The Venice Biennale
History of the Venice Biennale
From the post-war period to the reforms of 1973 (1948-1973)
1953
Mostra del Cinema: Golden Lion not awarded. Silver Lion to Fellini (I vitelloni), Mizoguchi, Carné, Huston.
1954
The island of San Giorgio provided the venue for the first Japanese Nô theatre shows in Europe. Mostra del Cinema: in competition, La strada by Fellini (Silver Lion) and Senso by Visconti. Music Festival: world premiere of Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw.
1955
Mostra del Cinema: Golden Lion to Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Music Festival: world premiere of Sergej Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel.
1956
At the Mostra del Cinema, the films were admitted to the competition following an artistic selection and no longer based upon the designation of the participating countries. World premiere of Canticum sacrum by Stravinsky in the Basilica di San Marco.
1957
On 28th October, the government removed the Board of directors following protests on the part of the municipal council for the replacement of Rodolfo Pallucchini. Golden Lion to Satyait Ray's Aparajito which introduced Indian cinema to the West.
1958
The exhibition of Giovani artisti italiani e stranieri (Young Italian and foreign artists) was presented within the Art Exhibition that year. Baj, Crippa, Dorazio, Scanavino and Jasper Johns were exhibited. An award went to Chillida. Theatre Festival: a lively debate was provoked by the pièces of Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett.
1959
Mostra del Cinema: Golden Lion ex aequo to Il generale Della Rovere by Roberto Rossellini and La grande guerra by Mario Monicelli.
1961
Mostra del Cinema: Golden Lion to L'année dernière à Marienbad by Alain Resnais.
1962
Informal art was given an airing at the Art Exhibition with Fautrier, Hartung, Vedova, and Consagra. Mostra del cinema: Golden Lion ex aequo to Ivanovo Destsvo by Andrei Tarkovsky and Cronaca familiare by Valerio Zurlini.
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