Biennials

Biennials

Special features, including extensive visual tours, information overview, curatorial texts, biographies, organizers, etc.

All UiU Biennial Specials since 1997

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International Biennials and other regular exhibitions

CURRENT: UiU Specials 2018

1st Bangkok Art Biennale

19 Oct. 2018 - 3 Feb. 2019. Beyond Bliss. Director: Apinan Poshyananda. Curatorial team: Luckana Kunavichayanont, Patrick D. Flores, Adele Tan, Sansern Milindasuta. 75 participants.

Taipei Biennial 2018

17 November 2018 - 10 March 2019, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan. Post-Nature - A Museum as an Ecosystem. Curators: Mali Wu & Francesco Manacorda.

Cuenca Biennial 2018

23 November 2018 - 3 February 2019, Cuenca, Ecuador. Living Structures: Art as a plural experience. General Curator: Jesús Fuenmayor. Pedagogical Curator: Félix Suazo.

Manif d'art 9

16 February - 21 April 2019. Title: Small Between the Stars, Large Against the Sky. Curator: Jonathan Watkins. Assistant curator: Michelle Drapeau

Venice Biennale 2019

58th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, 11 May - 24 November 2019. Title: May You Live in Interesting Times. Curator: Ralph Rugoff.

Sharjah Biennial 14, 2019

Opening in March 2019. Title: Leaving the Echo Chamber. Distinct exhibitions by each of the three curators: Zoe Butt, Omar Kholeif, Claire Tancons.

Sesc_Videobrasil 2019

Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil, October. 2019 - February 2020. Title: Imagined Communities. Director: Solange Farkas

documenta 15, 2022

18 June - 25 September 2022. First Information: Selection Committee which appoints the artistic directorship of documenta 15.

RETROSPECTIVE - UiU Specials

Venice Architecture Biennale

16th International Architecture Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. 26 May - 25 November 2018. Curators: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara.

21st Paiz Art Biennial

16 Aug. - 16 Sept. 2018, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama. General curator: Gerardo Mosquera. Curators: Maya Juracán, Esperanza De León, Laura Wellen.

Echigo-Tsumari Triennale

29 July - 17 Sept. 2018, Japan. General Director: Fram Kitagawa. About 360 works by artists, architects, performers from 44 countries.

Seoul Mediacity Biennale

Information and photos of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale in South Korea. Presented by Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art.

2nd Yinchuan Biennale

9 June - 19 September 2018, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, China. Curator: Marco Scotini and team. 90 artists from over 30 countries and regions.

documenta 14, 2017

8 April - 16 July 2017 in Athens; 10 June - 17 Sept. 2017 in Kassel. Artistic Director Adam Szymczyk. Approx. 200 participants.

57th Venice Biennale

57th Internat. Art Exhibition, May - Nov. 2017. Artistic Director: Christine Macel. Extensive coverage, features.

Yokohama Triennale 2017

4 Aug. - 5 Nov. 2017. Islands, Constellations & Galapagos. Directors: OSAKA Eriko, MIKI Akiko, KASHIWAGI Tomoh.

1st Anren Biennale

Oct. 2017 - Feb. 2018, Sichuan Province, China. Artistic direction: Lu Peng. Four exhibitions, curatorial teams

Sharjah Biennial 13

5 parts, Oct. 2016 - Jan. 2018, in Sharjah, Beirut, Dakar, Ramallah, Istanbul. Curator: Christine Tohmé.

Asian Art Biennial 2017

Sep. 2017 - Feb. 2018, Taichung, Taiwan. Curators: Kenji Kubota, Ade Darmawan, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Hsiao-Yu Lin

BIENALSUR 2017

Sep. - Dec. 2017, Buenos Aires and 31 partner cities in 16 countries. General Director: Aníbal Jozami.

KB17 - Karachi Biennale 2017

21 October - 5 November 2017, 12 venues in Karachi, Pakistan. Conceptual framework: Witness. Chief Curator: Amin Gulgee

Sesc_Videobrasil 2017

20th Contemporary Art Festival, 3 Oct. 2017 - 14 Jan. 2018, São Paulo. 50 artists from the Global South.