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Call for proposals
52nd International Art Exhibition
African Pavilion
Call for proposals

As an integral part of the 52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, which will run from June 10 to November 21, 2007, a space has been opened up in the core of the international exhibition area and set aside for a special African Pavilion. La Biennale di Venezia invites proposals for such an exhibition, from any interested parties with expertise and a broad view of
contemporary art in Africa.

The goal is an exhibition that will offer an informed and
distinctive perspective on current work being made on the African continent, and, at the discretion of the curators, in the African diaspora. It is not intended that this pavilion be constituted as an amalgam of national or regional pavilions.

Those interested should submit detailed plans for an exhibition and for the financial support of that exhibition by and no later than October 31, 2006.

As its contribution to the project, La Biennale di Venezia will make the space available for free, in the Artiglierie building at the Arsenale, and will provide basic security and electricity during the run of the show (exceptional needs with regard to the latter will be the responsibility of the organizers.)

Proposals must include the following information and documentation:
- title or provisional title of the exhibition
- theme and basic organizing principles
- name of the organizing institution
- names and qualifications of the curators and their collaborators
- list of the proposed exhibitors with their biographies
- a selection of images of the exhibitors' work with captioned information on it
- budget of the proposed exhibition, and statement by the organizers regarding their plan for the total coverage of these costs including a list of the financing institutions and/or sponsors of the exhibition

Biennale Art
52nd International Art Exhibition
African Pavilion
Call for proposals

Proposals must be mailed in four paper copies to the following address:

Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia
Visual Art Section
Palazzo Giustinian Lolin
San Vidal 2893
30124 Venezia

Selection of the final proposals will be made at the end of November 2006 by a panel of experts chaired by the Director of the 52nd International Art Exhibition.

For further information, please contact:
Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia
Settore Arti Visive
Palazzo Giustinian Lolin
San Vidal 2893
30124 Venezia
Tel. +39 041 5218718
Fax +39 041 5218704
e-mail. african.art52@labiennale.org