1895年在意大利威尼斯举办了世界上第一个国际双年展,至今已有111年了。在威尼斯双年展举办了半个多世纪之后, 1951年巴西开始举办圣保罗双年展,1959年法国开始举办巴黎双年展,到20世纪80年代以来,国际双年展几乎成了一种时尚潮流,许多国家纷纷竞相举办。亚洲举办国际双年展比较晚,是在威尼斯双年展已经举办了一百年之后的1996年才开始。我们亚洲的国际双年展是后起的比较年轻的 It was 111 years since the first international biennial in the world was held in Venice, Italy, in 1895. After hosting the Venice Biennale for more than half a century, Brazil began hosting the Sao Paulo Biennale in 1951 and the Paris Biennale was held in France in 1959. The International Biennale has almost become a fashion since the 1980s Trend, many countries are competing to hold. It was relatively late for Asia to host the International Biennale, which started in 1996, a century after the Venice Biennale had been held. Our Asian International Biennale is relatively young after the start