威尼斯双年展副主席 Debora Rossi（右）介绍此次双年展主要构成
第57届威尼斯双年展将于2017年5月13日至11月26日举行。今年2月起，该双年展分别在威尼斯、柏林、巴黎、伦敦、纽约举办相关新闻发布会。2月21日，本届双年展主要团队成员来到上海，宣布本届展会的相关事宜。
9大章节共同谱写“艺术永生”
本届威尼斯双年展展期为5月13日至11月26日，预览时间将是5月10日-12日，主题为“艺术永生”(Viva Arte Viva)。新闻发布会上，未能莅临现场的总策展人克里斯汀·马萨尔(Christine Macel)通过视频宣布展会细节：“艺术永生”分为9大板块，来自51个国家的120位受邀参展艺术家参与此次展览。其中，103位首次参展。中国艺术家耿建翌、关小、郝量、刘建华、刘野、周滔(音译)参与此次主题展。
威尼斯双年展主席保罗·巴拉塔(Paolo Baratta)及策展人克里斯汀·马萨尔(Christine Macel)
马萨尔首先解释了“艺术永生”的主题内涵。她认为，该主题灵感来自“人文主义”，这种“人文主义”既不追求个人艺术理想，也不具有能够支配环境的人类所举办的庆典的特征。她说：“假这种人文主义通过艺术来庆祝人类拥有能够抵御被统治世界事务的权力所支配的能力。从不利因素来看，如果放任这些权力自行其是，将会极大地影响人文领域。”
其次，马萨尔介绍了九个章节(展馆)(The Nine Trans-Pavilions)的核心内容。她说，九个章节一起讲述着一个看似东拉西扯的、有时相互矛盾的故事，但它们却像是一面镜子，照着我们这个复杂的世界。九个部分不会用明显的展墙来区分，观众可以有机地、流动地、自然地看到各个作品。
展览始于“艺术家和书本之馆”，这是展览的中心地带，艺术家通过书本的形式，来审视自己的实践，回味艺术是如何创作出来的。
第二章“喜悦和恐惧之馆”探讨一种“身心循环”。中国人熟悉这种思维方式，但西方却很陌生，它们反应着艺术家理解人性、理解艺术本身的方式。在这个展厅里，叙利亚艺术家Rachel Rose以孤独、恐惧的方式研究她的个人实践。
在第三章“共同馆”里，艺术家们将探索对世界的看法，他们试图建立一个社区，找到一种方式来描绘个人主义、个体兴趣，来反射这个世界带来的启示和威胁。
第四章“地球之馆”将围绕自然环境、生物圈、探索和梦等方面。这一章节里的部分艺术家并未被众人所知，比如比如日本艺术家The Play 将在威尼斯湖上呈现最新项目;一位巴西年轻艺术家将在花园里带来小型项目。
第五章节“传统之馆”，顾名思义，将聚焦那些真正的传统。具有不同背景的艺术家们将从文学、诗歌等不同领域追寻那些珍贵的、甚至快要消失的传统。比如，一位法国艺术家将在这个展区里重塑对毛利文化的理解。
第六章节为“萨满之馆”。许多艺术家同意一种定义，艺术家就是“萨满”。在这个馆中，艺术家成为传教士的角色，来完成作品。比如，一位艺术家将邀原住民的参与自己的作品，传达具有有仪式感的项目。
第七章“酒神馆”赞美着女性身体的美好，部分作品具有性感、欢乐、幽默的视觉情绪，这代表着不同意识的阶段理解。其中，一位美国艺术家运用镜头来表现女性的视角，镜头将从狂欢到恐惧逐渐转换。
“色彩之馆”和“时间和无限之馆”是展览的最后两大部分。其中，前者通过纸上、水彩、水粉等作品来表现关于政治的、社会的、精神性的、身体性的作品;后者则围绕着时间和永恒的主题展开，试图回答一个问题：艺术从哪里来，它将驶向何处?
