Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli to Curate Russian Pavilion at 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale
Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, an urbanist affiliated with OMA from Italy, has been selected as the curator for the Russian Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, which is set to commence on May 23, 2020. He succeeds Teresa Iarocci Mavica, who was appointed Commissioner just a month earlier. Mavica is the founder and director of the V-A-C Foundation, which inaugurated its Venice location in 2017. The strategic management is overseen by Smart Art, established by Anastasia Karneeva and Ekaterina Vinokurova. Pestellini Laparelli's initiative, named "Open!", invites young Russian architects to participate in the renovation of the historic Pavilion, originally designed by Alexey Shchusev in 1914. Proposals for restoration and a temporary studio will be accepted until January 31, 2020.
Key facts
- Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli appointed curator of Russian Pavilion for 17th Venice Architecture Biennale 2020.
- Pestellini Laparelli is an Italian urbanist and architect from OMA in Rotterdam.
- He was Creative Mediator for Manifesta 12 Palermo in 2018.
- Teresa Iarocci Mavica named Commissioner of Russian Pavilion a month prior.
- Mavica is director and co-founder of V-A-C Foundation (with Leonid Mikhelson, 2009).
- V-A-C Foundation opened Venice venue at Palazzo delle Zattere in 2017.
- Smart Art, founded by Anastasia Karneeva and Ekaterina Vinokurova in 2016, handles strategic management.
- Pavilion project titled 'Open!' involves young Russian architects renovating the historic Pavilion designed by Alexey Shchusev in 1914.
- Biennale theme: 'How will we live together?' curated by Hashim Sarkis.
- Call for Russian architects and collectives to submit restoration proposals; deadline January 31, 2020.
Entities
Artists
- Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli
- Teresa Iarocci Mavica
- Leonid Mikhelson
- Anastasia Karneeva
- Ekaterina Vinokurova
- Alexey Shchusev
- Hashim Sarkis
Institutions
- Russian Pavilion
- Venice Biennale
- OMA
- V-A-C Foundation
- Palazzo delle Zattere
- Smart Art
- Manifesta 12 Palermo
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Rotterdam
- Netherlands
- Moscow
- Russia
- Palermo