54th Venice Biennale

The 54th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held in 2011. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Bice Curiger curated its central exhibition, "ILLUMInations".

54th Venice Biennale
Genre	Art exhibition
Begins	2011
Ends	2011
Location(s)	Venice
Country	Italy
Previous event	53rd Venice Biennale (2009)
Next event	55th Venice Biennale (2013)

Awards

• Golden Lion for best artist of the exhibition: Christian Marclay
• Silver Lion for the most promising young artist of the exhibition: Haroon Mirza
• Golden Lions for lifetime achievement: Sturtevant and Franz West
• Golden Lion for best national participation: German pavilion with Christoph Schlingensief

Further reading

• "54th Venice Biennale Diversity, Reality and Interconnectivity". Dhaka Courier; Dhaka. Dhaka, India, Dhaka. June 18, 2011 – via ProQuest.
• Adendorff, Adele (2011). "Bearing the lightness of being: the 54th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy, 2011: exhibition review". Image & Text: A Journal for Design. 2011 (18): 128–132. ISSN 1020-1491.
• Austin, Ramona (2001). "Called by the Spirits: Four African American Self-Taught Artists and the Venice Biennale". Folk Art Messenger. 23 (1): 6–10. ISSN 1043-5026.
• Bishop, Claire (September 1, 2011). "Safety in Numbers". Artforum International. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
• Bonami, Francesco (September 1, 2011). "The Italian Job". Artforum International. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
• Chayka, Kyle (November 2, 2010). "Cutting the 2011 Venice Biennale Jargon". Hyperallergic. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• "Contemporary art world converges on Venice Biennale". The Daily Star; Beirut. Beirut, United States, Beirut. June 3, 2011. ISSN 1027-3883 – via ProQuest.
• Dobey, Peter (September 24, 2011). "Seeing Through the Crowds at the 2011 Venice Biennale Part I: The Giardini and Pavilions". Hyperallergic. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• Dobey, Peter (October 1, 2011). "Seeing Through the Crowds at the 2011 Venice Biennale Part II: The Arsenale". Hyperallergic. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• Dobey, Peter (October 8, 2011). "Seeing Through the Crowds Part III at the 2011 Venice Biennale: The Unofficial Exhibitions". Hyperallergic. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• Flake, Rebekah (2012). "Conspicuous Nationalisms in African Art at the 54th Venice Biennale". Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. 2012 (31): 112–123. doi:10.1215/10757163-1586490. ISSN 1075-7163. S2CID 194102867. EBSCOhost 85206212.
• Freedman, Alex (June 9, 2011). "VeniceЯUs". Art21 Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
• Gioni, Massimiliano (May 23, 2013). "Inventing Venice: A Director's Roundtable". Art in America. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
• Hamid, Rebecca (November 2010). "What Are We Looking at? Michael Parekowhai at the 2011 Venice Biennale". Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Art & Design). 5/6: 182–193. ISSN 1177-5653.
• Hoffmann, Jens; Roelstraete, Dieter; Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen (September 1, 2011). "54th Venice Biennale". Frieze. No. 141. ISSN 0962-0672.
• Rees, Simon (May 2011). "The 54th Venice Biennale". ArtUS (32): 100–103. ISSN 1546-7082 – via EBSCOhost.
• Saltz, Jerry (June 2, 2011). "Jerry Saltz on the Ugly American at the Venice Biennale". Vulture. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
• Saltz, Jerry (June 10, 2011). "Jerry Saltz's Best and Worst of the Venice Biennale". Vulture. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
• Schmidt, Leoni (January 1, 2011). "Drawing strategies at the Venice Biennale 2011". South African Journal of Art History. 26 (3): 35–44. ISSN 0258-3542.
• Searle, Adrian (June 6, 2011). "The Venice Biennale's balance of power". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
• Shetty, Deepika (June 4, 2011). "Spectacle in Venice". The Straits Times. Singapore. ProQuest 870184255.
• Smee, Sebastian (June 12, 2011). "Jokes, Spectacle at Venice Biennale". The Boston Globe.
• Smith, Roberta (June 1, 2011). "Venice Biennale: An Installation Art Contest". ArtsBeat. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• Smith, Roberta (June 2, 2011). "Venice Biennale: The Enormity of the Beast". ArtsBeat. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
• "The Middle East makes a showing at the Venice Biennale". The National; Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, United States, Abu Dhabi. June 2, 2011 – via ProQuest.
• Vine, Richard (March 25, 2011). "Venice Welcomes a Chinese Pavilion for the Nose". Art in America. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
• Wullschlager, Jackie (June 4, 2011). "Breadth in Venice". Financial Times; London (UK). London (UK), United Kingdom, London (UK). p. 8. ISSN 0307-1766. ProQuest 870200984.
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/venice-biennale-an-ambitious-but-typically-overblown-international-art-festival/2011/06/14/AGQA75YH_story.html