Making Worlds Exhibition- Fare Mondi : 53rd International Art Exhibition- La Biennale di Venezia
/ Curator: Daniel Birnbaum
- Venice Bienniale Foundation; 2009
- 310p; 27x20cm
- La Biennale di Venezia #53 .
Exhibition catalog. The 53rd Venice Biennale marked a series of firsts for the Arab world: it was the UAE’s debut national participation and also featured a platform presented by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (now merged with the Abu Dhabi Tourism Development and Investment Company to form super organisation, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority). Saudi art debuted at the 2009 edition in the form of a collateral exhibition put forth by Edge of Arabia and lastly, the staging of Palestine c/o Venice, a ground-breaking show that celebrated Palestinian art at La Biennale for the first time since the biennial’s establishment in 1895. Curated by NYU Abu Dhabi professor Salwa Mikdadi, a specialist in the history of modern and contemporary art from the Arab world, Pale\stine c/o Venice featured the work of Taysir Batniji, Shadi Habib Allah, Sandi Hilal & Alessandro Petti, Jawad Al Malhi, Khalil Rabah and Emily Jacir.