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The 58th Venice Biennial, under the artistic direction of Ralph Rugoff, opens in May 2019 The 58th Venice Biennial, under the artistic direction of Ralph Rugoff, opens in May 2019

Cyprus at the 58th Venice Biennale of Art

The Culture Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus announced the Cyprus Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale of Art will present a posthumous exhibition of works by the artist Christoforos Savva (1924 – 1968).

According to the ministry, the idea of a thorough presentation of Christoforos Savvas' work at the Venice Biennale emerged through a series of concurrences.

The current year marks a double 50-year anniversary for Savva, a pioneer of contemporary Cypriot art; in 1968, he was among the six artists representing Cyprus in its first official participation in the Venice Biennale as an independent state; it also makes the 50th anniversary of his premature death, shortly after the vernissage of the exhibition.

The Cyprus Pavilion project will be realised through a collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Culture, Cultural Services and Point Centre for Contemporary Art.