The Venice Biennale - The Milk of Dreams

The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, will open to the public from Saturday April 23 to Sunday November 27, 2022, at the Giardini and the Arsenale; it will be curated by Cecilia Alemani and organised by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Roberto Cicutto. The Pre-opening will take place on April 20, 21 and 22; the Awards Ceremony and Inauguration will be held on 23 April 2022

Read the statement by Cecilia Alemani
Read the statement by Roberto Cicutto

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
The Exhibition will take place in the Central Pavilion (Giardini) and in the Arsenale, including 213 artists from 58 countries; 180 of these are participating for the first time in the International Exhibition. 1433 the works and objects on display, 80 new projects are conceived specifically for the Biennale Arte.

The artists

Artists

Works

Diego Marcon, The Parents’ Room (still), 2021.
, Courtesy the Artist; Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee, Napoli

Elle Pérez, Petal, 2020_2021.
, Courtesy the Artist; 47 Canal

Joanna Piotrowska, Untitled, 2013–2022. ,
Courtesy Southard Reid, Madragoa, Thomas Zander, Dawid Radziszewski

Lu Yang Doku The Self, 2022, single channel 4K digital video, 36 min 04 sec, edition of 6

Eglė Budvytytė In Collaboration With Marija Olšauskaitė And Julija Steponaitytė,
The Arsenale at the Venice Biennale 2022: The Milk of Dreams ,
Images courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia

Ali Cherri, Of Men and Gods and Mud (2022) video installation

Marianna Simnett, The Severed Tail, 2022,
Courtesy: the artist, La Biennale di Venezia and Société, Berlin. Photo: Roberto Marossi

Thao Nguyen Phan,
First Rain, Brise–Soleil. 2021–ongoing,
Three-channel video installation, colour, sound,
16:04 min.,
Arsenale. "The Milk of Dreams", curated by Cecilia Alemani.

Janis Rafa, Lacerate (stills), 2020. Single-channel video, sound, 16 mins.,
Courtesy the Artist; Fondazione In Between Art Film. © Janis Rafa