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As you know, not all countries have the privilege to present their artists in a pavilion dedicated solely to them. Among those who can’t, there are a large majority of countries whose political situation is uncertain, conflicting, and sometimes tragic. Although Tibet is one of these countries, luckily their art hasn’t been excluded and will be represented on a side project (but contemporary to the Biennial) in the old Palazzo Cà Zanardi, located on Cannaregio street 4132, Venice.

Now the question is: Who was responsible for carrying out this presentation and fight for it with the organizers and critics? It was the Italian poet Ruggero Maggi, who created and curated the project inspired by his love for the Tibet, as well as his strong interest in the political issues in that country. In this regard, Maggi said: “Clearly the fact of getting a whole pavilion dedicated to Tibet would be a dream, but perhaps we will succeed thanks to this project. I have no illusions, I know that this is only a small drop in the ocean, but I hope it can help to eliminate the incredible indifference – that for unexplained reasons – has raised the issue of Tibet and the tragedy that has affected the beautiful Asian country and its metaphysical heights”.

Maggi is an Italian artist who began working in visual poetry in 1973. From 1985, he engaged in studies of art related to science, focusing then on the chaos theory, fractals and entropy. He was always been very involved into politics and one of his best-known pieces, “United for the Peace”, was inspired by the Falklands war. He also worked with John Held to commemorate the holocaust of Hiroshima in the “Shadow” project.

Since 1975, Maggi has dedicated to “mail art”, a form of relational art with Dada and Futurism influence, whose origins were certain actions of correspondence carried on by some members of these movements and Fluxus in the early twentieth century. The “mail art” was developed as a communication network among the artists who realized the potential of writing in the exchange of ideas, thoughts, projects and solutions, overcoming the problem of distances. Clearly, this was before the creation of Internet and other mass media, but today it continues alive, among those who recognize an added value of the slow mail and manuscripts.

For the Tibetan Pavilion Maggi made a proposal that will show a varied group of artists whose works are focused on politics and spiritual matters. You can visit the exhibition until the 31^st of August, every day except Monday, from 18hrs until 10hrs.

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If you are interested in political art and want to find out more about Tibet, we recommend you to rent apartments in Venice and come to enjoy a stay devoted to art and culture in one of the most beautiful cities of Italy.

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Very often most art exhibitions are based on only one kind of art and offer you, for example, either paintings or contemporary works. Unfortunately we can barley enjoy a mix of different artistic styles. It seems to be that Venice, one of the most important romantic cities in Italy, keeps all your cultural and artistic preferences in mind and offers you one of the biggest and most extensive art festivals of the world: The Venice Biennale 2009.

This year will be the 53rd edition of the Biennale in Venice. It’s a prestigious international exhibition which attracts millions of visitors and artists from all over the world. This important cultural event takes place every two years in Venice and the art festival was founded by the Venetian town hall in the year of 1893. Two years later it was officially inaugurated. In spite of the interruptions due to the terrible World Wars, the festival has become one of the most important international art festivals in the world. This year’s edition has already begun, but don’t panic, you’ll have time until November to submerge into the world of creativity and art in Venice.

We aren’t talking about a normal exposition where you’re getting bored after having seen everything within two seconds. It’s quite the opposite: the festival offers you all that you can dream of, starting with visual arts and contemporary music, film projections and poetry to theatre, architecture and contemporary dance, etc. The programme list seems to be infinite and it provides special events for each taste and interest. As you can see, your expectations will be completely satisfied.

The theme of this edition is Making worlds, a spectacular art exposition in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Giardini and in Arsenale. The exposition stands out especially because of the participation of many countries which are represented by different pavilions. This year you will see a huge exhibition, condensed by the breath-taking works of over 90 creative artists from all parts of the world into an amazing exhibition. With this concept the festivals director Daniel Birnbaum aims to pay more attention to the process of creation. So, he has transformed the area in a unique exhibition centre for the artistic world.

The Biennale Cinema is also part of this spectacular festival full of emotion. This year the 66th edition of the International Venice Film Festival will be celebrated. Different awards will be given in various categories, like the Leone d´Oro for the best film, the Leone d´Argento for the best director or the Premio Marcello Mastroianni for the best young talent. The best actor and the best actress will be given the famous Copa Volpi. According to the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) the International Venice Film Festival belongs to the category “A” and is hence comparable with the Film Festivals of Berlin, Cannes, San Sebastian or Karlovy Vary.

The Biennale Danza waits for you with the spectacular programme Degree Zero and the amazing international colloquium of contemporary dance, which unites the best and most famous dancers of the world, like Carolyn Carlson, Tero Saarinen, Chris Harina or Michael Clark.

Under the motto The body of the Biennale Musica will captivate you with 73 breath-taking composers in over 87 fantastic concerts. Biennale Teatro will enchant you as well with all the interesting actuations, performances and theatre workshops.

The Venice Biennale 2009 shows you a completely new world full of creativity, emotions and unknown feelings. Let yourself be guided by your instinct and rent comfortable apartments in Venice. Your holidays will be an unforgettable experience.