Biennials & festivals

Film-maker Jonas Mekas to show photographs from his time as a WWII refugee at Documenta 14

Images the Lithuanian-American artist took at displaced persons camps in Germany reflect the current refugee crisis in Europe

The 2017 Sharjah Biennial roots for crops, earth, water and cooking

Curator Christine Tohmé also takes it to Dakar, Istanbul, Ramallah and Beirut

Greek artists get a share of the spotlight at Documenta 14 in Kassel

The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens will send part of its collection to Germany for the international exhibition

Seaside town to be turned into art school for Folkestone Triennial

Bob and Roberta Smith commission among 20 announced for UK event

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable: Details emerge about Damien Hirst’s secretive Venice show

Finished just in time for the Venice Biennale, this project has been 10 years in the making

78th Whitney Biennial expands definition of American art

Their largest edition yet spans the globe looking at what makes American art

Münster Sculpture Projects 2017 unveils artist line-up

Thomas Schütte and Jeremy Deller among artists from 19 countries to take part in the once-a-decade event

Saudi women artists make their mark at 21,39 festival in Jeddah

New works draw attention to destruction of Islamic heritage and female car crash victims

Asian artists flock together as biennials offer bigger stage

Artist-curators are playing a key role in increasing collaborations

Istanbul art fair and biennial join forces in bid to boost tourism in Turkey

Chairman of Contemporary Istanbul is lobbying the government for changes to tax on art

Kader Attia focuses on the politics and poetry of water during two-day event in Dakar

Initiative is part of the Sharjah Biennial’s ambitious off-site programme<br>

Fairsnews

Young artist and architect picked for Antarctic voyage

The interdisciplinary biennial is due to set sail in March 2017

What is the role of the liberal biennial in a conservative world?

Curators meet in Miami to consider why America needs more of these sprawling exhibitions

Whitney Biennial artist list announced

The 63 participants are grouped into a show focusing on art in a turbulent world

Art the antidote to political poison at Shanghai Biennale

Crashed spaceships and Theory Opera performances help provocative show deal with the uncertainties of a Trump world

Work censored as art world descends on Shanghai

As Shanghai Biennale, two art fairs and scores of exhibitions open, Sun Xun's video work shut down<br>

Singapore Biennale reflects on the ties between Asian countries

Atlas of Mirrors features works by 63 artists and collectives, from a loudspeaker made out of woks to a jackfruit timber dwelling

New York culture festival celebrates Antigone, an ancient heroine as relevant as ever

A new work by Carrie Mae Weems kicks off the Onassis Foundation’s four-day event

Documenta to restage Acropolis of banned books

Work by Marta Minujín was originally shown shortly after the collapse of Argentina's dictatorship in the 1980s

Sharjah Biennial looks beyond UAE with a year-long programme across five cities

Off-site events in Beirut, Dakar, Istanbul and Ramallah and a new digital platform will explore environmental themes

Palestine biennial to focus on themes of return and refuge

Richard Bell’s Tent Embassy protest piece will go on show in a refugee camp as part of Qalandiya International <br>

Liverpool’s The World Transformed festival aims to build Momentum on the British left

As the UK’s divided Labour Party meets for its annual conference, a politics and arts event aims for social engagement

Raqs Media Collective get philosophical for 2016 Shanghai Biennale

The main exhibition will pose existential questions, while satellite sections extend the show into the city, with local characters recruited to share the secret of “artful living”

Leading Istanbul galleries join forces for new Gallery Weekend

Fourteen dealers aim to bring “positive energy” to the city in wake of failed coup <br> <br>

Shanghai Project opens first phase with focus on the future

The cross-disciplinary project imagines the issues that will face the human race 100 years from now

Four artists to see at the São Paulo biennial

As the country faces political chaos, the long-running exhibition finds a patch of order with a garden theme

What to see in Korea this biennial season

From Gwangju’s heavily political works to a 30th anniversary show of Korean art in Gwacheon