Artist Jeremy Deller will represent Britain at next year's Venice Biennale, the British Council has announced.
The project was also featured at the Greek pavilion of this year's architecture biennale in Venice.
The centre also agreed to put together the Scottish stand at the 2008 Venice Design Biennale programme.
We hope that this work will continue during the next two years and in the next architecture biennale.
The Venice Biennale is one of the world's most prestigious contemporary art showcases and was first held in 1895.
"You become a world player once you've done a Venice Biennale, " said Biggiero.
Swansea artist and lecturer Tim Davies has been named as the choice to represent Wales at the Venice Biennale exhibition.
At the previous biennale, an art installation was taken down following a public outcry over sensitive language in the piece.
Sharjah's government funds the biennale, as well as the Emirate's well-preserved heritage areas, its authentic bazaars and its 16 museums.
Many such collectors will gather in Paris next week for the Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais (Sept. 11-21).
"We have increased the number of pavilions from 77 to 89, with some very interesting results, " said Paolo Baratta, Venice Biennale president.
The Biennale, with its theme "cultivating the art of living, " promises to be an aesthetic attraction as well as a collecting opportunity.
Canada's Landau Fine Arts has just released its latest catalog of modern masters to coincide with the gallery's presence at the Biennale.
That beats the famed Venice Biennale, which attracted 440, 000 visitors in 2011.
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Manager of Meetings and Trade of the Dakar Biennale in 2004.
"There's one neon that says 'Exfoliate' with a huge pair of scissors, which is a funny cosmetic-surgery hint to Dallas, " says Florence Ostende, the Biennale's curator.
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Mr Davies said that in 20 years as an artist he had won many accolades and awards but the Biennale was "the world's biggest art event".
We also spotlighted the Networking Nature exhibit at the Venice Biennale -- a small ecosystem that lives off of seawater and produces fresh drinking water.
An evening reception feting the Ghetto Biennale artists coincided with Mr. Farrakhan's visit to a nearby mosque, creating a traffic jam that paralyzed downtown for hours.
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Today, it has been reborn as a cultural haven, with cavernous warehouses that host concerts and exhibitions, including the spectacular Biennale of Sydney, a visual arts festival.
It also opened the door to more high-profile collaborations and projects around the world, including his representation of the United States in the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.
Honours followed, including representing Britain at the 1990 Venice Biennale.
When I turned out for La Biennale di Venezia my worst fears were confirmed as to the disenchantment of mid-career artists with the political and economic milieu they faced.
But what really has Gioni distracted this evening is that for over a year now he's been the man responsible for conceiving, assembling and managing the 2013 Venice Biennale.
The British Council has commissioned leading artists to represent the UK at the Venice Biennale since 1938, with the aim of celebrating the best of emerging and established British art.
Since representing Brazil at the Venice Biennale in 2001, the 42-year-old artist has shot to success for creating globular, amorphous environments called Naves (ships), made out of stretchy, translucent stocking material.
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