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Curated by Reid Sheir, the National Gallery of Canada invited Stan Douglas to create the exhibition "2011 ≠ 1848" for Canada's Pavilion.
April 23, 2022 - November 27, 2022
The National Gallery of Canada presents “Stan Douglas: 2011 ≠ 1848,” on view at the Canadian
Pavilion during the 59th Venice Biennale. The exhibition, curated by Reid Sheir, unfolds across two
venues, a first for Canada’s presence at the Biennale. Four large-scale photographs by Stan Douglas will
be shown in the Pavilion in the Giardini, and a new two-channel video installation will be shown in the
Magazzini del Sale No. 5. The show is inspired by the tenth anniversary of 2011, a year that saw
significant sociopolitical unrest around the globe including the Arab Spring, Occupy, UK austerity
protests, and a riot in the artist’s hometown of Vancouver. Douglas compares these with the continental
revolts of 1848, a year in which European middle and working classes allied in a fight against a lack of
democratic freedoms, press restrictions, and aristocratic dominance. The works explore the events of 2011 as reactions to the economic and political status quo following the 2008 recession, and examine the ways in which not only print media but the viral spread of news through social media fuelled movements for change.
The Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia presents Walking with Water, a solo exhibition of Vladimir Nikolic at the Serbia Pavilion.
Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl will represent the Austria Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale.
Artist Maria Eichhorn represents the Germany Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Artists Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci and Brian Schembri represent the Malta Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Artist Sonia Boyce represents the Great Britain Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Artists Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo represent Uganda’s inaugural pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Artist Zineb Sedira represents France at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
CSDCA presents "Angels Listening," an intimate and immersive exhibition of the works of Rachel Lee Hovnanian curated by Annalisa Bugliani.
For the first time in the over-120-year history of the Venice Biennale, a Roma artist, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, is representing a national pavilion.
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