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Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale

An assemblage sculpture sits on a circular platform in a dark gallery, combining car parts, fabric, a loudspeaker, an emergency light and a wheelbarrow-like base, with a blue triangular beam of light projecting from the sculpture into the surrounding space.

At Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Biennale, Art Moves in Procession

In a region where cultural infrastructure is rapidly expanding, this biennial is a discursive platform that actively engages the public rather than simply addressing it.
By Elise Morton
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The Most Important Art Biennials of 2026

As questions of access, locality and relevance grow more urgent, major institutional biennials—from Venice to Gwangju—will have to prove they can engage not just their immediate context but the fractured, shifting world they claim to reflect.
By Elisa Carollo
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Observer’s 2025 Art Market Recap: Recovery After a Year of Recalibration

On the cusp of 2026, optimism is returning to the art world, tempered by a growing recognition that its next chapter will demand structural reinvention.
By Elisa Carollo

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