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28th Venice Biennale
Genre Art exhibition
Begins1956
Ends1956
Location(s) Venice
CountryItaly
Previous event 27th Venice Biennale (1954)
Next event 29th Venice Biennale (1968)

The 28th Venice Biennale, held in 1956, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 34 participating nations. [1] The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included French painter Jacques Villon, British sculptor Lynn Chadwick, Japanese etcher Shiko Munakata, Brazilian draughtsman Aldemir Martins, and Italians painter Afro, sculptor Emilio Greco, etcher Zoran Music, and draughtsperson Carlo Mattioli ex aequo with Anna Salvatore. [2]

References

  1. ^ Di Martino 2005, p. 126.
  2. ^ Di Martino 2005, p. 132.

Bibliography

  • Di Martino, Enzo (2005). The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005. Venice: Papiro Arte. ISBN  978-88-901104-4-3. OCLC  62237064.

Further reading

  • "1956 Venice biennale". Chicago Art Institute Quarterly. 49: 50. September 1955.
  • "American artists paint the city; preview of the U.S. section of the 28th Venic biennale". Arts Magazine. Vol. 30. June 1956. pp. 26–29. ISSN  0004-4059.
  • "Biennale fever; Chicago's participation". ARTnews. Vol. 55. May 1956. p. 18. ISSN  0004-3273.
  • "Big biennale; awards". Time. Vol. 68. July 9, 1956. p. 52. ISSN  0040-781X.
  • Fitzsimmons, James (October 1956). "XVIII Venice biennale". Arts & Architecture. 73: 26. ISSN  0730-9481.
  • Gendel, Milton (September 1956). "Iron curtain in the glass-factory; the 28th Venice biennale". ARTnews. Vol. 55. pp. 22–25. ISSN  0004-3273.
  • —— (October 1956). "Report from Venice, part II". ARTnews. Vol. 55. p. 51. ISSN  0004-3273.
  • Hodin, Josef Paul (August 1956). "Venice biennale gives an emphatic role to sculpture". Arts Magazine. Vol. 30. pp. 13–16. ISSN  0004-4059.
  • —— (June 1956). "Future of surrealism; surrealism at the XXVII mostra biennale internationale d'arte in 1954". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 14 (4): 475–484. doi: 10.2307/425999. ISSN  0021-8529. JSTOR  425999.
  • Hoffmann, Edith (September 1956). "Rik Wouters at the Biennale". Burlington Magazine. Vol. 98. pp. 334–335. ISSN  0007-6287.
  • Hubbard, Robert Hamilton (January 4, 1956). "Days at the fair—a review of the Venice biennale 1956". Canadian Art. Vol. 14, no. 1. pp. 21–27. ISSN  0825-3854.
  • Johnson, Lee (September 1956). "Delacroix at the Biennale". Burlington Magazine. Vol. 98. pp. 324–330. ISSN  0007-6287.
  • Keller, H. (August 1956). "XXVIII biennale di Venezia". Werk (in German). 43: 141–145. ISSN  0043-2768.
  • "New worlds of the New World; American artists paint the city". Time. Vol. 67. January 16, 1956. pp. 80–81. ISSN  0040-781X.
  • Simpson, Mary Caroline (2007). "American Artists Paint the City: Katharine Kuh, the 1956 Venice Biennale, and New York's Place in the Cold War Art World". American Studies. 48 (4): 31–57. ISSN  0026-3079. JSTOR  40644105.
  • "Venetian extravaganza; 28th international biennial". Newsweek. Vol. 47. June 25, 1956. pp. 86–87. ISSN  0028-9604.
  • "Venice notes". Arts Magazine. Vol. 30. June 1956. p. 9. ISSN  0004-4059.
  • Zervos, Christian (January 1957). "Réflexions d'un visiteur de la XXVIIIe Biennale de Venise sur la jeune peinture d'Italie". Cahiers d'Art (in French). 31–32: 395–406.