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Mark Bradford's "Mithra" at Prospect.1 in New Orleans.

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Cindy Sherman has been picked to headline the biennial’s sophomore effort, which will host 62 artists, as opposed to last year’s 81, and cost about $3 million to stage, a sizeable decrease from the $4.5 million directed toward the project last year. Cameron and Barbara Motley, Prospect.2’s executive director, are keeping quiet about the names of the other artists, who are said to hail from 20 countries.

While the biennial’s size has contracted, its ambitions have increased dramatically. Organizers say they hope to attract twice the number of visitors and have an even greater economic and cultural impact in 2010. Prospect.1 was seen by an estimated 42,000 visitors, 22,000 of which came from outside the Big Easy.

“New Orleans is a city that was always destined to have an important role in the international cultural dialogue,” Cameron said in a statement, noting, “Prospect.1 was in many ways an experiment, and we are entering its second iteration with much more certainty about our capacity to produce the event.” Producer U.S. Biennial hopes to make it a lasting tradition in the city.

Prospect.2 will run from Nov. 13, 2010, through Feb. 13, 2011.