The New Canon, panel discussion

Many cultures and identities of the Middle East remain unexplored to the rest of the world. How can institutions, both incumbent and newly founded, rewrite the story of modernism by taking the individual on a journey through global art from the mid 20th century to contemporary times, charting the evolution of modernism into a cutting-edge global movement? How are institutions creating a new art history narrative centered on the Global South with a focus on connections between the Middle East and Asia?
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The National Arts Council of Singapore would like to invite you to the inauguration of the Singapore Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
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Get to know the Singapore Biennale 2022 named Natasha
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To mark the publication of his new book, Biennials: The Exhibitions We Love to Hate, author Rafal Niemojewski is joined by art historian Jacky Klein to discuss contemporary biennials.
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Any Future for Biennials? Panel discussion. The many canceled large-scale international exhibitions of the past year raise serious questions about the viability of such spectacular events. At the same time, travel restrictions and localized lockdowns may recall a time when such venues for cultural and artistic exchange held a crucial utopian promise.
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LIAF 2017: The Henningsvær Charter
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The Global Work of Art Book Launch
Wednesday 4 October 2017, 6 – 8 pm

Biennial Foundation Advisory Board Member, Professor Caroline A. Jones presents her latest book The Global Work of Art: World’s Fairs, Biennials, and the Aesthetics of Experience, newly published by The University of Chicago Press. Introduction by Rafal Niemojewski, Director of the Biennial Foundation. Followed by drinks reception.
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The Biennial Factor: Impacting the Context
Friday 31 March 2017, 1pm

Talk featuring: Douglas Fogle, Independent Curator and Writer, Los Angeles; Rafal Niemojewski, Director, Biennial Foundation, New York; Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Partner, OMA/AMO, Rotterdam; moderated by Stefano Baia Curioni, Associate Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, Bocconi University, Milan.

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Alternative Art School Fair: a new initiative by Paris Biennale
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OSLO PILOT symposium: The Giver, the Guest and the Ghost
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Transnational Art Festivals and Exhibitions in 1990s Southeast Asia
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Contour Biennale 8 Preview Event
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