对于本次主题展，马萨尔总结：“如今，世界上充斥着各种纷争，艺术见证着我们人类之所以为人的最宝贵的部分。艺术是反射、是个人情感、是自由、是基础问题的象征;艺术是最后的堡垒，是一座培育一种超前或退后的潮流和个人审美的花园。”
中国馆：邱志杰策划“不息”
2017威尼斯双年展中国馆策展人邱志杰
中国馆主题为“不息”(Continuum – Generation by Generation)，其取自《周易.系辞》中的“生生之谓易”。策展人邱志杰表示，他以“不息”回应主题“艺术万岁，是想呈现中国艺术家愚公移山式的、尊重师承关系的情怀。据官方消息显示，四位参展艺术家——汤南南、邬建安、汪天稳、姚惠芬将参展。其中，汪天稳从事皮影雕刻50年，为国家级工艺美术大师;姚惠芬则是一位苏绣的国家级非遗传承人。
邱志杰解释了选择两位民艺大师的原因：“它势必引来一片叫好，也势必引来一些质疑”。叫好的，大概是觉得能把民艺带出去到威尼斯这样的好的平台，本身就是好事;质疑的，大概会觉得民艺在这样的场景里只是被利用——被策展人利用，或者被当代艺术家利用。所谓合作，根本不会是平等的。但是，很可能这样的叫好和质疑，都还太低估了事情的复杂性，和传统中蕴涵着的能量。”
据官方消息显示，此次中国馆的展览将由两件重要宋画——李嵩的《骷髅幻戏图》和马远的《十二水图》作为展览的“引文”。这两件作品涉及到中国人独特的精神世界的构成，尤其是生死观和时间观，他们共同指向了“不息”的意象。届时，四位参展艺术家将展开一对三、二对二的相互合作，而邱志杰本人也将与他们一同参与一场综合的表演项目。
其中，姚惠芬不仅将以上百种针法再现《骷髅幻戏图》和马远《水图》，也将参与汤南南《遗忘之海》和邬建安《崖山》系列的创作;而汤南南将参与姚惠芬《精卫》的创作。另一方面，邬建安与汪天稳已经多年合作，在此展中将针对马远《水图》和山海意象展开新的创作。
中国对外文化集团副总经理阎东
对此，中国对外文化集团副总经理阎东在新闻发布会上表示：“同20世纪初西方艺术遭遇从传统向现代转换的'新的震撼'相类似，中国艺术也处在深刻的变革之中。这种变革既有传承与创新，同时也在中、西方艺术领域中交汇与碰撞的语境中展开。目前的中国艺术，传统形式和风格的持续与探索新的艺术理念和新的艺术形式语言并存而且相互交融，这因而也构成中国艺术历史上最为丰富的一页。我相信，通过中国的方案'不息'，邱志杰先生能够对当代中国艺术做出最好的诠释。”
2017年第57届威尼斯双年展参展艺术家名单：
1. ADER, Bas Jan(荷兰)
Born in 1942 in the Netherlands, died in 1975
2. AL SAADI, Abdullah(阿联酋)
Born in 1967 in the UAE, lives and works in Khorfakkan
3. ALADAG, Nevin(土耳其)
Born in 1972 in Turkey, lives and works in Berlin
4. ANTUNES, Leonor
Born in 1972 in Portugal, lives and works in Berlin
5. ARAEEN, Rasheed
Born in 1935 in Pakistan, lives and works in London
6. ARANCIO, Salvatore
He born in 1974 in Italy, lives and works in London
7. ATIKU, Jelili
Born in 1968 in Nigeria, lives and works in Lagos
8. ATLAS, Charles
Born in 1949 in the United States, lives and works in New York
9. ATTIA, Kader
Born in 1970 in France, lives and works in Berlin and Paris
10. ÁVILA FORERO, Marcos
Born in 1983 in France, lives and works in Paris and Bogota
11. BANERJEE, Rina
Born in 1963 in India, lives and works in New York
12. BEUTLER, Michael
Born in 1976 in Germany, lives and works in Berlin
13. BINION, McArthur
Born in 1946 in the United States, lives and works in Chicago
14. BLACK, Karla
Born in 1972 in the UK, lives and works in Glasgow
15. BLANK, Irma
Born in 1934 in Germany, lives and works in Milan
16. BLAZY, Michel
Born in 1966 in the Principality of Monaco, lives and works in Paris
17. BRUSCKY, Paulo
Born in 1949 in Brazil, lives and works in Recife
18. BUCHER, Heidi
Born in 1926, died in 1993 in Switzerland
19. CALAND, Huguette
Born in Lebanon in 1931, lives and works in Los Angeles
20. CHARRIÈRE, Julian
Born in 1987 in Switzerland, lives and works in Berlin
21. CIACCIOFERA, Michele
Born in 1969 in Italy, lives and works in Paris
22. CORDIANO, Martín
Born in 1975 in Argentina, lives and works in London
23. CSOR̈GŐ, Attila
Born in 1965 in Hungary, lives and works in Bialystok
24. CURNIER JARDIN, Pauline
Born in 1980 in France, lives and works in Amsterdam
25. DANZ, Mariechen
Born in 1980 in Ireland, lives and works in Berlin
26. DEKYNDT, Edith
Born in 1960 in Belgium, lives and works in Berlin
27. DÍAZ MORALES, Sebastián
Born in 1975 in Argentina, lives and works in Amsterdam
28. DOWNEY, Juan
Born in 1940 in Chile, died in 1993 in the United States
29. ELIASSON, Olafur
Born in 1967 in Denmark, lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin
30. ENGSTED, Søren
Born in 1974 in Denmark, lives and works in Copenhagen
31. FIŠKIN, Vadim
Born in 1965 in Russia, lives and works in Ljubljana
32. GARCÍA URIBURU, Nicolás
1937–2016, Argentina
33. GENG, Jianyi
Born in 1962 in China, lives and works in Hangzhou
34. GILLIAM, Sam
Born in 1933 in the United States, lives and works in Washington, D.C.
