27th Venice Biennale

The 27th Venice Biennale, held in 1954, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 31 participating nations.[1] The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included German painter Max Ernst, French sculptor Jean Arp, Spanish etcher Joan Mirò, and Italians painter Giuseppe Santomaso, sculptor Pericle Fazzini, and etcher Paolo Manaresi ex aequo with Cesco Magnolato.[2]

27th Venice Biennale
Genre	Art exhibition
Begins	1954
Ends	1954
Location(s)	Venice
Country	Italy
Previous event	26th Venice Biennale (1952)
Next event	28th Venice Biennale (1956)

References

1. Di Martino 2005, p. 126.
2. Di Martino 2005, p. 132.

Bibliography

• Di Martino, Enzo (2005). The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005. Venice: Papiro Arte. ISBN 978-88-901104-4-3. OCLC 62237064.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Clarac-Sérou, M. (August 1954). "28th {i.e. 27th} Venice biennale". Arts Digest. 28: 6–8 – via EBSCOhost.
• Cooper, Douglas (October 1954). "Reflections on the Venice Biennale". Burlington Magazine. 96 (619): 316–322. ISSN 0007-6287 – via EBSCOhost.
• Denvir, Bernard, 1917-1994 (November 1954). "Mayfair to Manhattan". Artist. 48: 35. ISSN 0004-3877 – via EBSCOhost.
• Denvir, Bernard, 1917-1994 (November 1954). "Courbet at the biennale". Connoisseur. 134: 114–115. ISSN 0010-6275 – via EBSCOhost.
• Eliot, A. (June 28, 1954). "Under the four winds". Time. 63: 74–77. ISSN 0040-781X – via EBSCOhost.
• "Five Americans for biennale". Art Digest. 28: 33. April 15, 1954 – via EBSCOhost.
• Frankfurter, A. (September 1954). "European speculations: modern art and Marco Polo". ARTnews. 53: 18. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
• Hodin, Josef Paul (October 1954). "Venice biennale". Contemporary Review. 186: 227–230. ISSN 0010-7565 – via EBSCOhost.
• Hubbard, Robert Hamilton, 1916-1989 (January 4, 1954). "Show window of the arts—XXVII Venice biennale". Canadian Art. 12 (1): 14. ISSN 0825-3854 – via EBSCOhost.
• Keller, Heinz (August 1954). "XXVII. biennale, Giardini, Venedig". Werk (in German). 41: 189–191. ISSN 0043-2768 – via EBSCOhost.
• Kern, Walter (August 1954). "Anmerkungen zur XXVII. biennale in Venedig". Werk (in German). 41: 335–340. ISSN 0043-2768 – via EBSCOhost.
• Melville, R. (September 1954). "Venice biennale". Architectural Review. 116: 189–191. ISSN 0003-861X – via EBSCOhost.
• Pohl, Frances K. (March 1981). "An American in Venice: Ben Shahn and United States Foreign Policy at the 1954 Venice Biennale or Portrait of the Artist as an American Liberal". Art History. 4 (1): 80–113. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8365.1981.tb00698.x. ISSN 0141-6790.
• Taubes, F. (February 1955). "What is the world painting today?". American Artist. 19: 34. ISSN 0002-7375 – via EBSCOhost.
• Vallier, Dora (January 1954). "La XXVIIe biennale de Venise". Cahiers d'Art (in French). 29 (1): 109–115 – via EBSCOhost.