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Triennials

An immersive video installation fills two walls with large projections of smoke and fire, evoking environmental destruction addressed in the triennial’s “Spectres” exhibition.

The Seventh Lisbon Architecture Triennale Calls for a Radical Rethinking of the Contemporary City

Faced with the perplexity of our current social, political and ecological crises, the triennial proposes a new imaginary for the urban form.
By M Vulfson
A surreal outdoor installation in a forest, featuring an enormous gray sculptural form resembling a fossilized creature or root system winding through autumn leaves and slender tree trunks.

As the Aichi Triennale Considers Humanity’s Fragile Bond with Nature, Hoor Al Qasimi Reflects on Its Role

This year's Triennale invites viewers to confront environmental trauma as something geologically embedded, not merely socially constructed.
By Elisa Carollo
A gallery wall displays seven colorful collages above a long shelf filled with small devotional objects and found materials.

The 2025 Alabama Triennial’s Wide Range Is Both a Strength and a Stumbling Block

Despite its curators' ambition, the triennial’s expansiveness undermines its coherence and curatorial focus.
By Leia Genis
Two neon signs in the windows of a commercial building read “NO JOB NO HOME” and “AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW,” while a couple walks past on the sidewalk.

Boston’s Triennial Reimagines Public Art Through the City’s Social, Historical and Ecological Realities

By Elisa Carollo

Asia Society Triennial “We Do Not Dream Alone” Unifies Artists Across Continents

By Farah Abdessamad

Allison Glenn and Diya Vij Are Among Those Curating Counterpublic 2023 in St. Louis

By Helen Holmes
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
Tenzing Asian Art (San Francisco, CA) Pagpa Chenrezig (Padmapani-Lokeshvara) Tibet (Newar School) Circa 13th Century.

Looted Asia Week Antiquities Seized, French Auction Porters Go on Trial—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Installation view of the PolyThread knitted textile pavilion, designed by Jenny E. Sabin, commissioned for Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial. Photo by Matt Flynn © 2016 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. PolyThread knitted textile pavilion, 2015–16 Designed by Jenny E. Sabin, Jenny Sabin Studio Design Team: Martin Miller, Charles Cupples Fabricated by Shima Seiki, WHOLEGARMENT Engineering Design by Arup Fabric finishing by Andrew Dahlgren Final finishing, sewing, and assembly by All Sewn Together 3D seamless Whole Garment digitally knit cone elements, photoluminescent, solar active and drake yarns; twill tape; aluminum armature Commissioned by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Future Is Now: Meet the Designers Building a Sustainable (and Beautiful) Future

By Alanna Martinez
The young Saint John the Baptist, Michelangelo Buonarroti. Original pieces in marble and reconstruction in resin. (Photo: Museo del Prado)

Art World Abstracts: Spain’s Only Michelangelo Returns to View, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Juliana (2015) by Frank Benson. (Photo Credit: Benoit Pailley/Courtesy of New Museum)

Surrounded by the Future: The New Museum Triennial Tackles Tech, Politics, and Gender

By David Ebony
Egon Schiele, "Self-Portrait with Arm Twisted above Head," 1910. (Courtesy Neue Galerie)

Art World Abstracts: Egon Schiele’s Punk Rock Portraits, and More!

By Nate Freeman
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