Central Pavilion, Venice
June-November 2013
The 55th International Art Exhibition entitled Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace) is curated by Massimiliano Gioni and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta. Laid out in the Central Pavilion (Giardini) and in the Arsenale, forming a single itinerary, the works span over the past century alongside several new commissions by over 150 artists from 38 countries.
The Exhibition draws inspiration from the model of a utopian dream by Marino Auriti who filed a design with the U.S. Patent office in 1955, depicting his Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), an imaginary museum that was meant to house all worldly knowledge. Auriti created a model of a 136-story building to be built in Washington D.C., which would stand seven hundred meters tall and take up over sixteen square city blocks.
Learn more at the Venice Biennale.