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Detailed explanation-1: -Kerala: 5th Kochi Muziris Biennale, country’s largest contemporary art exhibition begins in Kochi. In Kerala, the fifth edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale, arguably the country’s largest contemporary art exhibition begins in Kochi today.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an international exhibition of contemporary art held in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It is the largest art exhibition in the country and the biggest contemporary art festival in Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kochi-Muziris Biennale is India’s first ever biennial of international contemporary art and its story is unique to India’s current reality-its political, social and artistic landscape.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale began on 12/12/12 and was set in spaces across Kochi, Muziris and surrounding islands. There were shows in existing galleries and site-specific installations in public spaces, heritage buildings and disused warehouse structures.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Art Biennale (La Biennale d’Arte di Venezia), is one of the largest and most important contemporary visual art exhibitions in the world. So-called because it is held biannually, it is the original biennale on which others in the world have been modeled.