Tag: Encyclopedic Palace

• (The) Contemporary: Reflections on the 55th Venice Biennale

  4 December 2013

  exhibitions

  Encyclopedic Palace, Massimiliano Gioni, Sarah Sze, Terry Smith, the contemporary, Venice, Venice Biennale

  The 55th installment of the Venice Biennale has come to a close, ending yet another months-long, ever-expansive spectacle of contemporary art seen by 475,000 visitors, in a century’s old city that remains a spectacle in and of itself. The sheer scale and scope of the exhibition–this year comprised of a main exhibition curated by Massimiliano Gioni entitled The…