28th Venice Biennale
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| genre = Art exhibition
| prev = 27th Venice Biennale (1954)
| begins = 1956
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| next = 29th Venice Biennale (1968)
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The 28th Venice Biennale, held in 1956, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 34 participating nations.{{sfn|Di Martino|2005|p=126}} The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included French painter Jacques Villon, British sculptor Lynn Chadwick, Japanese etcher Shiko Munakata, Brazilian draughtsman Aldemir Martins, and Italians painter Afro, sculptor Emilio Greco, etcher Zoran Music, and draughtsperson Carlo Mattioli ex aequo with Anna Salvatore.{{sfn|Di Martino|2005|p=132}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{Cite book |last1=Di Martino |first1=Enzo |title=The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005 |date=2005 |language=en |isbn=978-88-901104-4-3 |publisher=Papiro Arte |location=Venice |oclc=62237064 }}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite journal |title=1956 Venice biennale |journal=Chicago Art Institute Quarterly |volume=49 |page=50 |date=September 1955}}
- {{Cite magazine|title=American artists paint the city; preview of the U.S. section of the 28th Venic biennale |magazine=Arts Magazine |volume=30 |pages=26–29 |date=June 1956 |issn=0004-4059}}
- {{Cite magazine|title=Biennale fever; Chicago's participation |magazine=ARTnews |volume=55 |page=18 |date=May 1956 |issn=0004-3273}}
- {{Cite magazine|title=Big biennale; awards |magazine=Time |volume=68 |page=52 |date=1956-07-09 |issn=0040-781X}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Fitzsimmons |first1=James |title=XVIII Venice biennale |journal=Arts & Architecture |volume=73 |page=26 |date=October 1956 |issn=0730-9481}}
- {{Cite magazine|last1=Gendel |first1=Milton |title=Iron curtain in the glass-factory; the 28th Venice biennale |magazine=ARTnews |volume=55 |pages=22–25 |date=September 1956 |issn=0004-3273}}
- {{Cite magazine|last1=Gendel |first1=Milton |author-mask=2 |title=Report from Venice, part II |magazine=ARTnews |volume=55 |page=51 |date=October 1956 |issn=0004-3273}}
- {{Cite magazine|last1=Hodin |first1=Josef Paul |title=Venice biennale gives an emphatic role to sculpture |magazine=Arts Magazine |volume=30 |pages=13–16 |date=August 1956 |issn=0004-4059}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Hodin |first1=Josef Paul |author-mask=2 |title=Future of surrealism; surrealism at the XXVII mostra biennale internationale d'arte in 1954 |journal= The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism|volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=475–484 |date=June 1956 |issn=0021-8529|doi=10.2307/425999 |jstor=425999 }}
- {{Cite magazine|last1=Hoffmann |first1=Edith |title=Rik Wouters at the Biennale |magazine=Burlington Magazine |volume=98 |pages=334–335 |date=September 1956 |issn=0007-6287}}
- {{Cite magazine|last1=Hubbard |first1=Robert Hamilton |title=Days at the fair—a review of the Venice biennale 1956 |magazine=Canadian Art |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=21–27 |date=1956-01-04 |issn=0825-3854}}
- {{Cite magazine|last1=Johnson |first1=Lee |title=Delacroix at the Biennale |magazine=Burlington Magazine |volume=98 |pages=324–330 |date=September 1956 |issn=0007-6287}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Keller |first1=H. |title=XXVIII biennale di Venezia |journal=Werk |volume=43 |pages=141–145 |date=August 1956 |language=German |issn=0043-2768}}
- {{Cite magazine|title=New worlds of the New World; American artists paint the city |magazine=Time |volume=67 |pages=80–81 |date=1956-01-16 |issn=0040-781X}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Simpson |first1=Mary Caroline |title=American Artists Paint the City: Katharine Kuh, the 1956 Venice Biennale, and New York's Place in the Cold War Art World |journal=American Studies |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=31–57 |date=2007 |issn=0026-3079 |jstor=40644105 }}
- {{Cite magazine|title=Venetian extravaganza; 28th international biennial |magazine=Newsweek |volume=47 |pages=86–87 |date=1956-06-25 |issn=0028-9604}}
- {{Cite magazine|title=Venice notes |magazine=Arts Magazine |volume=30 |page=9 |date=June 1956 |issn=0004-4059}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Zervos |first1=Christian |title=Réflexions d'un visiteur de la XXVIIIe Biennale de Venise sur la jeune peinture d'Italie |journal=Cahiers d'Art |volume=31-32 |pages=395–406 |date=January 1957 |language=French}}
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