Group Show
The British Pavilion in 1932
© Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia, Archivio Storcio delle Arti Contemporanee
In 1931 the Government agreed to accept responsibility for the Pavilion, a decision which took effect in January 1932. The British Committee, who up until this point had financed and organised the exhibitions at the Pavilion, relinquished ownership in favour of the Government, and P.G. Konody's twenty-year involvement in the Biennale ceased. In 1932 for the first time the British section at the Biennale was organised by a Government department, the Department of Overseas Trade. At the urging of the Biennale authorities the very large numbers of artists exhibited began to be reduced, from ninety seven shown in 1930 to twenty five in this year.
Organised by the Department of Overseas Trade.
Selection Committee: Sir Charles Holmes (Chairman), Edward Marsh, J.B. Manson, Martin Hardie, C.L. Stocks, Alfred A. Longden, Campbell Dodgson, Francis Dodd, W.M. Hill (Secretary).
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