Desert X 2021 announced the participating artists in its third edition of the site-specific, international art exhibition opening March 12–May 16, 2021 at sites across the Coachella Valley. Thirteen artists from eight countries will be presented in the exhibition curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-Curator César García-Alvarez. Desert X 2021 will be among the first art experiences in the region since widespread lockdowns, offering a safe, outdoor experience that is free and open to all.
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Manifesta announces host locations for 2024 and 2026 editions
Manifesta has announced that the 2024 edition of the itinerant European biennial will take place in Barcelona and ten other metropolitan cities of Catalonia region. The International Foundation Manifesta simultaneously announced their pick for the 2026 edition, which will take place in Germany’s Ruhr Area.
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Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar and David Teh will curate the 17th Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has announced the curatorial team for the 17th edition of the Istanbul Biennial: curator Ute Meta Bauer, artist Amar Kanwar, and art historian David Teh.
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Philip Tinari to curate the first Ad-Diriyah Biennale in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Thunaiyat Ad-Diriyah Foundation announced today that Saudi Arabia’s first art biennale will be curated by Philip Tinari, the director and chief executive of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, China’s leading contemporary art institution.
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Mami Kataoka Appointed Artistic Director of Aichi Triennale 2022
Aichi Prefecture established a new organizing committee to manage Aichi Triennale 2022 with Takeo Obayashi (Chairperson of the Board, Obayashi Corporation) appointed as Chairperson. Mami Kataoka (Director of the Mori Art Museum and President of the CIMAM) was selected as Artistic Director of Aichi Triennale 2022.
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José Roca appointed as Artistic Director of the 23rd Biennale of Sydney
The Biennale of Sydney is delighted to announce Colombian curator José Roca as the Artistic Director of the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, which will take place 12 March – 13 June 2022.
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OBOE Journal On Biennials and Other Exhibitions launches its first issue
OBOE Journal On Biennials and Other Exhibitions launches its first issue with a focus on the Venice Biennale. Born in 1895, the Venice exhibition, although the criticism for its limitations, is still one of the most significant and defining events of the contemporary art calendar.
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Théo-Mario Coppola and Håkon Lillegraven to curate MOMENTUM 11
MOMENTUM has appointed Théo-Mario Coppola as the curator and Håkon Lillegraven as the associate curator of the eleventh edition of the biennale that will take place in 2021 under the title HOUSE OF COMMONS.
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Venice Biennale postpones the upcoming editions of architecture and art exhibitions
The architecture biennale will now open in May 2021 instead of this month. The next biennale of contemporary art has been pushed from May 2021 to April 2022.
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22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN moves to digital experience
Working with long-time Biennale partner Google – and in a first for the Biennale of Sydney – audiences around the world will be able to engage with NIRIN on the Google Arts & Culture platform. Creating a virtual Biennale will bring the exhibition and programs to life through live content, virtual walk-throughs, podcasts, interactive Q&As, curated tours and artist takeovers.
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Aichi Triennale’s controversial exhibition will be restaged in Taiwan
The exhibition After ‘Freedom of Expression?’ organized as part of the Aichi Triennale which caused controversy last year will be re-staged this Spring in Taiwan, the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art in announced.
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Cecilia Alemani appointed as Artistic Director of Venice Biennale 2021
Cecilia Alemani has been appointed as the Artistic Director of the Visual Arts Department, with the task of planning and curating the coming 59th Exhibition. On the occasion of her …
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