PROJECTS 2009
Canada Pavilion Venice Biennale
Announcing the Official Website for the Canada Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
The Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga, is pleased to announce the official launch of a new website for the Canada Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia. The website offers access to the Canada Pavilion and its exhibition history for national and international audiences.
The 53rd International Art Exhibition will take place from June 7 to November 22, 2009. The 2009 Canada Pavilion presents Mark Lewis: Cold Morning, commissioned by Barbara Fischer, Director/Curator of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto. The website incorporates text, images and videos documenting the progress of the exhibition from planning to execution.
Visit www.canadapavilionvenicebiennale.ca for regular updates, including:
• News updates about the pavilion and the exhibition,
• Mark Lewis: Cold Morning project details and events,
• Blog entries from the Venice team and visitors,
• Video interviews with artist Mark Lewis, Commissioner Barbara Fischer and team,
• Photos of the official inauguration, special events, and parties,
• Multi-media documentation of the press preview,
• Press Section with downloadable images, press releases and bios,
• Links to related press coverage, and other participating countries’ websites, and more!
Founded in 1895, the International Art Exhibition-La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy, is the world’s oldest and most prestigious venue for the international display of contemporary art.
The Venice Biennale attracts over 350,000 visitors from around the world including artists, collectors, art dealers, and individuals from the visual and media arts, architecture, design, and communications communities and the general public. For more information please visit www.labiennale.org
The official Canadian participation at the 53rd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia is made possible through the financial and administrative support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, and the Canadian Embassy in Rome.
Mark Lewis’s films Nathan Phillips Square, A Winter’s Night, Skating, TD Centre, 54th Floor, and Cold Morning were produced by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
The exhibition is supported by Aeroplan, CHRISTIE, DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Fondation d’enterprise Hermès, the Ontario Arts Council, BMO Financial Group, RBC, Rogers, Prime Focus London, Hal Jackman Foundation, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design University of the Arts London, and many others.
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