Querol, Nuria. 2020. India at the Venice Biennale: Collateral Events From and Beyond the Nation. Journal of Curatorial Studies, 9(1), pp. 70-89. ISSN 2045-5836 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

iCon: India Contemporary (2005) was not only the first collateral event of India at the Venice Biennale, but it also began as a bid to become a national pavilion – an ambition that was ultimately unsuccessful. Drawing on original research and interview data surrounding the exhibition, this article examines the collaborations and conflicts between private art institutions, artists and the state in the context of India’s participation in the Venice Biennale since the 2000s. The article foregrounds a transversal approach – that is, an analytical framework that unsettles the conventional dichotomy between national pavilions and collateral events – and demonstrates how commercial galleries and private art institutions have acquired an important role in the production and exhibition of Indian contemporary art in global biennial circuits.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1386/jcs_00011_1
Additional Information:	© [Nuria Querol, 2020]. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Journal of Curatorial Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1, Apr 2020, p. 70 - 89 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jcs_00011_1.
Keywords:	art and globalization; collateral event; curating in India; exhibitions histories; iCon: India Contemporary; national pavilion; Venice Biennale
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Art
Dates:	Date Event 26 April 2020 Accepted 1 April 2020 Published Online April 2020 Published
Item ID:	33553
Date Deposited:	26 May 2023 13:27
Last Modified:	26 May 2023 14:12
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33553

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