The international jury has, for many years, played a very important role in the life of the Biennial. Its role is to assess the artists that take part in the exhibition and provide them with the international award for art and culture "Lorenzo il Magnifico".
In past editions famous art critics and historians such as Barbara Rose, Dore Ashton, Teresa Ortega Coca, Veronika Birke, Former Director of the Albertina Museum of Vienna and Julian Zugazagoitia, Director of the Barrio Museum of New York, have been part of the event. The art critic and Art Director of the Biennale from 1999 to 2005, John T. Spike, was also a part of the jury.
The jury had the honour of awarding important artists in the art world such as Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Richard Anuszkiewicz, David Hockney, Mario Luzi, Alfredo Zalce, Carla Fracci and Ferruccio Soleri. Furthermore, important institutions such as the Restoration Laboratory of the Vatican Museums and the Ferrari have also been awarded.
Pasquale Celona
President of the Biennale and the International Jury
Piero Celona
General Director of the Biennale
Stefano Francolini
Artistic Director of the Florence Biennale 2009, Art historian, Former Director of the C3 Super of the Ministry of the Cultural Activities, Florence. - Italy
Francesco Buranelli
General Manager of the Pontifical Commission for the Church’s Cultural Beings.
Bianca Laura Petretto
Curator, journalist, expert on modern and Asian arts - Italy.
Gerfried Stocker
Artistic Director of the Ars Electronica Center of Linz - Austria.
Elza Ajzenberg
Coordinator of Program of Post-Graduation interunits in Aesthetic and History of Art, University of Sao Paulo - Brazil
Pang Bang Ben
Artist, Editor and Writer, Professor and Counselor of Center of Fine arts College, Beijing.
Matty Roca
Art Historian, President of the Council for Arts and Culture, Cancun - Messico
Rosa Tejada
Associate Museum Educator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - USA
R.B. Bhaskaran
Former chairman Lalit Kala Akademi, Government of India, New Delhi Ministry of culture. Principal-College of Arts, Chennai, India; eminent painter and print maker.
Gregorio Luke
Art Critic, Curator and Expert on Latinamerican art, has extensively lectured on mexican art in Museums and Universities in Usa, Europe and Mexico.
Dominique Edouard Baechler
Professor of Art History and Art Critic - Paris - France
The 2007 International Jury
Emanuel von Luestein Massarani
David S. Rubin
Elza Ajzenberg
Matty Roca
Rosa Tejada
R.B. Bhaskaran
Stefano Francolini
Gregorio Luke
Dominique Edouard Baechler
Francesco Buranelli
The 2005 International Jury
Barbara Rose
Veronika Birke
David Rubin
Stefano Francolini
Elza Ajzenberg
Julian Zugazagoitia
R.B. Bhaskaran
John T. Spike
The 2003 International Jury
Barbara Rose
Veronika Birke
David Rubin
Stefano Francolini
Dore Ashton
Jerry Cullum
Kevin Power
John T. Spike
Teresa Ortega Coca
Matty Roca
The 2001 International Jury
Barbara Rose
Veronika Birke
David Rubin
Stefano Francolini
John T. Spike
Teresa Ortega Coca
Matty Roca
The 1999 International Jury
Guy Cogeval
Veronika Birke
Francis Naumann
Stefano Francolini
John T. Spike
Teresa Ortega Coca
The 1997 International Jury
Matty Roca
Paolo Levi
Stefano Francolini
John T. Spike
Pasquale Celona
Piero Celona
Stefano Francolini
Francesco Buranelli
Gerfried Stocker
Bianca Laura Petretto
Elza Ajzenberg
Pang Bang Ben
Matty Roca
Rosa Tejada
R. B. Bhaskaran
Gregorio Luke
D. E. Baechler