Five Days at the International Art Biennale in Venice
Five Days at the International Art Biennale in Venice

Author(s): Octavian Jighirgiu
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: Biennale; Venice; the Other;
Summary/Abstract: Seeing La Biennale di Venezia is a celebration in itself. This major contemporary art event has a long history that speaks on the importance of strategic thinking and the cultural dimension of a city's leaders. Because the “lagoon city” had such visionary people. At the end of the 19th century, in 1893, at the initiative of a group of Venetian intellectuals, led by the mayor of the time, Riccardo Selvatico, an administrative resolution was launched to “establish a national biennial art exhibition”. Two years later (1895), the first edition of this event dedicated to visual arts took place. Over time, the Venice Biennale branched out, accumulating new and new sections: music, theatre, cinematography, architecture and dance.

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