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Biennials

Entrance to Ghetto Biennale, 2016.
Dec 18

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

The event addresses the fact that artists living in Haiti and other Caribbean locations are often not able to travel to international fairs and exhibitions—even when their work is included.
By Margaret Carrigan
Installation view of Werken by Bernardo Oyarz'n 57th Venice Biennale.
Jun 7

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

If this year’s Biennale was meant to be a retreat from world politics, that wasn’t the case when I visited.
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.
May 15

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

Imhof's durational performance—which we noted for its delightful health goth aesthetic—drew large crowds and was the talk of the town.
By Alanna Martinez
Anne Imhof, Faust, 2017 for the German Pavilion, 57th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia.
May 10

Behold the Health Goth Choir That Rules the Art World

By Alanna Martinez
Suzanne Wright, 8 Shuttles, 2016.
Mar 27

A Whitney Houston-Inspired Art Show Puts Women Center Stage

By Alanna Martinez
Tiffany x Whitney Biennial 2017 Artist Collaboration Window by Shara Hughes.
Mar 22

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

By Alanna Martinez
Terence Broad, Blade Runner—Autoencoded, 2016.
Jan 4

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. (
Nov 18

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.
Oct 28

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.
Oct 14

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.
Oct 11

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

By Alanna Martinez
Ponomarev with penguins in Antarctica.
Aug 31

The New Cool Thing? Antarctic Biennale

By David D'Arcy
Prince died after overdosing on the prescripion drug Fentanyl.
Aug 26

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

By Alanna Martinez
Pope Francis.
May 4

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.
Apr 21

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).
Apr 12

Swiss Officials Seize Modigliani, Artist Deported After Destroying Passport—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.
Mar 21

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

By Alanna Martinez
Mr. Deitch
Mar 15

Jeffrey Deitch to Reopen Wooster Street Gallery, Pakistan to Launch Biennial—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Ingrid Schaffner; (Photo: Constance Mensh, courtesy of Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania)
Mar 26

Ingrid Schaffner to Curate the 57th Carnegie International in 2018

By Alanna Martinez
Simon Curtis, Max Irons, Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Bruehl at the 'Woman in Gold' premier during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival. (Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage)
Feb 10

Art World Abstracts: Helen Mirren to Star in Nazi Loot Flick, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
British musician Brian May poses with an owl viewer in front of John Everett Millais painting 'Hearts are Trumps' in 1872 which was inspired by Michael Burr stereoscopic photograph also entitled 'Hearts are Trumps' 1866 as part of an exhibition entitled 'Poor man's picture gallery' : Victorian Art and Stereoscopic Photography at the Tate Britain in central London on October 20, 2014. (Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP, courtesy Getty Images)
Oct 21

Art World Abstracts: Queen Guitarist Lends Rare Photos to the Tate, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Bait Al Serkal, Sharjah Arts Area, 2014. (Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation)
Jun 17

Sharjah Biennial 12 Gets Dates, Title

By M.H. Miller
Sharjah Heritage Area. (Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation)
Jun 14

Dates and Artists Announced for Sharjah Biennial

By M.H. Miller
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