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Biennials

 

Calendar of international Biennials
and other regular art exhibitions

updated: May 2013

2013

2014  >> see below

29 September -
13 January 2013

8th Taipei Biennial
Taiwan

Curator: Anselm Franke.
Website / Email.  Information in UiU

2 October 2012 -
31 March 2013

9th Shanghai Biennale
China

Chief Curator: Qiu Zhijie.
Co-Curators: Boris Groys, Jens Hoffmann, Johnson Chang.
Website / Email

8 November 2012 -
13 January 2013

Biennale Bénin 2012
Cotonou, Porto-Novo, Ouidah, Abomey

Artistic director: Abdellah Karroum.
Associate curator of special projects: Didier Houénoudé.
EmailInformation in UiU

23 November 2012 -
30 March 2013
Opening: 22 Nov.

1st Montevideo Biennial
Uruguay

Chief curator: Alfons Hug.
Co-curators: Paz Guevara, Patricia Bentancur
Website / Email.  Information in UiU

8 December 2012 -
14 April 2013

APT 7 - Asia Pacific Triennial
Brisbane, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
Website / Email

12 December 2012 -
13 March 2013

1st Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Kochi and Muziris, Kerala Region, India

Artistic director: Bose Krishnamachari.
Director of programmes: Riyas Komu.
Website / Email

25 January -
7 February 2013

Chobi Mela VII
International Festival of Photography, Bangladesh

Director: Shahidul Alam
Website / Email.  Information, photos in Nafas Art Magazine

13 March -
13 May 2013

Sharjah Biennial 11
United Arab Emirates

Curator: Yuko Hasegawa
Website / Email.  Extensive Special by UiU

15 April -
30 May 2013

1st Biennial of the South in Panama
Panama

Curators Latin America: Mariano Ugalde, Luz Botero
Asia, Europe: José Luis Aguirre, José Maria Diaz-Maroto
Website / Email

10 May -
11 August 2013

5th Auckland Triennial
New Zealand

Curator: Hou Hanru
Website / Email

1 June -
24 November 2013
Preview days:
29 - 31 May 2013

55th Venice Biennale
Italy

Artistic director: Massimiliano Gioni.
Website / Email.  Special by UiU

6 June -
15 September 2013

Prague Biennale 5 / Prague Biennale Photo 2
Czech Republic

Directors: Giancarlo Politi, Helena Kontova
Curator: Nicola Trezzi
Website / Email

22 June -
29 September 2013

12th Triennial of Small-scale Sculpture
Fellbach, Germany

Curators: Yilmaz Dziewior, Angelika Nollert
Website / Email

22 June -
29 September 2013

7th Momentum Biennial
Moss, Norway

Curators: Power Ekroth, Erlend Hammer
Website / Email

16 July -
1 October 2013

Platform 5280, Biennial of the Americas
Denver, USA

Website / Email

27 July -
14 September 2013

17th Biennial of Cerveira
Portugal

Artistic Director: Augusto Canedo
Website / Email

10 August -
27 October 2013

2nd Aichi Triennale
Aichi / Nagoya, Japan

Artistic director: Taro Igarashi.
Website / Email.   Information by UiU

31 August -
31 October 2013

Bergen Assembly
Bergen, Norway

Curators: Ekaterina Degot, David Riff
Website / Email

31 August -
1 December 2013

7th Curitiba Biennial
Brazil

General curators:
Teixeira Coelho, Ticio Escobar
Website / Email

12 September -
29 December 2013
Preview days:
10 and 11 Sept. 2013

12th Lyon Biennial
France

Artistic director: Thierry Raspail.
Curator: Gunnar Kvaran.
Website / Email.  Information by UiU

13 September -
10 November 2013

9th Mercosul Biennial
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Chief curator: Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy.
Website / Email

14 September -
10 November 2013

13th Istanbul Biennial
Turkey

Curator: Fulya Erdemci.
Website / Email.  Information by UiU

14 September -
24 November 2013

30th Biennial of Graphic Arts
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Curator: Deborah Cullen
Website / Email

18 September -
18 December

4th Thessaloniki Biennale
Greece

Curator: Adelina von Fürstenberg
Website / Email

19 September -
20 October 2013

5th Moscow Biennale
Russia

Artistic director: Joseph Backstein.
Curator: Catherine de Zegher
Website / Email

20 September -
. November

7th SCAPE
Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space, New Zealand

Curator: Blair French
Website / Email

1 October -
1 December 2013

Kobe Biennale 2013
Japan

Website / Email

3 October-
10 November 2013

8th Biennale de Montréal
Canada

General and artistic director: Nicole Gingras.
Guest curators: Peggy Gale, Gregory Burke.
Website / Email

26 October 2013 -
16 February 2014

4th Singapore Biennale
Singapur

Team of co-curators.
Website / Email

5 November 2013 -
2 February 2014

18th SESC_Videobrasil
São Paulo, Brazil

President, curator: Solange Oliveira Farkas
Website / Email.   Information by UiU

16 November 2013 -
6 January 2012

Biennale Jogja XII / Equator # 2
Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Artistic Director: Farah Wardani
Curators: Agung Hujatnikajennong, Sarah Rifky
Website / Email.  Information in Nafas Art Magazine

 

2014

 

26 February -
31 March

Marrakech Biennale 5
Morocco

Artistic director: Alya Sebti. Curators:
Visual Arts: Hicham Khalidi
Performance Arts: Khaled Tamer
Architecture: Karim el Achak
Cinema & Video: Bouchra Khalili, Alexandre Kauffmann
Literature: Driss Kiskes
Website / Email

21 March -
9 June

19th Biennale of Sydney
Australia

Curator: Juliana Engberg
Website / Email

5 July -
October

8th Liverpool Biennial
United Kingdom

Artistic director: Sally Tallant
Curators: Mai Abu ElDahab, Anthony Huberman
Website / Email

August -
November 2014

5th Yokohama Triennale
Japan

Artistic Director: MORIMURA Yasumasa
Website / Email.
Special by Universes in Universe.

September -
December

31st São Paulo Biennial
Brazil

Curator: Charles Esche
Website / Email.  Information in UiU

 

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55th Venice Biennale 2013

55th Venice Biennale 2013
1 June - 24 November 2013. Preview: 29 - 31 May. Artistic Director: Massimiliano Gioni.
Preview: Pavilions, Exhibitions

13th Istanbul Biennial

13th Istanbul Biennial
14 September - 10 November 2013, professional preview: 12 - 13 September. Curator: Fulya Erdemci.

 

 

 

 

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This overview has been compiled from information of the organizers and other sources. We do not assume responsibility regarding the correctness of this information. See the Disclaimer.
Gerhard Haupt and Pat Binder, Universes in Universe

 

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