35. GRIFFA, Giorgio
Born in 1936 in Italy, lives and works in Turin
36. GUAN, Xiao
Born in 1983 in China, lives and works in Beijing
37. GUARNERI, Riccardo
Born in 1933 in Italy, lives and works in Florence
38. GUTIÉRREZ, Cynthia
Born in 1978 in Mexico, lives and works in Guadalajara
39. HAINS, Raymond
1926–2005, France
40. HAJAS, Tibor
1946–1980, Hungary
41. HALILAJ, Petrit
Born in 1986 in Kosovo, lives and works in Berlin
42. HALPRIN, Anna
Born in 1920 in the United States, lives and works in Kentfield, California
43. HAO, Liang
Born in 1983 in China, lives and works in Beijing
44. HERÁCLITO, Ayrson
Born in 1968 in Brazil, lives and works in Salvador
45. HICKS, Sheila
Born in 1934 in the United States, lives and works in Paris
46. HOPE, Andy
Born in 1930 in Germany, lives and works in Berlin
47. KASPER, Dawn
Born in 1977 in the United States, lives and works in New York
48. KHAN, Hassan
Born in 1975 in the UK, lives and works in Cairo
49. KIM, Sung Hwan
Born in 1975 in Korea, lives and works in New York
50. KONATE, Abdoulaye
Born in 1953 in Mali, lives and works in Bamako
51. KORINA, Irina
Born in 1977 in Russia, lives and works in Moscow
52. KWADE, Alicja
Born in 1979 in Poland, lives and works in Berlin
53. LAI, Florence
Born in 1984 in Hong Kong, lives and works in Hong Kong
54. LAI, Maria
1919–2013, Italy
55. LANCETA, Teresa
Born in 1951 in Spain, lives and works in Alicante and Barcelona
56. LATHAM, John
Born in 1921 in Zambia, died in 2006 in the UK
57. LEE Mingwei
Born in Taiwan in 1964, lives and works in Paris
58. LEIBOVICI, Franck
Born in 1975 in France, lives and works in Paris
59. LEWITT, Sam
Born in 1981 in the United States, lives and works in New York
60. LIU, Jianhua
Born in 1962 in China, lives and works in Shanghai
61. LIU, Ye
Born in 1964 in China, lives and works in Beijing
62. MAKHACHEVA, Taus
Born in 1983 in Russia, lives and works in Moscow and Makhachkala
63. MALLUH, Maha
Born in 1959, Saudi Arabia, lives and works in Riyadh
64. MARWAN
Born in 1934 in Syria, died in 2016 in Germany
65. MATSUTANI, Takesada
Born in 1937 in Japan, lives and works in Paris
66. MEDALLA, David
Born in the Philippines in 1938, lives and works in London
67. MILLER, Dan
Born in 1961 in the United States, lives and works in Oakland
68. MILLER, Peter
Born in 1978 in the United States, lives and works in Cologne and Dusseldorf
69. MIRALDA, Antoni; RABASCALL, Joan; SELZ, Dorothée; XIFRA, Jaume
Born in 1942 in Spain, lives and works in Barcelona; born in 1935 in Spain, lives and works in Paris; born in 1946 in France; lives and works in Paris; and born in Spain in 1934, died in 2014 in France
70. MonDRIAN FAN CLUB (David Medalla and Adam Nankervis)
Born in the Philippines in 1938, lives and works in London, and born in 1965 in Australia, lives and works in London and Berlin
71. MURESAN, Ciprian
Born in 1977 in Romania, lives and works in Cluj
72. NENGUDI, Senga
Born in 1943 in the United States, lives and works in Colorado Springs
73. NETO, Ernesto
Born in 1964 in Brazil, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro
74. NUÑEZ, Katherine and RODRIGUEZ, Issay
Born in 1992 in the Philippines and born in 1991 in the Philippines, living and working in Marikina
75. OHO
Founded in 1966, based in Kranj and Ljubljana since 1971
