As the Venice Biennale opens next week amid cascading crises, the oldest art biennial cannot pretend that culture and geopolitics occupy separate rooms.
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The international jury of the 61st Venice Biennale resigned en masse today, just nine days before the exhibition opens — and within hours, the Biennale announced it would replace the …
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The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announces Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca as chief curators of the 37th Bienal de São Paulo. Scheduled to take place in 2027 at the …
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The Festival of Regions—one of Austria’s most prominent biennial events for contemporary art and culture since 1993—invites artists, cultural practitioners, and initiatives to submit project proposals for its 2027 edition, titled Eintauchen / Diving Deeper.
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The 61st International Art Exhibition – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh – organised by La Biennale di Venezia, will be accompanied by 100 National Participations and 31 Collateral Events. Seven countries are participating in Biennale Arte for the first time: the Republic …
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The 111 invited participants of this exhibition – among them, individual artists, collaborative duos, collectives, and artist-led organisations – hail from many geographies and regions selected by Koyo with particular attention to resonances, affinity, and and possible convergences between practices, even when far apart.
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The art world is mourning the sudden and profound loss of Henrike Naumann, the visionary German installation artist who passed away on February 14, 2026, at the age of 41. Her death, which followed a tragically late cancer diagnosis, comes at a moment when she was poised to reach the zenith of her career: representing Germany at the 61st Venice Biennale.
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For Sonsbeek 2026 memory is not approached as static or nostalgic, but as an unfinished, dynamic force that constantly reshapes who we are and how we live together. Remembering and forgetting are considered not as opposites, but interdependent processes that are selective, contested, and charged with power. Today, Arnhem and Park Sonsbeek remain layered sites where personal and collective histories and ecological rhythms converge. Against the backdrop of ongoing global conflict, displacement, and ecological crisis, the urgency of asking who gets to remember, and how, has only intensified.
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TEA invites artists and collectives to apply to this call to develop and present projects whose research and methodology are focused on territory and community, whether through critical reflection, contextual intervention or collaboration with local agents.
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The Biennale of Sydney is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from visionary curators and cultural producers who are interested in being the Artistic Director of the 26th Biennale of Sydney (2028).
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The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is pleased to announce that applications for its 10th edition open call will begin on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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Biennials Connect Grants are now offering grants of up to £9,500 to UK and international biennials / festivals in eligible countries. Biennials Connect Grants support visual artists’ participation in UK and international festivals and biennials. The grants directly benefit artists by facilitating opportunities for travel, the production of new work, networking, skills building and showcasing through biennial partners.
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