History of the German Pavilion
| 1895 | First Biennial in Venice. Germany participates in the main building |
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| 1907 | Erection of the Belgian Pavilion as first Pavilion in the Giardini Pubblici |
| 1909 | German (originally: Bavarian) Pavilion erected. Architect: Daniele Donghi |
| 1916-1918 | Due to the war no Biennials took place |
| 1920 | Biennial without German participation, Poland exhibits in the German Pavilion |
| 1944-1946 | Due to the war no biennials took place |
| 1948-1962 | Mainly retrospective exhibitions of art from the first half of the 20th century are shown in the now (West-) German Pavilion. |
| 1982-1990 | From 1982 until 1990 the German Democratic Republic organized its own exhibitions in the former Pavilion of Decorative Art. |
| 1964 | A careful remodelling of the interior of the Pavilion puts the impact of the Nazi building in perspective. The exhibitions since then have concentrated on one or two artists. |
| 1964 | Joseph Faßbender, Norbert Kricke (Commissioner: Eduard Trier) |
| 1966 | Horst Antes, Günter Haese, Ferdinand Ris (Commissioner: Eduard Trier) |
| 1968 | Horst Janssen, Richard Oelze (Commissioner: Alfred Hentzen) |
| 1970 | Kaspar-Thomas Lenk, Heinz Mack, Georg Karl Pfahler, Günther Uecker (Commissioner: Dieter Honisch) |
| 1972 | Gerhard Richter (Commissioner: Dieter Honisch) |
| 1974 | No biennial takes place |
| 1976 | Joseph Beuys, Jochen Gertz, Reiner Ruthenbeck (Commissioner: Klaus Gallwitz) |
| 1978 | Dieter Krieg, Ulrich Rückriem (Commissioner: Klaus Gallwitz) |
| 1980 | Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer (Commissioner: Klaus Gallwitz) |
| 1982 | Hanne Darboven, Gotthard Graubner, Wolfgang Laib (Commissioner: Johannes Cladders) v1984 _ Lothar Baumgarten, A. R. Penck (Commissioner: Johannes Cladders) |
| 1986 | Sigmar Polke (Commissioner: Dierk Stemmler) |
| 1988 | Felix Droese (Commissioner: Dierk Stemmler) |
| 1990 | Bernd und Hilla Becher, Reinhard Mucha (Commissioner: Klaus Bußmann) |
| 1993 | Hans Haacke, Nam June Paik (Commissioner: Klaus Bußmann) |
| 1995 | Katharina Fritsch, Martin Honert, Thomas Ruff (Commissioner: Jean-Christophe Ammann) |
| 1997 | Gerhard Merz, Katharina Sieverding (Commissioner: Gudrun Inboden) |
| 1999 | Rosemarie Trockel (Commissioner: Gudrun Inboden) |
| 2001 | Gregor Schneider (Commissioner: Udo Kittelmann) |
| 2003 | Candida Höfer, Martin Kippenberger (Curator: Julian Heynen) |
| 2005 | Thomas Scheibitz, Tino Sehgal (Curator: Julian Heynen) |
| 2007 | Isa Genzken (Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen) |
| 2009 | Liam Gillick (Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen) |
Literature recommended
Die deutschen Beiträge zur Biennale Venedig 1895–2007
Editor: Ursula Zeller / Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Editing: Katia Reich
Grafic design: Kerstin Riedel
16,9 x 24 cm vertical format, hardcover
approx. 400 pages
approx. 170 black and white illustrations and approx. 100 colour illustrations
Price: € 34,90
DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag, Cologne 2007
ISBN: 978-3-8321-9016-3
Biennale Venedig — Der deutsche Beitrag 1895–1995
Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ed.)
Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 1995
ISBN: 3-89322-740-7
