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Informative presentation of the shop-window and front space of Sea’s Project Space Tilburg with a report of the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale. A selection of the occasion of this edition, issued publications, brochures, books, catalogs, posters, films and photographs. The perfect landmark this summer, to prepare for your visit to the Biennale.

The title Il Palazzo Enciclopedico / The Encyclopedic Palace, for the 55th International Art Exhibition, is chosen by curator Massimiliano Gioni. Massimiliano Gioni introduces the choice for theme by evoking the Italo-American self-taught artist Marino Auriti who “on November 16, 1955 filed a design with the US Patent office depicting his Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), an imaginary museum that was meant to house all worldly knowledge, bringing together the greatest discoveries of the human race, from the wheel to the satellite. Auriti’s plan was never carried out, of course, but the dream of universal, all-embracing knowledge crops up throughout history, as one that eccentrics like Auriti share with many other artists, writers, scientists, and prophets who have tried – often in vain – to fashion an image of the world that will capture its infinite variety and richness.”

The 55th International Art Exhibition takes place in Venice from June 1st to November 24th, 2013 at the Giardini and at the Arsenale, as well as in various venues the city.

See a preview of the screening of Ragnar Kjartansson’s featured artwork in the Venice Arsenale S.S. Hangover