Curator Massimiliano Gioni chose the title "The Encyclopedic Palace" for this year's Biennale - and that's exactly what he turned the Arsenale and the Central Pavilion into! Other main themes are the growing significance of material wealth in our society, as well as the rise of China as the new superpower of art.

A video with the highlights can be watched here - embedding rights are available for licensing: http://vimeo.com/heimoaga/artbiennale55