5 - 13 December 2009

Fortezza da Basso - Florence

With High Patronage

of the President of the Italian Republic

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Biennale 2005

The 2005 edition had a huge participation by the public and the presence of 768 artists from 80 countries. During the exhibition Christo & Jeanne-Claude and Richard Anuszkiewicz, were awarded with the highest recognition of the Flroence Biennale, the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" award for their career achievement. The International Biennale of Contemporary Art of Florence would like to thank John T. Spike for his precious collaboration as Art Director of the past editions.

Biennale 2003

The fourth Biennale of Florence turned out to be the most comprehensive exhibition of international contemporary art thanks to the participation of 891 artists from more than 72 countries. When thousands of stimulating works of art in all artistic fields, arriving from far away destinations are brought together, they create a spectacular laboratory of global creativeness, even if it is just for a short period of time. The challenge for everybody is clear: can a 10 day event produce results that last even longer than the “shock of something new”?

Biennale 2001

The third edition of the Biennial will be remembered as the first and largest exhibition in which artists from all over the world have expressed their reactions to the tragic events of 11th September in New York. On this occasion the Biennial adheres to the United Nations programme “Year of Dialogue among Civilisation”.

We can use the words of the ex Secretary of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, as an example: "I See...dialogue as a chance for people of different cultures and traditions to get to know each other better, whether they live on opposite sides of the world or on the same street."

Biennale 1999

The second edition of the Biennial included the participation of 532 artists from 33 countries, proposing an opportunity to exchange experiences and as a meeting point in the world of contemporary art.

Biennale 1997

The first edition of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art opens its doors in Florence, a city with historical connections to culture and art, that reveals the charm of contemporary art through this exhibition. It proposes itself in a new way within a historical context par excellence, making this event unique. More than 300 artists from 20 countries took part in this first edition.