The exhibition After ‘Freedom of Expression?’ organized as part of the Aichi Triennale which caused controversy last year will be re-staged this Spring in Taiwan, the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art in announced.
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Cecilia Alemani appointed as Artistic Director of Venice Biennale 2021
Cecilia Alemani has been appointed as the Artistic Director of the Visual Arts Department, with the task of planning and curating the coming 59th Exhibition. On the occasion of her …
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Desert X Saudi Arabia franchise prompts three board members to resign
Desert X, the biennial of public art taking place in Coachella Valley has announced its first international franchise in Saudi Arabia. Three of 14 members on the organization’s board of directors resigned over the decision, including: artists Ed Ruscha, art historian and curator Yael Lipschutz and philanthropist Tristan Milanovich.
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Aichi Triennale organizes International Forum amid accusations of alleged censorship
Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee has organized a forum to publicly discuss the conflict between the Triennale organizers and some of the participating artists, who explained their positions in the open letter IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION published on our website in August.
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The Shoreline Dilemma – inaugural edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art launches this weekend
The Shoreline Dilemma, the inaugural edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art (the Biennial), launches on Saturday, September 21, 2019, with special opening weekend programming. The Exhibition, presented across several sites throughout the 72-day event, remains on view until December 1, 2019.
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Bruno Latour and Martin Guinard announce the concept for Taipei Biennial 2020
The curators of the Taipei Biennial 2020, Bruno Latour and Martin Guinard announced the concept for the upcoming exhibition. Having recently arrived in Taiwan to conduct a curatorial research trip, they officially shared their curatorial concept and research plan for the upcoming Taipei Biennial, to be titled: “You and I don’t live on the same planet”— New Diplomatic Encounters.
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Artists condemn the decision to close part of the Aichi Triennale as an act of censorship
Ten artists participating in the Aichi Triennale demand to remove their works from the festival in an open letter. The signatories include Tania Bruguera, Pia Camil, Dora García, Claudia Martínez …
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Pristina Appointed Host City of Manifesta 14 in 2022
Manifesta, the European nomadic biennial, announces Pristina, capital of Kosovo, as the first Balkan host city for the 14th edition of Manifesta in 2022. Since its inception in the early …
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Venice Biennale opening program
The 2019 Venice Biennale opening program has been announced for May 8-10. It includes the schedule of national pavilion inaugurations and the performance program, co-produced by the Biennale and the …
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Why Tania Bruguera Will Not Go to This Year’s Havana Biennial
In an Open letter published by Hyperallergic, Tania Bruguera explains her struggle to achieve freedom of expression and defense of cultural rights in Cuba. In partiocular, she mentions the Decree …
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Artist Collective ruangrupa selected as artistic directors of documenta 15
Nominated unanimously by the International Finding Committee the Supervisory Board appointed ruangrupa, a collective of artists and creatives from Jakarta, Indonesia, with a ten-member core as the artistic direction of …
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Fatos Üstek Appointed Director of Liverpool Biennial
The Trustees of Liverpool Biennial have announced the appointment of Fatos Üstek as the new Director of Liverpool Biennial. She will take up her position in May 2019. Fatos Üstek …
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