76. OROZCO, Gabriel
He born in 1962 in Mexico, lives and works in Tokyo
77. PARRENO, Philippe
Born in 1964 in Algeria, lives and works in Paris
78. PICH, Sopheap
Born in 1971 in Cambodia, lives and works in Phnom Penh
79. PLNÝ, Lubos
Born in 1961 in the Czech Republic, lives and works in Prague
80. POGACNIK, Marko
Born in 1944 in Slovenia, lives and works in Sempas
81. POLSKA, Agnieszka
Born in 1985 in Poland, lives and works in Berlin
82. POOTOOGOOK, Kananginak
1951–2010, Canada
83. PORTER, Liliana
Born in 1941 in Argentina, lives and works in New York
84. QUINLAN, Eileen
Born in 1972 in the United States, lives and works in New York
85. RAHMOUN, Younès
Born in Morocco in 1975, lives and works in Tetouan
86. RAMA, Edi
Born in 1964 in Albania, lives and works in Tirana
87. RAMÍREZ, Enrique
Born in Chile in 1979, lives and works in Paris and Santiago
88. RAMÍREZ-FIGUEROA, Naufus
Born in Guatemala in 1978, lives and works in Berlin
89. ROSE, Rachel
Born in 1986 in the United States, lives and works in New York
90. SALA, Anri
Born in 1974 in Albania, lives and works in Berlin
91. SÁNCHEZ, Zilia
Born in 1926 in Cuba, lives and works in San Juan
92. SAPOUNTZIS, Yorgos
Born in 1976 in Greece, lives and works in Berlin
93. SCOTT, Judith
1943–2005, United States
94. SHARIF, Hassan
1951–2016, United Arab Emirates
95. SHAVER, Nancy
Born in 1946 in the United States, lives and works in Jefferson and Hudson, New York
96. SHAW, Jeremy
Born in 1977 in Canada, lives and works in Berlin
97. SHERK, Bonnie Now
Born in the USA, lives and works in New York and San Francisco
98. SHIMABUKU
Born in 1969 in Japan, lives and works in Naha
99. SMITH, Kiki
Born in 1954 in Germany, lives and works in New York and the Catskills
100. STARK, Frances
Born in 1967 in the United States, lives and works in Los Angeles
101. STILINOVIĆ, Mladen
Born in 1947 in Serbia, died in Croatia
102. STOLTE, Fiete
Born in 1979 in Germany, lives and works in Berlin
103. STUART, Michelle
Born in 1933 in the United States, lives and works in New York
104. SUGA, Kishio
Born in 1944 in Japan, lives and works in Ito
105. TANAKA, Koki
Born in 1975 in Japan, lives and works in Kyoto
106. TENGER, Hale
Born in 1960 in Turkey, lives and works in Istanbul
107. THE PLAY
Founded in 1967 in Japan, based in the Kansai region
108. TOULOUB, Achraf
Born in 1986 in Morocco, lives and works in Paris
109. TRAN, Thu Van
Born in 1979 in Vietnam, lives and works in Paris
110. UPRITCHARD, Francis
Born in 1976 in New Zealand, lives and works in London
111. VERZUTTI, Erika
Born in 1971 in Brazil, lives and works in São Paulo
112. VOIGNIER, Marie
Born in 1974 in France, lives and works in Paris
113. VOROBYEVA, Yelena and VOROBYEV, Viktor
Born in 1959 in Turkmenistan, and born in 1959 in Kazakhstan, living and working in Almaty, Kazakhstan
114. WAHEED, Hajra
Born in 1980 in Canada, lives and works in Montreal
115. WALTHER, Franz Erhard
Born in 1939 in Germany, lives and works in Fulda
116. WATERS, John
Born in 1946 in the United States, lives and works in Baltimore
117. WEST, Franz
1947–2012, Austria
118. WYN EVANS, Cerith
Born in 1958 in the UK, lives and works in London
119. YEESOOKYUNG
Born in 1963 in Korea, lives and works in Seoul
120. ZHOU, Tao
Born in 1976 in China, lives and works in Guangzhou
