In Italy we see many artists who try to find their way into the International élite. But they encounter many difficulties trying to emerge and they ask themselves many questions before managing to enter the system. Luckily our country, despite standing slightly back from the other nations, can boast the presence of excellent names. Few artists have really managed to scrape a living in a few years and have become very appreciated stars in the international art circuit. 

Article translated by Amritee Mahabir

The 52^nd Venice Biennale “Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense”, has by now been closed for a while, to be precise, since November 21^st 2007. The exhibition curated by Robert Storr, was held as usual in the traditional Biennale location: Arsenale Corderie and Artiglierie and in the Padiglione Italia at the Giardini, and in other sites in and around Venice’s town centre registering 319,332 visitors - the most attended Biennale in the past twenty years.