The PMA scores the Venice Bienalle's "Golden Lion" award

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The PMA scores the Venice Bienalle's "Golden Lion" award

POSTED: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 9:12 PM
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So, this is a wee late but it's a big frickin' deal so we're Clogging it anyway: This weekend, the Philadelphia Museum of Art landed the Venice Bienalle's "Golden Lion" award for Bruce Nauman's exhibit "Topological Gardens." This is basically the equivalent of winning a gold medal in the Olympics, as far as the art world goes. From the Washington Post:

Now, in the ultimate art-world accolade, Nauman is the subject of this year's American pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale, which opened here yesterday, bigger than it's ever been and often better as well, and closes on Nov. 22. Nauman's mini-retrospective in the U.S. pavilion, titled "Topological Gardens," has spread to two other Venetian venues, the first time such a thing has happened to any nation's artist at the Biennale. To top everything off, on Saturday the Biennale announced that Nauman's show had won its Golden Lion prize for best national pavilion.

Congrats to the U.S., Nauman and, of course, the PMA!

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