Biennials & festivals
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
New design biennial launches in Qatar, highlighting talent from Palestine to Lebanon
Qatar Museums launches Design Doha platform as part of cultural drive in the oil-rich state
Israel will not be excluded from Venice Biennale, says Italian culture minister
More than 14,500 people have signed a letter demanding country is banned from this year’s Biennale
Diriyah Biennale's 'monumental' works create their own unique landscape—with familiar issues
The sprawling "After Rain" exhibition brings artists together to explore land, ecology and the crises being faced
Fondation Cartier strengthens partnership with Sydney Biennale and appoints new First Nations curatorial fellow
The celebrated Australian Indigenous artist Tony Albert has been named as the inaugural recipient of the fellowship
Nigerian Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024 to address looting of Benin Kingdom
Outside of the artists' work, the pavilion will show projects made in collaboration with the Museum of West African Art
Fusing contemporary with ancient: Desert X opens in Saudi Arabia's AlUla
The third edition of the show, which originated in southern California, features large-scale installations by 17 artists from the region and beyond
Cleveland's Front triennial cancels 2025 edition and shuts down
The recurring exhibition, which sought to make Northeast Ohio an arts destination, is ceasing operations after two iterations
'A call to action': 2024 Venice Biennale to feature more than 300 artists with focus on Indigenous and queer figures
Historic works from 20th-century artists from Latin America, Africa, the Arab world, and Asia will also be included
New campaign group to monitor Istanbul Biennial developments following curator row
Turkish artists and curators have organised two forums and raised concerns about participants who pulled out
71 participating artists and collectives revealed for 2024 Whitney Biennial
The exhibition, titled “Even Better Than the Real Thing” and co-curated by Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli, will feature works by 69 artists and two collectives
Sixth edition of Prospect New Orleans will feature 49 artists’ works throughout the city
Opening on 2 November, Prospect.6 will be the first edition of the triennial co-curated by an artist, with Ebony G. Patterson collaborating with Miranda Lash
Liverpool Biennial announces curator for 2025
Marie-Anne McQuay previously worked at the city's Bluecoat art centre, and currently holds positions including member of Arts Council Collection’s acquisitions committee