Biennials & festivals
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
Is the biennial model busted?
Riga, Bangkok, São Paulo—every modern city wants a biennial. But is this good for contemporary art? Leading curators join the hot debate
Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians' photos without permission promises no more funny business
Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa
From Riga to Los Angeles, biennials are searching for answers in troubled times
Manifesta 12, Made in LA, Riboca and the tenth Berlin Biennale explore whether art can make a difference in a rapidly changing world
‘Global’ contemporary African art comes to rural Portugal—despite growing visa issues for artists travelling to Europe
New festival Evora Africa includes key works by Malick Sidibé, Romuald Hazoumé and Cheri Samba
Displaying the ruins of demolished social housing at the Venice Architecture Biennale is not ‘art-washing’
The V&A acquired a fragment of London's Robin Hood Gardens before it was demolished
Venice: a city at a cultural crossroads
As the Venice Architecture Biennale opens, the Venetian journalist Enrico Tantucci analyses culture in the city through the Biennale, historic buildings, the Accademia and the Arsenale
Havana’s alternative #00Bienal ends on a defiantly optimistic note
The event’s organisers see success in the participants’ resistance to threats and intimidation from Cuba’s government
Contemporary art biennial returns to Mardin in Turkey after three-year hiatus
Event resumes in the ancient city in the country’s south-east corner after years of tumult
Wanted: nominations for World Monuments Fund’s Modernism prize
The biennial award was established to help preserve Modern architecture
In Bruges: sea plastic, Chinese crabs and a Spanish pool take centre stage at triennial
Commissions for the second edition of the Bruges Triennial are closely linked with the city’s famous canals
Biennale bonanza: artist line-ups revealed for Riga, Berlin and São Paulo shows
Curtain also lifts on Manifesta 12 and the 2019 Sharjah Biennial
Documenta appoints Sabine Schormann as third director in less than a year
She will take over following last edition's €5.4m budget fiasco
Artists take to the streets of Limerick in emotive abortion rights protest
Procession organised by Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment marks launch of Eva International biennial
Sharjah builds profile as destination emirate with launch of 2019 architecture triennial
Region urgently needs a platform for architecture and urbanism, organisers say
Ai Weiwei makes triumphant return to Sydney to open biennial
Giant refugee lifeboat is one of two works by Chinese dissident artist in the Biennale of Sydney
Venues announced for tenth Berlin Biennale
The four permanent locations have been chosen for their historical and contemporary relevance, curator says
New Museum Triennial aims to deliver a message for our times
Every selected artist has a "degree of political and social engagement", curator says
What to see at 21,39—Saudi Arabia’s contemporary art festival
Critics choose highlights from fifth edition of the Jeddah show, organised by Tate curator Vassilis Oikonomopoulos
Diana Campbell Betancourt: 'How I put together the Dhaka Art Summit'
Chief curator of biennial south Asian art platform discusses her gruelling schedule, rediscovered art work stores, and how art world friends can help with insurance
Prelude to a launch: New York’s new arts centre The Shed to host 12-day festival this May
Multi-disciplinary cultural centre is due to open in 2019
Shanghai Biennale 2018 to focus on the 'ambivalence of the present age'
Head curator Cuauhtémoc Medina draws on ee cumming's concept of proregression
Cleveland’s Front International triennial teams up with local museums for new commissions
Existing works by artists like Kerry James Marshall and Martine Syms will also be included in the show