Manifesta 10 announces 55 artists for St. Petersburg edition
Manifesta 10, curated by Kasper König, will take place in St. Petersburg from late June to October 2014. The biennial will feature 55 international artists, including Lara Favaretto and Paola Pivi from Italy. Two-thirds of the exhibitions will be held in the newly renovated wing of the Hermitage Museum, with the remainder in the Winter Palace. The artist list includes Francis Alÿs, Marlene Dumas, Thomas Hirschhorn, Ragnar Kjartansson, Boris Mikhailov, and Pavel Pepperstein. Joanna Warsza will curate the Public Program, featuring additional names such as Deimantas Narkevičius. Manifesta director Hedwig Fijen emphasized the organization's commitment to operating in contested areas and called for peaceful solutions to conflicts, particularly in Ukraine.
Key facts
- Manifesta 10 will be held in St. Petersburg from late June to October 2014.
- The biennial is curated by Kasper König, former director of Museum Ludwig Cologne.
- 55 international artists are participating, including Lara Favaretto and Paola Pivi from Italy.
- Two-thirds of exhibitions are in the Hermitage Museum's newly renovated wing; one-third in the Winter Palace.
- Joanna Warsza curates the Public Program with artists like Ragnar Kjartansson and Deimantas Narkevičius.
- Hedwig Fijen called for peaceful solutions to conflicts, especially in Ukraine.
- Lara Favaretto previously exhibited at Documenta curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.
- Maria Lassnig received the Golden Lion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Entities
Artists
- Francis Alÿs
- Guy Ben-Ner
- Joseph Beuys
- Karla Black
- Louise Bourgeois
- Pavel Braila
- Marc Camille Chaimowicz
- Jordi Colomer
- Josef Dabernig
- Lado Darakhvelidze
- Rineke Dijkstra
- Marlene Dumas
- Nicole Eisenman
- Lara Favaretto
- Vadim Fishkin
- Katharina Fritsch
- Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
- Ann Veronica Janssens
- Thomas Hirschhorn
- Alevtina Kakhidze
- Mike Kelley
- Ragnar Kjartansson
- Elena Kovylina
- Ilya Orlov
- Natasha Kraevskaya
- Maria Lassnig
- Klara Liden
- Erik van Lieshout
- Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe
- Henri Matisse
- Boris Mikhailov
- Yasumasa Morimura
- Olivier Mosset
- Juan Muñoz
- Deimantas Narkevičius
- Bruce Nauman
- Tatzu Nishi
- Kristina Norman
- Timur Novikov
- Henrik Olesen
- Pavel Pepperstein
- Susan Philipsz
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Alexandra Pirici
- Paola Pivi
- Gerhard Richter
- Wael Shawky
- Cindy Sherman
- Slavs and Tatars
- Alexandra Sukhareva
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Joëlle Tuerlinckx
- Clemens von Wedemeyer
- Otto Zitko
- Hedwig Fijen
- Kasper König
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
- Joanna Warsza
- Francesco Vezzoli
Institutions
- Manifesta
- Museum Ludwig Cologne
- Hermitage Museum
- Documenta
- Biennale di Venezia
- Artribune
Locations
- St. Petersburg
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Kassel
- Germany
- Venice
- Italy
- Cologne
- Treviso