All the World’s Futures
The 56th International Art Exhibition entitled All the World’s Futures, curated by Okwui Enwezor and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, is open to the public from Saturday, May 9th to Sunday, November 22th, 2015 at the Giardini della Biennale and at the Arsenale. The preview took place on May 6th, 7th and 8th. The awards ceremony and the inauguration took place on Saturday May 9th, 2015.

89 National Participations will be exhibiting in the historical Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the city of Venice. The countries participating for the first time in the Exhibition are Grenada, Mauritius, Mongolia, Republic of Mozambique and Republic of  Seychelles. Other countries are participating this year after years of absence: Ecuador (1966, then with the IILA), the Philippines (1964), and Guatemala (1954, then with the IILA).

The Holy See will again be participating with an exhibition to be held at the Sale d’Armi, in the spaces that the Biennale has renovated for new permanent pavilions. In the Beginning …  the Word became flesh is the title chosen by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (President of the Pontifical Council for Culture) for the Pavilion, which is curated by Micol Forti (Director of Contemporary Art Department of the Vatican Museums).

The Italian Pavilion at the Arsenale, organized by the Italian Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities, with thegeneral Direction for arte e architettura contemporanee e periferie urbane, is curated by Vincenzo Trione.

44 Collateral Events, approved by the curator of the International Exhibition and promoted by non profit national and international institutions, present their exhibitions and initiatives in various locations within the city of Venice.