The Dutch pavilion houses the Netherlands's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

The Dutch pavilion

Background

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The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.[1]

Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in venues throughout the city.[1]

Organization and building

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The pavilion, designed by Ferdinand Boberg, was originally built in 1912. It was later razed and rebuilt in 1953 by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld.[2]

Since 1995, the Mondriaan Foundation has been responsible for the Dutch entry at the Biennale di Venezia, appointing a curator for each entry.[citation needed]

Representation by year

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In 2022 the Dutch representation (Melanie Bonajo (Curators: Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg, Geir Haraldseth and Soraya Pol)) will not take place in the Rietveld building, but in the Chiesetta della Misericordia,[17] while the Rietveld pavilion will be used for the Estonian exhibition.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b Russeth 2019.
  2. ^ Volpi 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Archive previous editions - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Dutch entry 2001 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dutch entry 2003 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Dutch entry 2005 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  7. ^ "Dutch entry 2007 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Dutch entry 2009 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "Dutch entry 2011 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  10. ^ "Lorenzo Benedetti and Mark Manders at Venice Biennale - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  11. ^ "Dutch entry 2013 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  12. ^ "herman de vries "to be always to be" at the Dutch Pavilion, Venice Biennale •". Mousse Magazine (in Italian). May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  13. ^ "Dutch entry 2015 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  14. ^ Alex Greenberger (May 20, 2016), Wendelien van Oldenborgh Will Represent the Netherlands at the 2017 Venice Biennale ARTnews.
  15. ^ "Dutch entry 2017 - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  16. ^ "Remy Jungerman and Iris Kensmil selected for the Dutch Pavilion - Mondriaan Fund". www.mondriaanfonds.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  17. ^ José da Silva (17 December 2021), Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators The Art Newspaper.
  18. ^ Lee Cheshire (11 April 2022), [1] Estonian pavilion: Baltic country gets its chance to bloom] The Art Newspaper

Bibliography

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Further reading

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  Media related to Venice Biennale pavillions (Netherlands) at Wikimedia Commons