The Uruguayan pavilion houses Uruguay's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Background
Organization and building
The pavilion was originally a warehouse built for the 1958 Biennale. It was adapted into a gallery space between 1960 and 1962.
Representation by year
Art
1954 — José Cuneo Perinetti, Severino Pose 1956 — Joaquín Torres García 1960 — Zoma Baitler, Washington Barcala, Norberto Berdia, José Cuneo, José Echave, Adolfo Halty, Augusto Torres, Vicente Martìn, Julio Verdier (Commissioner: Jorge Páez Vilaró) 1962 — Germán Cabrera, Juan Ventayol 1964 — Jorge Damiani, José Gamarra, Nelson Ramos, Jorge Páez Vilaró (Commissioner: Luis García Pardo) 1968 — Antonio Frasconi (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg) 1970 — Taller de Montevideo (Armando Bergallo, Ernesto Vila, Héctor Vilche) (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg) 1972 — Luis Alberto Solari (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg) 1986 — Ernesto Aroztegui, Clever Lara (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg) 1988 — Luis Camnitzer (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg) 1990 — Gonzalo Fonseca (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg) 1993 — Águeda Dicancro 1995 — Ignacio Iturria (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg) 1997 — Nelson Ramos 1999 — Ricardo Pascale 2001 — Rimer Cardillo (Commissioner: Clever Lara) 2003 — Pablo Atchugarry (Curator: Luciano Caramel) 2005 — Lacy Duarte (Commissioners: Alicia Haber, Olga Larnaudie) 2007 — Ernesto Vila (Commissioner: Enrique Aguerre) 2009 — Raquel Bessio, Juan Burgos, Pablo Uribe (Commissioners: Patricia Bentancur, Alfredo Torres) 2011 — Alejandro Cesarco, Magela Ferrero (Curator: Clio Bugel) 2013 — Wifredo Díaz Valdéz (Curators: Carlos Capelán, Verónica Cordeiro) 2015 — Marco Maggi (Curator: Patricia Bentancur) 2017 — Mario Sagradini (Curator: Gabriel Peluffo Linari) 2019 — Yamandú Canosa (Curators: Patricia Bentancur, David Amengol) 2022 — Gerardo Goldwasser (Curators: Pablo Uribe, Laura Malosetti Costa) 2024 — Eduardo Cardozo (Curator: Elisa Valerio) 2026 — Margaret Whyte (Curator: Patricia Bentancur)
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Further reading