Biennials & festivals
Farewell to Lumiere? UK light festival holds what may be its final edition
Organisers announced in October that this would be the last iteration of the event due to funding challenges
Torkwase Dyson and Alia Farid among artists commissioned for next Carnegie International
More than a dozen participating artists have been announced for the 2026 edition of the longest running recurring exhibition in North America
Long-running Azores art festival blossoms into a biennial
Walk&Talk, launched in 2011 as a celebration of street art, this year hosts an abundance of works by more than 80 artists in nine venues around the island of São Miguel
Performa brings digital doubles, kids reciting animal noises and more to New York
New York’s performance art biennial also features a slate of Lithuanian artists, a reimagined tale of supernatural mourning and a pop-rock supergroup singing protest songs
Tasmania’s remote Unconformity festival navigates a harsh landscape in more ways than one
Artists at this year’s event—opening at a difficult time for many in Australia’s art sector—are drawing on the qualities of the ravaged location
Aichi Triennale confronts war, memory and environmental collapse
The opening festivities for the exhibition’s timely sixth edition were marked by protests over local ties to Israel
During Guadalajara Art Week, exhibitions and fairs raise city’s profile
The fourth edition of the citywide art event included fairs, pop-up exhibitions and more, attracting new levels of institutional attention
After a turbulent period of reorganisation, the 18th Istanbul Biennial favours futurity over futility
Despite Turkey's increasing censorship, and against a background of war in the Middle East, curator Christine Tohmé takes a liberating approach to this beleaguered biennial
The sixth Aichi Triennale seeks to encompass destruction and renewal
The exhibition’s artistic director Hoor Al Qasimi says this edition does not shy away from traumatic events, but also finds strength in tales of survival
With its 36th edition, Bienal de São Paulo seeks to ‘exhibit silence’
Taking its theme from a poem by the Afro-Brazilian writer Conceição Evaristo, the biennial will also include a new series of performances
Berlin Atonal, the first biennial rooted in music and sound, pushes the boundaries of what ‘art’ can mean
The festival forgoes a unifying curatorial theme, opting instead for an experience driven by sound and its interaction with space
Seoul Mediacity Biennale searches for the mystical in contemporary art
"Practices we now call art originated within ceremonial contexts," say the curators of the event which opened this week
Gaza Biennale, featuring works by artists from the war-torn strip, will come to New York City
The roving exhibition—previously staged in London, Berlin, Athens and elsewhere—is a beacon of resilience amid destruction and turmoil
Manifesta announces location for 2028 edition
The nomadic art biennial will head to a new country for its 17th edition
Folkestone Triennial 2025 review: environmental catastrophe—but also hope, joy and a jolly salamander
The sixth edition of the sprawling exhibition on the English coast includes sculptures, immersive installations and films by 18 artists
National Museum of Korea names new director as part of post-election reshuffle
President Lee Jae Myung’s victory in June has been followed by homecomings for two high-profile arts figures in the country, while the Busan Biennale has also announced its curators for 2026
Highlights from New York’s Upstate Art Weekend 2025
The sixth edition of the annual art festival kicks off today
Prospect New Orleans will not take place in 2027
The city-wide contemporary-art triennial will instead publish a book celebrating its first 20 years
Once upon a time in New Mexico: 12th Site Santa Fe International focuses on the art of visual storytelling
This year’s biennial features almost 100 artists and “figures of interest” in a city-wide exploration of the tales we all tell and how they form us and our cultures
Liverpool Biennial 2025 digs deep into its city’s foundations with ‘Bedrock’ theme
The works on show in this year’s sprawling art festival explore the many aspects that make up Liverpool’s character, from its physical structure to the foundational values of its communities
Uzbekistan's inaugural Bukhara biennial promises to explore art, craft and emotion through food
Titled ‘Recipes for Broken Hearts’ the biennial will feature more than 70 Uzbek artists, along with the UK's Antony Gormley
Boston Public Art Triennial launches with more than a dozen projects across the city
Works at the inaugural triennial entreat locals and visitors alike to imagine new ways of understanding our world
Comment | The greatest failure of PST Art: its successes are not travelling
As the Getty wraps up its third edition of this initiative, it is time to address a persistent problem
Folk is having a revival—in the art world too
The Neo Ancients festival in the small Gloucestershire town of Stroud featured artists whose works have a more "pastoral" approach towards art production
US participation in 2026 Venice Biennale in limbo amid Trump's arts defunding
The administration's delays and disavowal of diversity initiatives have put the US Pavilion at the world's biggest biennial behind schedule
SXSW London's exhibitions line-up puts emphasis on art and technology and artists from London’s Caribbean diaspora
Andy Warhol, Alvaro Barrington, Tavares Strachan, Beeple, Alberta Whittle, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst among featured visual artists in June shows in Shoreditch, east London
‘Where are the artists with disabilities?’: the organisations opening up Asia’s art world
Hong Kong’s No Limits festival gives prominent spaces across the city to artists with disabilities, while Singapore’s Art:Dis pairs students with high-profile mentors
Whimsy wins the day at Desert X's 2025 edition
Two hours east of Los Angeles, a road trip worth the journey to outdoor projects by Alison Saar, Agnes Denes, Jose Dávila and others
How will arts institutions adapt to modern philanthropy?
As organisations reject tainted donors, they must deal with changing attitudes, budget cuts and socially aware audiences while engaging with new forms of private funding, a summit at Tefaf Maastricht explores
Cecilia Alemani details her character-driven curatorial approach for next Site Santa Fe International
The 12th edition of the International will be structured around roughly 25 figures, both real and fictional, from a 19th-century saloon owner to the Indigenous author N. Scott Momaday




























