Biennials & festivals
Must-see biennials, triennials and festivals in 2019
From "interesting times" at Ralph Rugoff's Venice Biennale to an Anthropocene-inspired Istanbul Biennial, plus Sharjah and the best of the rest
We are all America: first Faena Festival aims to unify, not divide
There is continuity across the two continents, says curator of Miami Beach event
Documenta deficit caused by Athens overspending widens to €7.6m in final audit
Shareholders agree to increase funding for the 2022 edition
Queensland museum will receive major boost from ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Acquisitions include woven clothing mats from the Marshall Islands and reflections on the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror
Bangkok’s first biennial is a blissed-out affair
Artists from 33 countries explore theme of happiness at event with works shown in galleries, temples, shopping malls and hotels
Pittsburgh’s Carnegie International is a DIY (Do Interpret Yourself) exhibition
The show’s curator Ingrid Schaffner has avoided an ill-fitting theme and allowed the art to speak for itself—sometimes this works and sometimes it does not
Gwangju Biennale's 11 curators delve into South Korea's hidden traumas
The theme of Imagined Borders addresses the fraught relationship with the North as well as global tensions surrounding migration and identity
Three exhibitions to see in São Paulo this weekend
From the artist-curated Bienal de São Paulo to a sweeping survey of Latin American art by “radical women”
Little known Modern artists struggling with mental health find a place in the Sao Paulo biennial
Swedish artist Mamma Andersson brings marginalised practitioners, including Chicago recluse Henry Darger, to the fore
Police remove giant Erdogan statue from German city square after aggressive exchanges
City authorities in Wiesbaden say it posed a threat to security
Ecuador's Cuenca Biennial organisers fret over budget shortfall
A federal allotment of $100,000, less than in past years, has yet to be disbursed
Berlin Wall may be resurrected—and then demolished—as part of anniversary of reunification
Organisers of the culture festival Berliner Festspiele are in talks with city authorities and are yet to confirm the event
How a chain-link mosque at the Vancouver Biennale became a community hub
Saudi artist Ajlan Gharem's installation stands as an example of cultural exchange as diplomatic tensions break out between Canada and Saudi Arabia
List of 34,361 dead refugees and migrants goes back on show in Liverpool after being destroyed
Reasons and perpetrators behind the removal of the key biennial work remain unclear
The Carnegie Museum announces first round of commissions in the 57th Carnegie International
The artists El Anatsui, Tavares Strachan, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Park MacArthur and many others will participate in the longstanding contemporary art show
Five must-see shows and events at Edinburgh Art Festival
From Shilpa Gupta's voices of silenced poets to Rembrandt in all his glory
After a year-long journey in the California desert, Desert X's art rover Shybot is found
The missing and crowd averse work has been recovered in Palm Springs, a bit banged up but otherwise intact
In pictures: five of the best new commissions at Liverpool Biennial 2018
Theme of tenth edition invokes turmoil of global politics, but artists react in individual ways
‘Pleasure and critical thinking’: Ralph Rugoff unveils curatorial direction of 2019 Venice Biennale
Exhibition is titled May You Live in Interesting Times, after counterfeit Chinese curse
Documenta to name new artistic director by early 2019
Quinquennial appoints eight-member search committee for curator of 2022 edition
Can two festivals bring hope to Trump country?
Front International in Cleveland and Opens Spaces in Kansas City aim to encourage unity in the US’s divided heartland
Liverpool Biennial: city that prospered in age of empire aims to show different world perspectives
Tenth edition named after poem written “at a time when Europe was in disarray”
Podcast episode 39: All about the biennials
We talk to Sally Tallant, the artistic director of the Liverpool Biennial, about the 10th edition opening next week. And Jane Morris, an editor-at-large of The Art Newspaper, joins Ben Luke to discuss “peak biennial”
Sydney biennial appoints its first indigenous Australian artistic director
Artist Brook Andrew’s work deals with notions of history, identity and race
Manifesta 12 makes the most of Palermo's botanical backdrop
Explorations of migration, slavery, memory and decay flourish in nomadic biennial’s botanic garden setting
Shooting at New Jersey arts festival injures 22 people
The incident has been attributed to gang violence and one suspect was believed to have been killed by police
Down under: Australian artist Mike Parr buries himself under a road for 72 hours
Veteran performer's tribute to victims of totalitarian violence is part of Dark Mofo festival in Hobart
Riga's first biennial launched by all-female team
Inaugural Riboca exhibition is financed by a Russian entrepreneur—to some Latvian reservations