The Board of the Venice Biennale appointed Bice Curiger as Director of the Visual Arts Sector, with responsibility for curating the 54th International Art Exhibition that will run June 4 to November 27, 2011 (Preview on June 1-2-3). The title Curiger has chosen for the exhibition is ILLUMInations.

“It is a great honour and a privilege to be asked to be the director of the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most important overviews on contemporary art. I am very much looking forward to the great challenge”.