Biennials & festivals
Okwui Enwezor was one of the most influential curators in history
The Art Newspaper's features editor Ben Luke pays tribute
Activists to stage alternative biennial in Havana
Independent artists groups plan to put Cuba's controversial Decree 349 to the test
Why we need an independent biennial in Havana
The San Isidro Group of Cuban artists explain their plans for the Bienal Sin 349
Authorities cancel activist youth festival in Russia's Far East
Officials raised concerns that the festival was promoting an LGBT agenda
Fake news, contested histories and fluctuating borders: the Sharjah Biennial in pictures
The 14th edition of the international exhibition in the United Arab Emirates includes more than 80 artists with over 60 new commissions
Why Milan’s triennial is a matter of life and death
Human extinction and planetary devastation are tackled in the XXII Triennale di Milano—but the message is one of hope through innovation
'I stand in solidarity with the staff and say no': Michael Rakowitz on why he turned down the Whitney Biennial
Recent controversies over the museum's board prompt artist to question participation in this year's event
Block Universe performance festival expands to Berlin power station
New 350 sq. m contemporary art space E-Werk Luckenwalde has joined the programme for the event's fifth anniversary
Honolulu Biennial focuses on indigenous artists and local issues
The second edition of the biennial takes a proudly Pacific-centred view
Hits and misses at Palm Springs's second Desert X biennial
Some half-baked works mean this year’s event fails to live up to the promise of the first edition
Singapore Biennale to look on the bright side of life
Exhibition in November "puts its faith squarely in the potential of art to rework the world”
Zimbabwe biennial postponed amid political turmoil
As civil unrest and internet shutdowns continue, organisers say they now hope to hold event in 2020
Environmental issues grow on the Taipei Biennale
Co-curators Mali Wu and Francesco Manacorda have invited Taiwanese indigenous land right protesters to occupy parts of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
2019: art market predictions and the best events
From Brexit worries to emerging trends, we look ahead at what to expect from the art market this year. Plus, our correspondents pick the must-see exhibitions, fairs and festivals. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
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