An Exceptional Heritage
The Paris Biennial
was founded in 1959 by André Malraux. It was inaugurated
on October 3rd of the same year at the Paris Museum of Modern
Art. Since its creation, the Paris Biennial has been an important
force in the development of late 20th century art. Following
the Biennial’s inauguration, André Malraux declared
that : “Paris must remain, as far as art is concerned,
an instigating and innovative city”. The Biennial has
consistently supported practices that constitute a new definition
of art free of institutional and market demands yet grounded
in and committed to the world as it is lived and experienced.
The Biennale de Paris was founded in 1959 by Andre Malraux.
The biennial is set up by the non-profit organization. Many
personalities from the art world have participated and still
participate at the Biennale de Paris, including: Pontus Hulten,
Gérard Gassiot-Talabot, Michel Ragon, Pierre Restany,
Catherine Millet, Alfred Pacquement, Jean Clair, Daniel Abadie,
Jean-Christophe Ammann, Catherine Francblin, Achile Bonito
Oliva, Jean-Marc Poinsot, Lucy R. Lippard, Ghislain Mollet-Vièville,
Paul Ardenne, Stephen Wright, Jean-Claude Moineau. Amongst
the artists presented we find those who are now legends in
art history, such as: Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Pablo
Picasso, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Amedeo Modigliani,
Jean Tinguely, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Christo,
GRAV (Research group for Visual Art, the first kinetic group
emerging around Frank Popper), Zéro Group, Christian
Boltanski, Bernar Venet, Daniel Buren, Michelangelo Pistoletto,
Nam Jum Paik, Gilbert and George, Mario Merz, Vito Acconci,
Alighiero Boetti, Dan Graham, Yves Klein, Joseph Beuys.
Dates and places
The 16th Paris Biennial takes place between October 1, 2008
and September 30, 2010, when it happens and where it happens.
Editions are renewed every 2 years, and run continuously during
each two-year period. The Biennial may occasionally manifest
elsewhere than Paris. Participants set the dates and times
for their own interventions. The Paris Biennial takes place
over and in time.
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