OBOE Journal On Biennials and Other Exhibitions launches its first issue with a focus on the Venice Biennale. Born in 1895, the Venice exhibition, although the criticism for its limitations, is still one of the most significant and defining events of the contemporary art calendar.
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Théo-Mario Coppola and Håkon Lillegraven to curate MOMENTUM 11
MOMENTUM has appointed Théo-Mario Coppola as the curator and Håkon Lillegraven as the associate curator of the eleventh edition of the biennale that will take place in 2021 under the title HOUSE OF COMMONS.
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Venice Biennale postpones the upcoming editions of architecture and art exhibitions
The architecture biennale will now open in May 2021 instead of this month. The next biennale of contemporary art has been pushed from May 2021 to April 2022.
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22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN moves to digital experience
Working with long-time Biennale partner Google – and in a first for the Biennale of Sydney – audiences around the world will be able to engage with NIRIN on the Google Arts & Culture platform. Creating a virtual Biennale will bring the exhibition and programs to life through live content, virtual walk-throughs, podcasts, interactive Q&As, curated tours and artist takeovers.
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Aichi Triennale’s controversial exhibition will be restaged in Taiwan
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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BF TV: 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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