Cecilia Alemani will speak about the process of organizing the most prestigious art exhibition in the world: The Venice Biennale. She will walk the audience through the process of curating such large exhibition, how the so-called “time capsules” built a foundation for her show, how she selected the artists, worked with the participants on new commissions, the installation, and where she sees her highly political exhibition stand in the context of other large-scale art events.

Presented by Cecilia Alemani, Artistic Director, 59th Venice Biennale and the
Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator, High Line Art.

Cecilia Alemani is an Italian curator based in New York. Currently, she is the Artistic Director of the 59th International Art Exhibition (2022) in Venice. Since 2011, she has been the Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, the public art program presented by the High Line in New York. In 2018, Alemani served as Artistic Director of the inaugural edition of Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires. In 2017, she curated the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

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Image: Andra Ursuta and Rosemarie Trockel, The Milk of Dreams, Central Pavilion. Photo Marco Cappelletti. Courtesy La Biennale.