Biennials & festivals
Aros Triennial unveils swathe of new commissions along five kilometres of Danish coastline
Works in the inaugural exhibition include an “anger room” and a safe haven for bees
Liverpool celebrates The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper album with a little help from artist friends
Among the 13 new commissions, Judy Chicago has designed a giant psychedelic mural while Jeremy Deller has produced a series of billboards and a secret performance
Documenta & Münster 2017
Our guide to the influential German exhibitions, which only coincide once every ten years
New Orleans biennial Prospect.4 announces artist lineup and focus
With the theme The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, artistic director Trevor Schoonmaker stays in tune with the history of the city, the birthplace of jazz
Sharon Lockhart gives voice to Polish girls and Jewish orphans at the Venice Biennale
For her project in the Polish pavilion, the photographer pays tribute to a pediatrician and writer who pioneered children’s rights
Richard Parry appointed new director of Glasgow International
He takes the reins of the contemporary art festival's eighth edition next year, replacing Sarah McCrory
Terra Foundation reveals ambitious plans for Art Design Chicago in 2018
The year-long multi-venue festival will celebrate the city’s art and design legacy with 25 exhibitions
Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art will shine a light on Baltic and Nordic artists
Katerina Gregos is the curator of the new biennial due to open in 2018
No smoke without fire: Documenta 14 unveils first work in Kassel
A smoking chimney billows for the start of the quinquennial event
Triennale di Milano: art effects empathy as forced migration anchors show
The Restless Earth explores the divisive subject currently preoccupying global media
Dispatches from our Man at the Antarctic Biennale: setting sail
Our correspondent, Adrian Dannatt, shares his diary from the expedition to the White Continent
What happens when the identity politics of the Left meet up with the racial isolation of the Right
The controversy over Dana Schutz's Open Casket is like a scene depicted in another of her paintings: a fight in an elevator with worn cables
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
‘It’s magic’: curator Cecilia Alemani offers a glimpse into the Italian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale
The pared-down presentation will look at the power of the imagination through three artists’ work
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





























