Bangladesh will have a pavilion at the 58th edition of “La Biennale di Venezia,” an international art exhibition commonly known as the Venice Biennale. The exhibition will be held in Venice, Italy, reports UNB.
Nine Bangladeshi artists will exhibit their artwork under the title “Thirst.”
The participating Bangladeshi artists are: Bishwajit Goswami, Dilara Begum Jolly, Heidi Fosli, Nafis Ahmed Gazi, Franco Marrocco, Domenico Pellegrino, Preema Nazia Andaleeb, Ra Kajol, and Uttam Kumar Karmaker.
Cosmos Foundation will sponsor the Bangladesh Pavilion, “Venice Bangladesh” at Palazzo Zenobio.
Mokhlesur Rahman and Viviana Vannucci will curate the pavilion.
"We are promoting Bangladesh to the international audience – especially through art and culture. As the Venice Biennale is the biggest art event in the world, we have decided to support the Bangladesh Pavilion," said Enayetullah Khan, Chairman of the Cosmos Foundation.
This year, the Venice Biennale will be held from May 11 to November 24. The title of the event is “May You Live in Interesting Times” while its curator is Ralph Rugoff, director of London's Hayward Gallery.
'The Central Exhibition' of the event will feature 79 artists from different countries.
The exhibition will be divided into two separate shows – one at the Arsenale and another at the Central Pavilion in the Giardini. Both "propositions" will include all the artists, exhibiting different kinds of work.
It is expected that there will be a lot of paintings displayed at this Biennale – apart from film/video, spatial, and digital work.