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Concept Image of the Biennale theme. Image © Paula Vilaplana de Miguel The 13th Shanghai Biennale advocates for the momentous contribution that art plays in the reconstruction of a world shaped by environmental, social and political distress, says chief curator Andrés Jaque. The overarching theme of the Biennale encourages thinking beyond human-centred and nation-based narratives to a connection between the individual and the environment. Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo, Art Night London 2019. Courtesy the artists and Art Night 2019, photo by Matt Rowe Curated by the New York-based architect and writer Andrés Jaque, director of the Advanced Architectural Design Program at Columbia University and founder of the Office for Political Innovation, together with a team comprising Marina Otero Verzier, Lucia Pietroiusti, Mi You and Filipa Ramos, the exhibition also invites artists to engage with the history and geography of Shanghai. The city itself illustrates the theme, as the H

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