PAVILION OF THE UNITED STATES
56TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION - LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
JOAN JONAS’S THEY COME TO US WITHOUT A WORD
Presented by the MIT List Visual Arts Center in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State
Commissioner and Co-Curator: Paul C. Ha, Director of the MIT List Visual Arts Center
Co-Curator: Ute Meta Bauer, Director of the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Nanyang Technological University

Joan Jonas’s They Come to Us without a Word, the official U.S. presentation at the 56th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, is organized by the MIT List Visual Arts Center and is presented by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. The exhibition is produced with the collaboration of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York).The exhibition has been generously supported by U.S. Department of State, Cynthia and John Reed, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Additional major support was provided by the Council for the Arts at MIT, Toby Devan Lewis, VIA Art Fund, Agnes Gund, Lambent Foundation, and many other generous individuals, foundations, and corporations.