The Italian Cultural Institute and Save Venice present: Fall 2022 – Spring 2023 Education Series; the first lectures of the series is by Cecilia Alemani, Artistic Director, 59th Venice Biennale and the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator, High Line Art
Cecilia Alemani will speak about the process of organizing the most prestigious art exhibition in the world: The Venice Biennale. She will walk the audience through the process of curating such large exhibition, how the so-called “time capsules” built a foundation for her show, how she selected the artists, worked with the participants on new commissions, the installation, and where she sees her highly political exhibition stand in the context of other large-scale art events.
Cecilia Alemani is an Italian curator based in New York. Currently, she is the Artistic Director of the 59th International Art Exhibition (2022) in Venice. Since 2011, she has been the Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, the public art program presented by the High Line in New York. In 2018, Alemani served as Artistic Director of the inaugural edition of Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires. In 2017, she curated the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
The 59th International Art Exhibition, titled The Milk of Dreams and curated by Cecilia Alemani, is organized by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Roberto Cicutto. It will open to the public from Saturday April 23 to Sunday November 27, 2022, at the Giardini and the Arsenale, Venice.
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