After the first two editions of the Shanghai Biennale were reserved exclusively for Chinese artists and traditional techniques (oil, ink, and watercolour painting), the Shanghai Biennale was opened to international participants (and curators) as of 2000. Under the sovereignty of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the Municipal Administration of Shanghai, it is organized by the city's Art Museum and Cultural Bureau as part of the Shanghai International Art Festival. Pipilotti Rist participated in 2002 with an installation in the Shanghai Art Museum.

This iconic photograph of a Vietnam War protester putting flowers in the gun barrels of National Guard troops was taken by Bernie Boston in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22, 1967. Boston died on January 22. 2008 at the age of 74. The photo, "Flower Power," was a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize.

Pipilotti is referring to the ninth official British album and the fifteenth American album by The Beatles. It is double album, released in 1968. It is commonly known as The White Album as it has no graphics or text other than the band's name (and, on the early LP and CD releases, a serial number) on its plain white sleeve.

Ranti Tjan became director of Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis in Gouda, The Netherlands, in 2004. On January 1st 2010 Ranti Tjan will leave to become director of the European Ceramic Workcentre in 's Hertogenbosch.

The Erasmus bridge was designed by the Dutch architect Ben van Berkel. Pipilotti’s work Cinquante Fifty was installed in the parking lot at the western side of the northern riverbank until October 2009. See a video of Cinquante Fifty at this unusual location on our YouTube channel.

The Internationale Beelden Collectie (International Sculpture Collection) is a collection of sculptures for public space that have been placed in the centre of Rotterdam since 1945.