British architect David Chipperfield has been appointed to curate the world's largest architecture exhibition: the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.
The award-winning architect will have eight months to create a theme for the two major shows of Arsenale and Giardini.
He will be the first British architect to curate the event.
The UK’s Guardian newspaper reported that Chipperfield was the preferred choice months ago, but was reluctant to take on the role because of concerns over the proposed appointment of Giulio Malgara as the biennale's director, because of his links to friend Silvio Berlusconi. However, following Berlusconi's decision to stand down as Italian prime minister, it was reported as almost certain that Malgara would not take up the post.
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