The Venetian Spring of Contemporary Art will start with the 13th Exhibition of Arte Laguna Prize
Jan 18, 2019 EVENT, Awards
The 13th edition Arte Laguna Prize will kick off the art season in Venice with the exhibition of the finalists opening on March 16th, with more prizes than ever before, unveiling a comprehensive radiography of contemporary art: 120 artworks from all over the world, from painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art and digital graphics to design, virtual art, video art and short films, performances, urban art and land art. The 13th Exhibition of Arte Laguna Prize will be open to the public until April 7th, with a rich schedule of guided tours, activities for children and talks related to the sections of the Prize.
The first appointment is on March 16th, at 5 p.m., at the Nappe Arsenale Nord, with the great awards ceremony that annually attracts over 4 thousand visitors. The exhibition will include 30 paintings, 25 sculptures and installations, 25 works of photographic art, 10 videos, 5 land art projects, 5 urban art projects, 5 virtual art projects, 5 digital graphics, 5 design projects and 5 performances that will be staged live during the opening night. It is the international jury of this edition to bring on stage, after a careful selection, the six absolute winners awarded with cash prizes of 42.000 euro.
For this edition, the jury committee is composed by: Igor Zanti - curator of the Prize and director of IED Florence, Flavio Arensi - director of the Museums of Legnano; Filippo Andreatta – theatre-maker and co-curator of Centrale Fies; Alfonso Femia - architect and founder of AF517; Mattias Givell - co-director of Wanås Konst in Sweden; Eva González-Sancho - co-curator of the first Oslo Biennial in 2019; Simone Pallotta - curator of public and urban art; Richard Noyce - writer, scholar and art critic; Danilo Premoli - architect and designer, member of the Scientific Committee for the final selection of ADI Design Index 2018 and 2019 and for the Compasso d'Oro 2020; Enrico Stefanelli - artistic director of Photolux Festival in Lucca; Alessandra Tiddia - chief curator at Mart Museum of Trento and Rovereto; Vasili Tsereteli - director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art; Maxa Zoller - film curator for Art Basel and artistic director of the International Film Festival Dortmund in Cologne.
The winners of the special prizes are to be announced, as well, during the opening night. They will have the opportunity to exhibit in important international galleries, to collaborate with companies or to carry out an artistic residency in Italy and abroad:
The Prize has been awarded with a medal by the President of the Italian Republic and has the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, the Veneto Region, the Municipality of Venice, the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the European Institute of Design, among others.
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