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New York artists will play an outsize role in the influential Venice Biennale, set to open in Italy June 6. “There will be a lot of American artists in the exhibition and a lot of them live and work in New York City,” announced Daniel Birnbaum, the show’s director and curator, as he introduced the artists’ roster today at the Italian Cultural Institute on Park Avenue.
The Venice Biennale, one of the grandest stops on the art-world grand tour, is something of a Miss America pageant for art. Nations bring work by a single artist (the U.S. picked Bruce Nauman, in a show curated by the Philadelphia Museum of Art), and a much-debated “best of show” is awarded. On top of that, a huge separate exhibition of 100 or so artists attempts to offer a snapshot of the current contemporary-art world. This year’s Biennale is the largest ever, with 77 nations hosting art pavilions, including first-time exhibitors United Arab Emirates and the Vatican (now in negotiations). “It’s the biggest art show in the world,” notes Birnbaum. (New York)
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