“With a budget of only €1.8 million, and
with 155 artists showing in an exhibition space of more than 10,000 square
metres, you can easily work out that I need to secure financial backing for
every work I wish to include in the Biennale, and there is virtually no budget
for research travel.”
Massimiliano Gioni reveals the economics of curating the
exhibition Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopaedic Palace) for the Venice
Biennale
