'Olympic games of the art world' Venice Biennale opens to public.Byline: ANI London, June 8 (ANI): The Venice Biennale Venice Biennale International art exhibition held in the Castello district of Venice every two years and juried by an international committee. It was founded in 1895 as the International Exhibition of Art of the City of Venice to promote “the most noble activities of , the oldest and most high profile contemporary art exhibition, is going on public display. The exhibition, which has gained tremendous popularity across the globe since it was founded in 1895 to celebrate new developments in international art, has spread across the Italian city. National pavilions have been set up in public gardens to showcase the work of leading artists from each of the 77 participating countries. And all eyes are wandering to see who would bag the top prize - the Golden Lion - at the Olympic games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. of the art world. Swedish curator Daniel Birnbaum said that the Biennale The name Biennale is Italian and means "every other year", describing an event that happens every 2 years. One of the most important Biennales is an art exhibition that takes place for three months in Venice — the Venice Biennale — but there are numerous others: "With all the big museums and all the art fairs and festivals and triennales, still the Biennale has this attraction. It has magnetism," the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. quoted Birnbaum as saying. "The Venice Biennale is not here to be loved, it's here to be discussed. And if people keep coming back to discuss it, that's the best result that we can have," he added. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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