Conceived by the Argentinean curator Victoria Noorthoorn, the 11th Biennale de Lyon is gathering 70 artists from all over the world, but mostly from Europe, Africa and Latin America. Their work is being exhibited over 14.000 square meters, across four venues: the Sucrière, the Bullukian Foundation, the Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, and the T.A.S.E. factory.
"For the creation of the 11th Biennale de Lyon, historically a Biennale d’auteur, I have chosen to do as artists do: to grope, in the midst of a darkness that may or may not grow lighter as I advance, from point to point and from work to work, oriented by my obsessions, intuitions, and fears, and by the leads and provocations that each of the participating artists have thrown along my (that is, our) way. I have worked and traveled so that this show does it all at once: to address the uncertainty of the present and the near future, to speak about the condition of the artist and the necessity of art, while leaving the door open to doubt, to contradiction, to perplexity, to change and to movement."
Victoria Noorthoorn
The Biennale de Lyon is an international exhibition, accompanied by two platforms: Veduta and Résonance.
See the 11th Biennale de Lyon website
Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 6pm
Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 7pm
Closed Mondays
Special extended opening during Lyon’s Festival of Lights:
Thursday 8 and Friday 9 December, 10am to 6pm
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December, 10am to 7pm
Special late opening on first Friday of every month, 6pm to 9pm
7 October, 4 November and 2 December 2011
Les Docks, 47-49 quai Rambaud, Lyon 2e
Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon
Cité Internationale, 81 quai Charles de Gaulle, Lyon 6e
Fondation Bullukian
26 place Bellecour, Lyon 2e
Usine T.A.s.e.
14, rue du Textile, Vaulx-en-Velin
Entrée piéton : rue du Rail