Miniscule Venice

Miniscule Venice could be regarded as a bijou sociological experiment: over 100 international artists have taken up the invitation to create and exhibit a diminutive art object of any genre or media, but with a simple proviso: maximum size of the work is that of a common matchbox.

This diverse exhibition, curated and devised by artist Vanya Balogh presents a set of carefully considered, imaginative but seriously tiny, fragile art works – an exquisite mass of breeding minisculism, making it by far a biggest smallest show at 58th Venice Biennale. Here we will find a toy-box destruction derby of high concept in abject competition, a kaleidoscope cross-cut of current making and thinking but one set in an equal arena, although admittedly it may be biased towards the “less is more” camp.