Venice Biennale

Crane Brothers are excited to support Bill Culbert and New Zealand at Venice.

The 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia is now just two-and-a-half months away and more than 100 artists from around the world have been announced as taking part.

A staggering 400,000 people are expected to attend.

The 2013 Biennale is entitled Il Palazzo Enciclopedico – The Encyclopedic Palace, in honour of 1950s artist Marino Auriti, whose dream was to build a utopian Encyclopedic Palace containing all the greatest human discoveries.

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