Christine Macel's Viva Arte Viva! at the 2017 Venice Biennale

Key facts

• The 2017 Venice Biennale is curated by Christine Macel.
• The exhibition is titled 'Viva Arte Viva!'.
• It avoids explicit political discourse, unlike previous editions by Okwui Enwesor and Adam Szymczyk.
• The Biennale is structured into nine thematic pavilions at the Giardini and the Arsenale.
• At the Giardini, the Pavilion of Artists and Books features Mladen Stilinović, Katherine Nuñez, and Issay Rodriguez.
• The Pavilion of Joys and Fears includes Raymond Hains, Philippe Parreno, and Rachel Rose.
• The Arsenale's Pavilion of the Common revives works by Antoni Miralda, Anna Halprin, and David Medalla.
• The Pavilion of the Earth addresses the Anthropocene with Kananginak Pootoogook and Thu Van Tran.
• The Pavilion of Traditions highlights ceramics, fiber art, and drawing by Yee Sookyung, Teresa Lanceta, and Hao Liang.
• The Dionysian Pavilion honors older female artists such as Huguette Caland and Heidi Bucher.
• The exhibition ends with the Pavilion of Colors (Karla Black, Sheila Hicks) and the Pavilion of Time and Infinity (Alicja Kwade, Michel Blazy).
• The French Pavilion by Xavier Veilhan supports Macel's curatorial vision.