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Understanding The Meaning Of Biennale

By Mark Morgan Ford · · 1 min read
Biennale (bee-uh-NAA-lay) is Italian for “every other year.” The Venice Biennale, for example – the original on which other large-scale international contemporary art exhibitions have been modeled – is held every two years.
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