For the fifth straight time, the Philippines is taking part in the La Biennale Di Venezia or the Venice Biennale. Now in its 60th year, the Venice Biennale is arguably the most prestigious and famous international art festival.
A total of 88 nations will take part in the 2024 festival, including new participants Benin, Ethiopia, Timor Leste, Tanzania, Panama, and Senegal. The Philippines will once again have its own pavilion, which will be open for public viewing from April 20 to November 24, 2024.
In the 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale, the Philippine Pavilion will feature the works of Mark Salvatus as curated by Carlos Quijon Jr. Entitled “Sa kabila ng tabing lamang sa panahong ito / Waiting just behind the curtain of this age, the exhibition embodies the enduring spirit of Apolinario de la Cruz, who is more popularly known as Hermano Puli, a local hero of the Quezon province who famously fought for religious freedom during the Spanish colonization.
The Philippines has also been part of the Venice Architecture Biennale since 2016. In the 2021 edition of the exhibition, the Philippines was given its first ever award in the Venice Biennale. The collaborative exhibition “Structures of Mutual Support” of the GK Enchanted Farm community and architects Sudarshan V. Khadka Jr.
Speaking of the arts, on October 15 to 19, the Philippines is also set to embark on another historic journey, this time as the guest of honor in the 77th Frankfurter Buchmesse, the world’s most prestigious book fair. This is only the second time that a Southeast Asian country has been named as guest of honor in the book fair based in Germany—the first being Indonesia in 2015. This brings Philippine literature and culture to the forefront of the international book industry.
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