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Biennials

Exterior of a building covered by a colorful wall painting

Observer’s Guide to the Must-Visit Biennials and Triennials of 2025

These are the biennials and triennials sure to make waves in the months to come.
By Elisa Carollo
Portrait of a woman with short hair and yellow jacket.

Cecilia Alemani Reveals Her Curatorial Direction for the 2025 SITE SANTA FE International

"I want to showcase the multifaceted reality of this place," the curator told Observer.
By Elisa Carollo
Man in blue suit poses against white wall

Cultural Comings and Goings: Marc Spiegler Joins Superblue Board and More

Notable changes are also occurring at the Harvard Art Museums and Finland's Helsinki Biennial.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Boy wrapped in Ukrainian flag waves another flag atop a destroyed tank

The Kyiv Biennial Will Return to Ukraine Against the Logic of War

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Why Southeast Queens Is Primed to Be NYC’s Next Creative Hub

By Margaret Carrigan
Hardeep Pandhal, Pool Party Pilot Episode, 2018, 4K animation, color, sound; 8:10 min.

New Museum’s ‘Songs for Sabotage’ Comes Off Like a Teen Garage Band

By David D'Arcy
Entrance to Ghetto Biennale, 2016.

The 5th Edition of the Ghetto Biennial Maps Haiti’s Creative Landscape

By Margaret Carrigan
Installation view of Werken by Bernardo Oyarz'n 57th Venice Biennale.

Reflections on the Venice Biennale, Where Politics Is Unavoidable and Size Matters

By David D'Arcy
Anne Imhof shows the Golden Lion for Best National Participation during the Opening Ceremony of the 57th Biennale Arte on May 13, 2017 in Venice, Italy. The 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia opens today to the public and will run till November 26, 2017.

The Venice Biennale’s Big Winners: Anne Imhof, Hassan Khan, Franz Erhard Walther

By Alanna Martinez
Anne Imhof, Faust, 2017 for the German Pavilion, 57th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia.

Behold the Health Goth Choir That Rules the Art World

By Alanna Martinez
Suzanne Wright, 8 Shuttles, 2016.

A Whitney Houston-Inspired Art Show Puts Women Center Stage

By Alanna Martinez
Tiffany x Whitney Biennial 2017 Artist Collaboration Window by Shara Hughes.

Tiffany’s Famous Windows Showcase the Whitney Biennial’s Rising Stars

By Alanna Martinez
Terence Broad, Blade Runner—Autoencoded, 2016.

AI Trained to Reconstruct ‘Blade Runner’ From Memory, and 6 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
William Pope.L, Trinket (2008). Installation in the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO, hosted by Grand Arts. (

Whitney Biennial Artists Announced, a Pink Paint for Everyone But Anish Kapoor

By Alanna Martinez
Angst 3, Anne Imhof, 18. and 19. October 2016, 19h–23h, Musée d’art contemporain Montreal.

The Montreal Biennial Is a MasterClass in How to Ask Big Questions With Art

By Alanna Martinez
Rendering of the interior of the Gilder Center.

Landmarks Commission Approves AMNH Expansion, Prince Laid to Rest in 3-D-Printed Urn

By Alanna Martinez
#DecolonizeThisPlace protestors cover the Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the American Museum of Natural History on October 10, 2016.

Anti-Columbus Day Group Protests Roosevelt Statue, Iran’s Ancient Ties to Japan

By Alanna Martinez
Ponomarev with penguins in Antarctica.

The New Cool Thing? Antarctic Biennale

By David D'Arcy
Prince died after overdosing on the prescripion drug Fentanyl.

Tickets to See Prince’s Mansion Go on Sale, Richard Prince Sued Again

By Alanna Martinez
Pope Francis.

Pope Shares Sistine Chapel Selfie, Hirshhorn Plans Yayoi Kusama Blockbuster—and More

By Alanna Martinez
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: Harriet Tubman (c1820-1913) American born in slavery, escaped 1849, and became leading Abolitionist. Active as a 'conductor' in the Underground Railroad. Photograph.

Harriet Tubman to Appear on $20 Bill, Hirst’s Formaldehyde Art Leaks Fumes—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Amedeo Modigliani, Seated Man with a Cane, (1918).

Swiss Officials Seize Modigliani, Artist Deported After Destroying Passport—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Leonard Lauder.

Whitney Names Building for Leonard Lauder, Lost Caravaggio Allegedly Found—and More

By Alanna Martinez
FRANCE - APRIL 03: A 2.3 meter (7 1/2 feet) prehistoric cave bear skeleton is seen on display at Christie's in Paris, France, on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. The bones of the creature, which lived in what's now Siberia before the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago, will be auctioned April 16 along with those of a woolly rhinoceros and about 80 smaller fossils.

Discovery Reveals Ancient Humans in Ireland, Norman Lewis’ Art Market Moment—and More

By Alanna Martinez
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