The list of participating artists in the 58th edition of the Venice Biennale has been revealed. The biennale, curated by the Hayward Gallery’s Ralph Rugoff, will feature works by 79 international artists – a significant decrease in comparison to 140 participants in 2017. About his edition, titled May You Live in Interesting Times (a phrase often mistaken as a Chinese proverb), Rugoff said: ‘let us acknowledge at the outset that art does not exercise its forces in the domain of politics. Art cannot stem the rise of nationalist movements and authoritarian governments in different parts of the world, for instance, nor can it alleviate the tragic fate of displaced peoples across the globe (whose numbers now represent almost one percent of the world’s entire population). But in an indirect fashion, perhaps art can be a kind of guide for how to live and think in “interesting times”.’ The exhibition will run from 11 May to 24 November 2019 across the Giardini and Arsenale spaces.
The participating artists are:
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Halil Altındere
Michael Armitage
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Alex Gvojic
Ed Atkins
Tarek Atoui
Darren Bader
Nairy Baghramian
Neïl Beloufa
Alexandra Bircken
Carol Bove
Christoph Büchel
Ludovica Carbotta
Antoine Catala
Ian Cheng
George Condo
Alex Da Corte
Jesse Darling
Stan Douglas
Jimmie Durham
Nicole Eisenman
Haris Epaminonda
Lara Favaretto
Cyprien Gaillard
Gauri Gill
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Shilpa Gupta
Soham Gupta
Martine Gutierrez
Rula Halawani
Anthea Hamilton
Jeppe Hein
Anthony Hernandez
Ryoji Ikeda
Arthur Jafa
Cameron Jamie
Kahlil Joseph
Zhanna Kadyrova
Suki Seokyeong Kang
Mari Katayama
Lee Bul
Liu Wei
Maria Loboda
Andreas Lolis
Christian Marclay
Teresa Margolles
Julie Mehretu
Ad Minoliti
Jean-Luc Moulène
Zanele Muholi
Jill Mulleady
Ulrike Müller
Nabuqi
Otobong Nkanga
Khyentse Norbu
Frida Orupabo
Jon Rafman
Gabriel Rico
Handiwirman Saputra
Tomás Saraceno
Augustas Serapinas
Avery Singer
Slavs and Tatars
Michael E. Smith
Hito Steyerl
Tavares Strachan
Sun Yuan
Peng Yu
Henry Taylor
Rosemarie Trockel
Kaari Upson
Andra Ursuţa
Danh Vo
Kemang Wa Lehulere
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tsuyoshi Hisakado
Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim
Anicka Yi
Yin Xiuzhen
Yu Ji
7 March 2019
