This innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions; or biennials; has influenced global contemporary art since the 1950s. Provides a comprehensive global history of biennialization from the rise of the European star-curator in the 1970s to the emergence of mega-exhibitions in Asia in the 1990s Introduces a global array of case studies to illustrate the trajectory of biennials and their growing influence on artistic expression; from the Biennale de la Meacute;diterraneacute;e in Alexandria; Egypt in 1955; the second Havana Biennial of 1986; New Yorkrsquo;s Whitney Biennial in 1993; and the 2002 Documenta11 in Kassel; to the Gwangju Biennale of 2014 Explores the evolving curatorial approaches to biennials; including analysis of the roles of sponsors; philanthropists and biennial directors and their re-shaping of the contemporary art scene Uses the history of biennials as a means of illustrating and inciting further discussions of globalization in contemporary art
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