Biennale Arte 2019

Opening on 11 May is the 58th International Art Exhibition, 2019 Venice Biennale. The central exhibition is titled ‘May You Live In Interesting Times’ and is curated by Ralph Rugoff, director of the Hayward Gallery, London.

First organised in 1895, the Venice Biennale now takes over the Giardini and the Arsenale every two years and has become one of the most important art expositions in the world.

The list of 2019 participating artists is out, featuring many Zabludowicz Collection artists. Here are a few:

Eva Rothschild – Representing Ireland, national pavilion (b. 1971 Ireland, lives and works in London)

Sean Edwards – Representing Wales, national pavilion (b. 1980 Wales, lives and works in Cardiff)

Michael Armitage (b. 1984 Kenya, lives and works in London and Nairobi)

Korakrit Arunanondchai (b. 1986 Thailand, lives and works in New York and Bangkok)

Ed Atkins (b. 1982 United Kingdom, lives and works in Berlin and Copenhagen)

Darren Bader (b. 1978 USA, lives and works in New York City and elsewhere)

Neïl Beloufa (b. 1985 France, lives and works in Paris)

Christoph Büchel (b. 1966 Switzerland, lives and works in Reykjavik and Basel)

Antoine Catala (b. 1975 France, lives and works in New York)

Ian Cheng (b. 1984 USA, lives and works in New York)

George Condo (b. 1957 USA, lives and works in New York)

Alex Da Corte (b. 1980 USA, lives and works in Philadelphia)

Jeppe Hein (b. 1974 Denmark, lives and works in Berlin)

Ad Minoliti (b. 1980 Argentina, lives and works in Buenos Aires)

Frida Orupabo (b. 1986 Norway, lives and works in Oslo)

Jon Rafman (b. 1981 Canada, lives and works in Montreal)

Avery Singer (b. 1987 USA, lives and works in New York)

Michael E. Smith (b. 1977 USA, lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island)

Henry Taylor (b. 1958 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles)

Kaari Upson (b. 1972 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles)

Anicka Yi (b. 1971 Republic of Korea, lives and works in New York)