Biennials & festivals
Artist being electrocuted to show the sinister implications of AI among highlights of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 11
The work by Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn was acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery, where the sprawling exhibition is being held
Ecological operas: the Gwangju Biennale 2024 moves away from the ideological
This year's edition of the leading South Korean exhibition takes its name from the traditional music form Pansori
After an embattled edition, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale announces next show
Nikhil Chopra and the collective HH Art Spaces will curate the next instalment of the prestigious Indian exhibition, scheduled to open in December 2025
Accra Cultural Week shines a light on Ghana’s burgeoning art scene
A host of globally recognised artists, a growing number of art world tourists and a domestic gallery boom are all contributing to the country’s reputation on the international stage
Biennial on Black Sea coast probes Turkey’s deep layers
This year's edition of Sinopale, one of Turkey's oldest biennials, looks at the ecological and social threats faced by the country
Isabel Nolan to represent Ireland at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Georgina Jackson, the director of The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art at Trinity College, Dublin, will be the pavilion's curator
Sameer Farooq’s library of flatbreads at the Toronto Biennial serves as a map of the city’s diasporic communities
The artist has been researching flatbreads and tandoors, the community ovens where they are often baked, in countries around the world since 2020
Christine Tohmé appointed curator of 18th Istanbul Biennial
The announcement follows a row over the initial appointment of Iwona Blazwick as the curator of the edition
Fourteen-hour film on Documenta 14 foreshadows the bureaucracy and culture wars that followed
At 840 minutes, “exergue - on documenta 14” exhaustively chronicles all that went right and wrong with Adam Szymczyk’s edition of Documenta in Kassel and Athens, though the actual art gets surprisingly little screen time
PST Art’s science-meets-art extravaganza in eight superlatives
From the Getty initiative’s most widely exhibited artist to its most calming installation
Art festival in Norway embraces the sounds of the Arctic Circle
At the Lofoten International Art Festival, music and sound art complement a majestic landscape of fjords and mountains
Two important private collections will take centre stage in Saudi Arabia's Islamic Arts Biennale next year
The second edition of the event will also include loans from the Louvre, the Bodleian Library, the Qatar National Library, and the Vatican—which does not have diplomatic relations with the kingdom
Toronto Biennial spotlights 36 artists—from international stars to emerging Canadian talents—at venues across the city
The biennial’s third edition, organised by co-curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López under the theme “Precarious Joys”, spans artist-run spaces, major museums and the airport
From pirate utopias to ‘auntie power’: Busan Biennale celebrates alternative narratives
This year's event marks beginning of a coordinated, cohesive art season for Korea that continues with Frieze Seoul, Kiaf and the Gwangju Biennale
Uzbekistan to get first major biennial in ancient city of Bukhara
Launching in September 2025, the first edition will feature international artists Antony Gormley and Slavs and Tatars as well as local participants
‘It's not about being disabled, it's about great art’: Unlimited festival returns to London's Southbank Centre
The UK's largest celebration of work by D/deaf and disabled artists opens on 4 September with a packed and varied programme
Whitney Museum selects two staff curators to lead 2026 biennial
The 82nd edition of the most closely-watched recurring exhibition in the United States will open in spring 2026
South by South West festival to integrate visual art at 2025 London debut
The curator Beth Greenacre has been appointed visual arts adviser to the festival
Italian art critic Eugenio Viola to curate 2025 Bienal de Arte Paiz
The largest contemporary art exhibition in Central America returns to Guatemala with a performance-art specialist at its helm
New York's Upstate Art Weekend returns for summer 2024
The ever expanding event has touched down for a four-day art extravaganza
School’s in: new UK biennial puts pupils front and centre
Organisers of the inaugural Camden Schools Art Biennale hope it will inspire broader action on arts education
Anglo-French actor brings Ukrainian art to London with new festival
Edward Akrout is launching Kyiv Art Sessions at the Old Sessions House this weekend
Next up for former Warhol Museum director Patrick Moore: South by Southwest London
Moore will advise on the forthcoming, arts-centric edition of the festival in his new role as culture lead of private equity firm Panarae
We must survive: Yokohama Triennale entwines stories of darkness and resistance
“Even though we are confronted with situations of hopelessness, resilience is our kind of hope,” say Chinese curators Carol Yinghua Lu and Liu Ding
Mardin Biennial finds a common ground
But event has been also been criticised for lack of “respect for local cultures and languages”
Queer art biennial launches in Detroit
Local non-profit Mighty Real/Queer Detroit has turned a citywide endeavour into a new queer art biennial
Photography festival fills Kyoto's stunning locations—from a kimono factory to a Tadao Ando building
Kyotographie is back for a 12th time, with shows that highlight the art of setting a scene
Have artist-run shows lost their market-making power?
The current focus on biennials obscures a past when artists reset the agenda
Taipei Biennial: a meditation on disease, loss and the lasting impact of 'Covid toxicity'
Rooted in sound, the show offered a deep dive into the whole gamut of human experience
How much should museums pay artists for events such as the Whitney Biennial?
Compensating participants for group exhibitions is an important but taboo subject, as is the fee amount institutions provide