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Art’s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007–2019

By (author) Brian Sholis, Contributions by Sarah Hamerman, Contributions by Susan Roeper

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A survey of a unique archive of ephemera from one of the art worldâ€™s splashiest events Since 2007, the library of the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has built an unparalleled archival collection related to the Venice Biennaleâ€”a global celebration of contemporary art, complete with national pavilions and thematic exhibitions in grand villas. In Artâ€™s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007â€“2019, readers can experience these art extravaganzas through related ephemera from the Clarkâ€™s holdings: artist editions, books, posters, publicity materials, and miscellany (as diverse as pop-up books, tote bags, and wallpaper), much of it illustrated with new photography. By publishing this fascinating and ever-growing trove of memorabilia for the first time, Artâ€™s Biggest Stage will serveÂ as an on-going companion to the Biennale and a resource on the Clarkâ€™s collection. In addition, it uses the objects at the Clark as a lens to explore the same questions of nationhood, identity, and spectacle that are central to the experience of the Biennale itself. Distributed for the Clark Art Institute Exhibition Schedule: Clark Art Institute (July 4â€“October 14, 2019)