Biennials & festivals
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
Oslo joins the biennial crowd: inaugural citywide exhibition to open in 2019
Event in Norwegian capital—launching the same month as the next Venice Biennale—will unfold in public spaces
From Koons to Kusama, five art films to catch from the Sundance Film Festival
Documentaries that examine the contemporary art market boom and the life of the world’s most popular artist had their world premieres in Park City, Utah
In pictures: light festival Lumiere brightens up London
Four-day festival includes more than 50 public works by artists such as Tracey Emin and Patrice Warrener
Mali Wu and Francesco Manacorda named co-curators of next Taipei Biennale
Exhibition opening in November will explore grassroots communities
The top biennials and events coming up this year
Manifesta travels to Sicily and a new triennial is due to open in the US, while Glasgow and Liverpool welcome back their big exhibitions in 2018
Rapid response and mind-boosting robots: London Design Biennale participants reveal exhibition ideas
Israel’s entry will tap into turbulent times while Lebanon presentation reflects fantasy and reality of Beirut
Lahore Biennale back on track after a management overhaul
Artist and academic Iftikhar Dadi has joined the advisory committee of the biennale, which is due to launch next March
High-tech art in Houston: data-driven installations look at issues like Hurricane Harvey and mass incarceration
The works were commissioned and presented as part of the art and music festival Day for Night
Elmgreen & Dragset bring a bit of Istanbul Biennial to Germany
Curators of this year’s show, with the theme of home and neighbourhoods, show key works at Munich museum
In pictures: Ron Mueck's biggest-ever installation
Mass, an arrangement of 100 fibreglass and resin skulls, is a highlight of the National Gallery of Victoria's inaugural triennial
Cuban artists crowdfund to create a ‘Havana Biennial for everyone’
Organisers vow to run their own exhibition after government postpones official event