The commonly mis-pronounced term Biennale (pronounced as Bian-nah-lay) is commonly used in the context of major repeating art exhibitions.
Biennale means "every other year" in Italian is commonly used within the art world to describe an international exhibition event of contemporary art probably because the first ever International Art Exhibition in history was the Venice Biennale.
Major biennales close to our side of the globe are:
Singapore Biennale
11 September - 16 November 2008
Taipei Biennial
13 September 2008 - 1 January 2009
Gwangju Biennale
5 September - 9 November 9 2008
Yokohama Triennale
13 September - 30 November 2008
Shanghai Biennale
9 September - 16November 2008
Biennale of Sydney
Just Over
Interesting to note that almost all of them are going on right now!
October 21, 2008
Bi-anal???
Posted by -whatsart- at 4:34 AM
Labels: biennale, events, get a clue
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