Florence Biennale 2015

The Biennale Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea di Firenze, or Florence Biennale is an event of excellence in the contemporary art scene: artists from all over the world come to Florence, where they have the chance to experience cross-cultural dialogue and contribute to making this biennial a reference model.

During each edition of the Florence Biennale anInternational Jury composed of renowned scholars, art historians and critics from different countries shall confer the “Lorenzo il Magnifico”International Awardto the best artists competing in the different disciplines. Furthermore, the “Lorenzo il Magnifico” Lifetime Achievement Awards are bestowed to outstanding personalities and institutions who achieved the pinnacles of artistic and cultural achievement. In the past edition this award has been conferred to Anish Kapoor, Franco Mussida, and Henryk Yurkowski for art, music and theatre culture, respectively. Themed ‘Ethics: DNA of Art’ and unfolding into more than 25 collateral events in public spaces and venues as well as at the Fortezza da Basso, the IX Florence Biennale successfully engaged nearly 10,000 visitors and overall was judged favorably by the numerous participating artists from more than 40 countries.