Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon

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The Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon is an art exhibition that has been held in Lyon every two years since 1991 .

Les Festivals internationaux de Lyon et de Rhône-Alpes was the name of an event that resulted from the merger of two non-profit organizations in 1985: the Hector Berlioz Festival, founded in 1979, and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon , founded in 1984 , a new festival that was designed by Guy Darmet. The Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon is an art exhibition that has been taking place in Lyon since 1991. It was initiated by Thierry Raspail and Thierry Prat and takes place every two years, alternating with the dance biennial. Works by contemporary artists are shown, compiled by changing curators, including Harald Szeemann (1997) and Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2007).

The first edition in 1991 was entitled The Love of Art . Sixty-nine artists were given rooms, each closed by doors, measuring 120 square meters, in which they could create 69 original works. Artists included Arman , Cesar , Robert Filliou , Pierre Soulages , Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, and Philippe Parreno . This first edition drew 73,000 visitors within four weeks.

Sylvie Burgat, who has been in office for many years since 1999, retired on December 31, 2019. From January 1, 2020 the Biennale got a new organizational team chaired by François Bordry. Isabelle Bertolotti and Dominique Hervieu are joint artistic directors, Yves Robert has been appointed "Executive Director".

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