The Venice Biennale: Venetian Finds

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BY KELLY CROW
The Venice Biennale, which opens June 1, has become the Olympics of the contemporary art world, a century-old event in which nations send their most promising artists to exhibit in pavilions and palazzos across the watery city. Instead of medals, artists compete for fame on the global art field.
The stakes are high because Venice—the art world’s first and most prestigious biennial—is where artists come to catapult their careers. In 1930, a little-known American realist painter, Edward Hopper, was invited to hang one of his quiet cityscapes, “Sunday in Main Street,” in the U.S. pavilion. Hopper proved a hit, and …
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