120 Artists Announced for 2017 Venice Biennale
Christine Macel has selected 120 artists for the 2017 Venice Biennale, titled 'Viva Arte Viva,' opening in May. The list includes six Italians: Salvatore Arancio, Riccardo Guarneri, Michele Ciacciofera (Macel's partner), Irma Blank, Giorgio Griffa, and Maria Lai. Fourteen deceased artists and thirteen octogenarians are included. The youngest participants are Filipinas Katherine Nuñez (born 1992) and Issay Rodriguez (born 1991). For the first time, a sitting prime minister, Edi Rama of Albania, will exhibit. The selection emphasizes diversity across generations and geographies.
Key facts
- 120 artists invited to 2017 Venice Biennale curated by Christine Macel
- Six Italian artists: Salvatore Arancio, Riccardo Guarneri, Michele Ciacciofera, Irma Blank, Giorgio Griffa, Maria Lai
- 14 deceased artists and 13 octogenarians included
- Youngest artists: Katherine Nuñez (1992) and Issay Rodriguez (1991) from the Philippines
- First sitting prime minister, Edi Rama of Albania, to exhibit at Biennale
- Biennale opens in May 2017 at venues in Venice
- Curator Macel emphasized choices not limited to 'new' art
- List includes artists from over 30 countries
Entities
Artists
- Bas Jan Ader
- Abdullah Al Saadi
- Nevin Aladağ
- Leonor Antunes
- Rasheed Araeen
- Salvatore Arancio
- Jelili Atiku
- Charles Atlas
- Kader Attia
- Marcos Ávila Forero
- Rina Banerjee
- Michael Beutler
- McArthur Binion
- Karla Black
- Irma Blank
- Michel Blazy
- Paulo Bruscky
- Heidi Bucher
- Huguette Caland
- Julian Charrière
- Michele Ciacciofera
- Martín Cordiano
- Attila Csörgő
- Pauline Curnier Jardin
- Mariechen Danz
- Edith Dekyndt
- Sebastián Díaz Morales
- Juan Downey
- Olafur Eliasson
- Søren Engsted
- Vadim Fiškin
- Nicolás García Uriburu
- Jianyi Geng
- Sam Gilliam
- Giorgio Griffa
- Xiao Guan
- Riccardo Guarneri
- Cynthia Gutiérrez
- Raymond Hains
- Tibor Hajas
- Petrit Halilaj
- Anna Halprin
- Liang Hao
- Ayrson Heráclito
- Sheila Hicks
- Andy Hope
- Dawn Kasper
- Hassan Khan
- Sung Hwan Kim
- Abdoulaye Konaté
- Irina Korina
- Alicja Kwade
- Firenze Lai
- Maria Lai
- Teresa Lanceta
- John Latham
- Mingwei Lee
- Franck Leibovici
- Sam LeWitt
- Jianhua Liu
- Ye Liu
- Taus Makhacheva
- Maha Malluh
- Marwan
- Takesada Matsutani
- David Medalla
- Dan Miller
- Peter Miller
- Antoni Miralda
- Joan Rabascall
- Dorothée Selz
- Jaume Xifra
- Mondrian Fan Club
- Adam Nankervis
- Ciprian Mureşan
- Senga Nengudi
- Ernesto Neto
- Katherine Nuñez
- Issay Rodriguez
- OHO
- Gabriel Orozco
- Philippe Parreno
- Sopheap Pich
- Luboš Plný
- Marko Pogačnik
- Agnieszka Polska
- Kananginak Pootoogook
- Liliana Porter
- Eileen Quinlan
- Younès Rahmoun
- Edi Rama
- Enrique Ramírez
- Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
- Rachel Rose
- Anri Sala
- Zilia Sánchez
- Yorgos Sapountzis
- Judith Scott
- Hassan Sharif
- Nancy Shaver
- Jeremy Shaw
- Bonnie Ora Sherk
- Shimabuku
- Kiki Smith
- Frances Stark
- Mladen Stilinović
- Fiete Stolte
- Michelle Stuart
- Kishio Suga
- Koki Tanaka
- Hale Tenger
- The Play
- Achraf Touloub
- Thu Van Tran
- Francis Uprichard
- Erika Verzutti
- Marie Voignier
- Yelena Vorobyeva
- Viktor Vorobyev
- Hajra Waheed
- Franz Erhard Walther
- John Waters
- Franz West
- Cerith Wyn Evans
- Yeesookyung
- Tao Zhou
Institutions
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Ca' Giustinian
- Il Giornale
- Artribune
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Albania
- Tirana
- Philippines
- Marikina
- Netherlands
- United Arab Emirates
- Khorfakkan
- Turkey
- Berlin
- Germany
- Portugal
- Pakistan
- London
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Lagos
- New York
- United States
- France
- Paris
- Bogotà
- Colombia
- India
- Chicago
- Glasgow
- Milan
- Monaco
- Brazil
- Recife
- Switzerland
- Lebanon
- Los Angeles
- Argentina
- Hungary
- Bialystok
- Poland
- Amsterdam
- Ireland
- Belgium
- Chile
- Denmark
- Copenhagen
- Russia
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
- China
- Hangzhou
- Washington
- Turin
- Beijing
- Florence
- Mexico
- Guadalajara
- Kosovo
- Kentfield
- Salvador
- Mali
- Bamako
- Moscow
- Hong Kong
- Spain
- Alicante
- Barcelona
- Zambia
- Taiwan
- Shanghai
- Makhachkala
- Saudi Arabia
- Riyad
- Syria
- Japan
- Oakland
- Cologne
- Düsseldorf
- Romania
- Cluj
- Colorado Springs
- Rio de Janeiro
- Kranj
- Algeria
- Cambodia
- Phnom Penh
- Czech Republic
- Prague
- Sempas
- Canada
- Morocco
- Tetouan
- Santiago
- Guatemala
- Cuba
- San Juan
- Greece
- Emirati Arabi Uniti
- Jefferson
- Hudson
- San Francisco
- Naha
- Catskill
- Serbia
- Croatia
- Itō
- Kyoto
- Istanbul
- Kansai
- Vietnam
- New Zealand
- São Paulo
- Turkmenistan
- Kazakhstan
- Almaty
- Montreal
- Fulda
- Baltimore
- Austria
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Guangzhou