale.
https://www.iksv.org/en/

We, Elsewhere, a new work by Inci Eviner
The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) is delighted to present We, Elsewhere at Pavilion of Turkey at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Ukraine
The Shadow of Dream cast upon Giardini della Biennale
Commissioner: Svitlana Fomenko, First Deputy Minister of Culture.
Curators: Open group (Yurii Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Stanislav Turina, Anton Varga).
Exhibitors: all artists of Ukraine.
Venue: Arsenale

United Arab Emirates Pavilion
NUJOOM ALGHANEM: PASSAGE
to represent the United Arab Emirates
at the 2019 Venice Biennale
Curators: Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath,
Official Inauguration:
Wednesday, 8 May 2019 | 12:30-13:30 pm
Preview: May 8 – 10, 2019
Exhibition: May 11–November 24, 2019
Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
Venice UAE
http://nationalpavilionuae.org/
The National Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates – la Biennale di Venezia
#UAEinVenice

MARTIN PURYEAR Liberty / Libertà
Will Feature New and Recent Sculpture as Well as Monumental Work for the Pavilion’s Forecourt
U.S. Pavilion Presented by Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York
and Commissioned by Brooke Kamin Rapaport

U.S. Pavilion
UNITED STATES AT BIENNALE ARTE 2019
MARTIN PURYEAR Liberty / Libertà
Press Conference:
Thursday, May 9 | 11 a.m.
U.S. Pavilion Presented
by Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York
Commissioned and curated by Brooke Kamin Rapaport
May 11 – November 24, 2019
Sestiere Castello, 30122 Venedig,
https://www.martinpuryearvenice2019.org/

Madison Square Park Conservancy, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, will present Martin Puryear as the representative for the United States at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Puryear is recognized for a fiercely independent visual language of object making that has developed over a half-century and for a sculptural practice that has influenced generations of artists.

Martin Puryear: Liberty / Libertà will build upon themes and techniques central to Puryear’s oeuvre and marks a major international presentation for the artist, whose work has remained at the forefront of American creativitat
Martin Puryear: Liberty / Martin Puryear: Libertà
Commissioner/Curator: Brooke Kamin Rapaport.
Exhibitor: Martin Puryear.
Giardini

Uruguay
La casa empática
Commissioner: Alejandro Denes.
Curators: David Armengol, Patricia Bentancur.
Exhibitor: Yamandú Canosa.
Venue: Giardini

Venezuela
Metaphore of three windows
Venezuela: identity in time and space
Commissioner/Curator: Oscar Sottillo Meneses.
Exhibitors: Natalie Rocha Capiello, Ricardo García, Gabriel López, Nelson Rangelosky.
Venue: Giardini

Zimbabwe
Soko Risina Musoro (The Tale without a Head) 
Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda, National Gallery of Zimbabwe.
Curator: Raphael Chikukwa.
Exhibitors: Georgina Maxim, Neville Starling, Cosmos Shiridzinomwa, Kudzanai Violet Hwami.
Venue: Istituto Provinciale per L’infanzia “Santa Maria Della Pietà”. Calle della Pietà Castello n. 3701 (piano terra)

https://universes.art/en/venice-biennale/2019/pavilions/