INVITATION OPENING OF THE BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA DI FIRENZE DEC 5TH -DEC 14TH- 2009

" Faith” series  by Artist Tourya Othman  selected for the

  Biennale Internazionale d’arte contemporanea of Florence 2009.

 With High Patronage  of the President of the Italian Republic

The Exhibition is located on the Ground Floor of the Spadolini Hall in the exhibition centre of Fortezza da Basso.

With its 11,000 m² and with more than 800 artists from 74 countries, the Biennial of Florence is the largest exhibition of Contemporary Art in the world. Inside it has Theatre Areas that are filled every day with Concerts, Conferences, Performances and the active presence of all artists.

This year, among the various collateral events, the Biennial will host the Ars Electronica Centerof Linz, an advanced centre in the field of Virtual Art and all of its applications, and it will award the prestigious "Lorenzo il Magnifico" award to two artists Gilbert & George with the presence of the manager of the exhibitions of the White Cube Gallery of London, Tim Marlow.

On Saturday 8th December the association Artists for Human Rights with its Founder, the actress Anne Archer, will present a special prize to the Biennial for its commitment in cultural dialogue.

The objective of the Biennial is to diffuse, without any economic, social, cultural, current or style barriers and prejudices, the artistic nature of all populations throughout the world. This is why it belongs to the United Nations programme "Dialogue among civilisation" since 2001.

Florence Biennale 2009

The seventh edition of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea of Florence will be held from 5th to 13th December 2009 in the historical setting of Fortezza da Basso. Participants and guest will ahve the chance to meet within the many conferences and events, our Honour guests: Marina Abramovic and Shu Yong.

Marina Abramovic will exhibit some of her videos at the Fortezza da Basso and will offer a lecture to the audience followed by a book signing and an exchange of thoughts between public and her;Shu Yong will exhibit some of the paintings from the series “Chinese Myths”.

Biennale artists from all over the world will exhibit more than 2,500 works of art and will take part in the exhibition for an extraordinary encounter between different cultures, styles and languages as the “Dialogue among Civilization” program promotes, the Biennale has been officially participating in this program since 2001.

As always, the Biennale will see the presence of important artists: In the 2007 edition, the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" career prize was conferred to Gilbert & George, for the 2005 edition to Christo and Jeanne-Claude and to Richard Anuszkiewicz and in 2003 to David Hockney.