Massimiliano Gioni, the associate director of the New Museum in New York and the artistic director of the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi in Milan, was appointed artistic director of the 55th Venice Biennale, which is scheduled for 2013. At 38, Gioni will be the youngest artistic director in the 110-year history of the Biennale.
Gioni was also the co-curator of the 50th Venice Biennale (2003), the Berlin Biennale (2005) and Manifesta 5 (2005), as well as the artistic director of the 8th Gwangju Biennale (2010).
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