UChicago appointed co-commissioner of U.S. Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

The U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale has a prominent position within Venice's Castello Gardens, which house all of the national pavilions. In 2007, the work of Félix González-Torres represented the United States at the 52nd Venice Biennale, "Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense." The U.S. Pavilion, entitled "America," was organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of New York. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago jointly announced today their selection by the U.S. Department of State to serve as co-commissioners of the United States Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. As co-commissioners, the two institutions will organize Dimensions of Citizenship, the exhibition they proposed as the official United States contribution to the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, on view from May 26 through Nov. The curators of the exhibition are Niall Atkinson, associate professor of architectural history at the University of Chicago; Ann Lui, assistant professor at SAIC and co-founder of the architecture office Future Firm; and Mimi Zeiger, an independent critic, editor, curator and educator based in Los Angeles. Particularly important in today's context, Dimensions of Citizenship will grapple with the meaning of citizenship as a cluster of rights and responsibilities at the intersection of legal, political, economic and societal affiliations.