On 12 November 2009 the Biennial Foundation, in artistic development since March 2008, has been legally established by civil-law notary Mr. Sabine van Suijdam, in Amsterdam (NL). In the foundation’s …
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Based on the Biennial Foundation’s Organization and Activities Plan, the Mondriaan Foundation (NL) has confirmed financial support for the first two years of the foundation’s upcoming existence. With the current …
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Listening to the thoughts and needs of many biennial directors, curators, and administrators internationally, the Biennial Foundation has been investigating what it can mean for biennial organizations worldwide, and how …
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Against the background of the Bergen City Council’s plans to establish a biennial for contemporary art in Bergen – Norway, the Bergen Kunsthall is organizing an international symposium to study …
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As part of the development of the Biennial Foundation organizers and curators from various biennials in the Americas are invited to meet and reflect upon the set-up of the Biennial Foundation, its aims, activities and functioning.
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The 28th São Paolo Biennial directed by Ivo Mesquita seeks to rethink the way in which the São Paulo Biennial Foundation has been producing the successive editions since 1951, opening up an interlude of reflection in the exhibition’s history. The 28th Biennial takes the biennial as its theme, and poses questions such as:
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ελculture.gr is a TV program on arts and culture broadcasted on the Greek national channel ERT and on ERT World, international. ελculture.gr is also a bi-lingual (GR-EN) daily updated website and weekly e-magazine (ελc-mag).
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After collaboration with Marieke van Hal on the 4th ‘Biennials in Dialogue’ conference organized by IFA in Shanghai (6-7 September 2008) Rafal Niemojewski officially joins the team of Biennial Foundation. Rafal Niemojewski will be involved in the research aspects and website development of the Biennial Foundation.
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‘Biennials in Dialogue’ is the title of a series of international conferences organized by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) aimed at generating multidisciplinary discussion around biennials by inviting stakeholders of the biennial industry from various parts of the world.
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Biennial Foundation has been granted support for its research and initial development from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB).
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The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) is an organization operating worldwide to promote artistic exchange and dialogue between civil societies and to provide information about foreign cultural policy.
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The Biennial Foundation is initiated by Marieke van Hal. Marieke van Hal worked for many years in the field of international biennials
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