Details From Participants and Visitors
Participants are solicited by the organizers via email, postal invitations, and personal telephone calls. The process starts more than one year before the event and artists who have an art website showing talent or cultural value are almost certain to be invited. In this way, with few exceptions, the artist selection is done without prejudice of style or school. Both high quality art and less advanced art with cultural value is displayed. The event allows artists coming to Florence from all over the world to meet, discuss their art, and share unique cultural perspectives and experiences. For 2007, the participant exhibit fee was 2400 euros. Total costs for travel, shipping, and lodging can more than double that price. The exhibit fee included admittance to an over twenty forums and presentations, plus each participant was given a 900 page, hardbound, full-color catalog of artist biographies and artwork examples. The Biennale catalog also lists the dozens of international businesses and organizations that sponsor many artists by paying their exhibit fees. While some artists consider this event a "vanity exhibit" (i.e., there is a fee for artists), they are still happy to participate. High profile artists such as Christo, David Hockney or Marina Abramovic were paid to attend this fair.
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