{"id":44163,"date":"2022-04-23T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/the-lionesses-of-the-venice-art-biennale-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:57:00","slug":"the-lionesses-of-the-venice-art-biennale-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/en\/the-lionesses-of-the-venice-art-biennale-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lionesses of the Venice Art Biennale 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Biennale-Giardini-3-ph-laura-scarpa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Biennale-Giardini-3-ph-laura-scarpa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Biennale-Giardini-3-ph-laura-scarpa.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Biennale-Giardini-3-ph-laura-scarpa-600x375.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll \">Can art save the Planet? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll \">At the Venice Biennale, the theme of climate change has always been on the agenda, alongside a commitment to becoming increasingly sustainable: with this edition, <strong>La Biennale<\/strong> has achieved carbon neutrality. The Golden Lions of the<\/span> 59th International Art Exhibition titled <em>The Milk of Dreams<\/em> \u2014 in Venice from April 23 to November 27, 2022 \u2014 arrive the day after <strong>#EarthDay<\/strong>, World Earth Day, and are declared stances for the planet, for nature, and against discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>A magic world in which life is constantly reinvented through the prism of imagination, and in which one is allowed to change, to transform, to become other than oneself. It is the power of art and artists<\/em>,&#8221; says the director of <span class=\"_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/en\/venice-art-biennale-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>La Biennale<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Arte 2022, <strong>Cecilia Alemani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"2\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"2\">\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66625\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Biennale-by-@itsmartaeffe-2022.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66625\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biennale-pietro-gallina-2022-padiglione-egitto.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66625\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ph.-Settimo-Cannatella-La-Biennale-2022.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66625\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ph.Lorenzo-Cinotti-Biennale-2022.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66625\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ph.Settimo-Cannatella-La-Biennale-2022.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66625\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ph-Marta-Formentello-Biennale-2022-Libano.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our Biennale Guide dedicated today to <span class=\"_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll \">#EarthDay<\/span> presents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Biennale Gardens by Laura Scarpa (cover)<\/li>\n<li><em>Earthly Paradise<\/em>, a soil labyrinth by Delcy Morelos at the Corderie dell&#8217;Arsenale by Marta Formentello<\/li>\n<li>installation <em>Eden Like Garden<\/em> at the Egypt pavilion, photo by Pietro Gallina<\/li>\n<li>exhibition <em>The Milk Of Dreams<\/em> at the Corderie dell\u2019Arsenale, photo by Settimo Cannatella<\/li>\n<li>sculpture by Marguerite Humery at the Arsenale, photo by Lorenzo Cinotti<\/li>\n<li>Demis Marin the tailor-performer, taking measurements for <em>Persona<\/em>, at the Uruguay pavilion, photo by Settimo Cannatella<\/li>\n<li>installation by Ayman Baalbaki, Lebanese artist, photo by Marta Formentello<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"4\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"4\">\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66708385481852\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Biennale-Arte-by-@itsmartaeffe-2022.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n                    <a  title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" class=\" size-full rgg-img\" data-ratio=\"0.66708385481852\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rgg-tile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veneziadavivere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Biennale-by-@itsmartaeffe.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Katharina Fritsch and Cecilia Vicu\u00f1a are the 2022 Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement<\/h3>\n<p>The award ceremony for the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement awarded to German artist <strong>Katharina Fritsch<\/strong> and Chilean artist <strong>Cecilia Vicu\u00f1a<\/strong> for Biennale Arte 2022 is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Ca\u2019 Giustinian, the headquarters of the Venice Biennale.<\/p>\n<p>The curator, Cecilia Alemani, spoke about Fritsch, recounting: \u201c<em>The first time I saw a work by Katharina Fritsch in person was precisely at the Venice Biennale, in the 1999 edition curated by Harald Szeemann, the first Biennale I visited. The imposing work that occupied the main hall of the Central Pavilion was titled Rattenk\u00f6nig, the Rat King, an unsettling sculpture in which a group of giant rats is arranged in a circle, their tails knotted, as if in a strange magical ritual. From \uadf8 moment on, at every encounter with a sculpture by Fritsch, I have felt the same sense of wonder and dizzying attraction.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And of Vicu\u00f1a, she speaks of her artistic language with its strong fascination for indigenous traditions, anticipating many recent debates on ecology and feminism, and imagining new personal and collective mythologies. Alemani explains that &#8220;<em>many of her installations are made with found materials and abandoned debris that the artist weaves into delicate compositions, in which the microscopic and the monumental seem to find a fragile balance: a precarious art, at once intimate and powerful<\/em>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h3>The Lions<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section lb-news-page-single\">\n<div class=\"container lb-container-line\">\n<div class=\"row lb-row-line\">\n<div class=\"lb-page-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 lb-page-content\">\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The Jury of the 59th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale \u2014 Adrienne Edwards (USA), Jury President, Lorenzo Giusti (Italy), Julieta Gonz\u00e1lez (Mexico), Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (Cameroon), Susanne Pfeffer (Germany) \u2014 has awarded the official prizes: <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Golden Lion for Best National Participation:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>GREAT BRITAIN<br \/>\n<em>Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Commissioner: <\/em>Emma Dexter, British Council;<br \/>\n<em>Curator:<\/em> Emma Ridgway; <em>Exhibitor: <\/em>Sonia Boyce<br \/>\n<em>Venue: <\/em>Giardini<\/p>\n<h3>Two special mentions awarded to National Participations:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>FRANCE<br \/>\n<em>Les r\u00eaves n\u2019ont pas de titre \/ Dreams have no titles<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Commissioner<\/em>: Institut Fran\u00e7ais with the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture<br \/>\n<em>Curators: <\/em>Yasmina Reggad, Sam Bardaouil, and Till Fellrath<br \/>\n<em>Exhibitor<\/em>: Zineb Sedira<br \/>\n<em>Venue<\/em>: Giardini<\/p>\n<p><strong>UGANDA <\/strong>(new participation)<strong><br \/>\n<em>RADIANCE: They dream In Time<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Commissioner<\/em>: Naumo Juliana Akoryo<br \/>\n<em>Curator:<\/em> Shaheen Merali<br \/>\n<em>Exhibitors:<\/em> Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo<br \/>\n<em>Venue:<\/em> Palazzo Palumbo Fossati San Marco 2597<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Golden Lion for Best Participant in the International Exhibition <em>The Milk of Dreams <\/em>to:<\/h3>\n<p><b>Simone Leigh<\/b><br \/>\n(1967, Chicago, USA. Lives in New York City, USA)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Silver Lion for a promising young participant in the International Exhibition <em>The Milk of Dreams <\/em>to:<\/h3>\n<p><b>Ali Cherri<\/b><br \/>\n(1976, Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Paris, France)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Jury has also decided to award <strong>two<\/strong> <strong>special mentions <\/strong><strong>to the participants<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lynn Hershman Leeson<\/strong><br \/>\n(1941, Cleveland, USA. Lives in San Francisco, USA)<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shuvinai Ashoona<\/strong><br \/>\n(1961, Kinngait. Lives in Kinngait, Nunavut).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Article by Laura Scarpa and Lucia Pecoraro.<br \/>\nPhotos of the works by Fritsch and Vicu\u00f1a at the Central Pavilion of the Biennale are by Marta Formentello.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Can art save the Planet? At the Venice Biennale, the theme of climate change has always been on the agenda, alongside a commitment to becoming increasingly sustainable: with this edition, La Biennale has achieved carbon neutrality. 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