Cultural Exchanges in June

1、Chinese Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale

After examining carefully the general situation of today’s Chinese art scene and the specific context of the 52nd Biennale, Chinese Pavilion focuses on the work of four female artists, a project which seems to us both urgent and valuable in both the Chinese and international contexts. They are Shen Yuan, Yin Xiuzhen, Kan Xuan and Cao Fei. Ranging in age from mid-forties to late twenties, and with highly personal, original and diverse languages, they exemplify in particular ways the evolution of the engaging relationship between female artists and the Chinese art scene, and speak to the claims of women on the rapidly changing Chinese society of the last two decades. 

The Board of La Biennale di Venezia, presided over by Davide Croff, has accepted the proposal by Director Robert Storr to award the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 52nd International Art Exhibition to the artist Malick Sidibé (Soloba, Mali, 1936).

Ang Lee's erotic spy thriller "Lust, Caution" won the Venice Film Festival's top award Saturday, two years after he captured the same prize here with "Brokeback Mountain." Brian De Palma won the 11-day-long festival's award for best direction for his film "Redacted" about the Iraq war.