Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition Postponed to Next Year Due to 'COVID-19 Impact'

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] The Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, the world's largest architectural event, has been postponed to next year.

According to AFP and other sources, the organizers of the Venice Biennale announced on the 18th (local time) that the 17th International Architecture Exhibition will be postponed to next year due to the impact of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The 17th International Architecture Exhibition is scheduled to be held from May 22 to November 21 next year.

Previously, the organizers postponed the opening date of this year's Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition from the original May 23 to August 29 due to the spread of COVID-19. However, they judged that an August opening was also practically impossible and decided to postpone it entirely to next year.

This year's International Architecture Exhibition was planned to be held under the theme "How will we live together?" with Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the School of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as the general director.

The Venice Biennale is the world's most prestigious art festival, boasting a history and authority dating back to 1895. As the prototype of the world's leading international art exhibitions, the word "Biennale" is Italian for "every two years." The architecture exhibition was added in 1980, and since then, the art exhibition has been held in odd-numbered years and the architecture exhibition in even-numbered years alternately.

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