Ernesto Neto, While Culture Moves Us Apart, Nature Brings Us Together, 2013. Installation view at Sharjah Biennial 11. Courtesy Galeria Fortes Vilaca, São Paulo & Tanya Bonakdar Gallery NY
M-KOS is continuing, as always each year, to add more dates to its calendar of biennials and triennials, even while a quarter of 2013 has already passed. Many are coming just in time for the summer, including June’s Venice Biennale, back with the youngest curator ever for this event, Massimiliano Gioni is hinting at the program of exhibition in titling the 55th edition ‘The Encyclopedic Palace’. Pittsburgh’s 56th Carnegie International is just barely older than Venice, having first inaugurated in 1896, and is due to kick off in October under the curation of Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers and Tina Kukielski. The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial has closed its four month long exhibitions earlier this month but more projects are expected in the region, from the likes of the 5th Auckland Triennial with curator Hou Hanru, the 2nd Aichi Triennale in Japan and more. The highly anticipated Performa 13 will ensure the delivery of live art this coming autumn along with Vancouver’s ¡Live! in September, in a slightly more modest scale. New biennale entries for 2013 include the Online Biennale directed by Jan Hoet, which will open on 26 April. For this, the Online Biennale invited 30 curators from different parts of the world, including über-personalities like Nancy Spector at Guggenheim, Hans Ulrich Obrist at Serpentine and more. Many will be curious to try out the virtual event, and its potential screen based limitations. As all other biennales however, the experience comes at a price. Special pre-opening sneak peek access start at US$80, and attending the opening itself will cost US$10. On the other hand, the Montreal Biennale changed from a scheduled event in 2013, announcing a postponement to autumn 2014 to accommodate its fusion with the Quebec Triennale. We hope this list will help pencil down important dates in your art calendar, and perhaps see you at some of the upcoming events! As for the listed biennales that have already passed, many already incorporated more content to view from the additional links presented the bottom of this page.
Biennials & Triennials 2013
Sharjah Biennial 11
Title: Re:emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography
Date: 13 March – 13 May 2013
Chief curator: Yuko Hasegawa
sharjahart.org/biennial/
Reviews:
– “Re:emerge, Towards a New Cultural Cartography,†Sharjah Biennial 11 [art-agenda]
– Art review: Sharjah Biennial, Re:emerge: Towards a New Cultural Cartography [The Independent]
– Review: Sharjah Biennial 11 [ArtAsiaPacific]
– Review: Sharjah Biennial 11 Re:emerge: Towards a New Cultural Cartography. Curated by Yuko Hasegawa [Centre for the Aesthetic Revolution]
Setouchi Triennale 2013
12 islands of the Seto Inland Sea + Takamatsu and Uno
Date: [Spring] 20 March — 21 April 2013
[Summer] 20 July – 1 September 2013
[Autumn] 5 October — 4 November 2013
Artistic Director: Fram Kitagawa
setouchi-artfest.jp/en/
Biennale Online *NEW!
Title: Reflection & Imagination
Date: 26 April – 26 May 2013
Artistic Director: Jan Hoet
Curatorial team includes: Nancy Spector (Guggenheim, NY); Hans Ulricht Obrist (Serpentine, London); Jens Hoffmann (Watts Institute, San Francisco) and many more
artplus.com
Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground
Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Time Cube/The Castle
Date: 26 April – 26 September 2013
Curated by Basak Senova, Branko Franceschi
bijenale.ba
Harlem Biennale
Harlem, NY, USA
Date: 3 May – 1 July 2013
harlembiennale.org
WRO Media Art Biennale
Wrocław, Poland
Title: Pioneering Values
Date: 8 May – September 2013
wrocenter.pl
The 5th Auckland Triennial
Title: If You Were To Live Here…
Date: 10 May – 11 August 2013
Curated by Hou Hanru
aucklandtriennial.com
The 55th Venice Biennale
Venice, Italy
Title: The Encyclopedic Palace
Date: 1 June – 24 November 2013
Artistic Director: Massimiliano Gioni
labiennale.org
The Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean
Ancona, Italy
Title: Errors Allowed
Date: 6 June – 7 July 2013
Curatorial team: Charlotte Bank, Alessandro Castiglioni, Nadira Laggoune, Delphine Leccas, Slobodne Veze/Loose Associations, Marco Trulli, Claudio Zecchi
bjcem.org
Momentum 7 – Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art
Moss, Norway
Title: TBA
Date: 22 June – 29 September 2013
Curated by Erlend Hammer, Power Ekroth
momentum.no
2013 California Pacific Triennial
Orange County Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Date: 30 June – 17 November 2013
Curated by Dan Cameron
ocma.net
Biennial of the Americas
Denver, USA
Title: Unleashing Human Potential: Reinventing Communities, Business and Education
Date: 16 July – 2013
Chief curator: Carson Chan; Co-curators: Paul Andersen, Gaspar Libedinsky
biennialoftheamericas.org
The 17th Biennial of Cerveira
Cerveira, Portugual
Title: Art: Crisis and Transformation
Date: 27 July – 17 September 2013
Artistic director: Augusto Canedo
bienaldecerveira.pt
The 2nd Aichi Triennale
Nagoya, Japan
Title: Awakening – Where Are We Standing? – Earth, Memory and Resurrection
Date: 10 August – 27 October 2013
Artistic director: Taro Igarashi
aichitriennale.jp
Contour 2013 – The 6th Biennial of Moving Image
Mechelen, Belgium
Title: Leisure, Discipline and Punishment
Date: 24 August – 3 November 2013
Curator: Jacob Fabricius
contourmechelen.be
Bergen Assembly
Bergen, Norway
Title: Monday Begins on Saturday
Date: 31 August – 27 October 2013
Curators: Ekaterina Degot, David Riff
bergenassembly.no
Bienal Internacional de Curitiba 2013
Curitiba, Brazil
Title:
Date: 30 August – 1 December 2013
Chief curators: Teixeira Coelho, Ticio Escobar
bienaldecuritiba.com.br
¡Live! Biennale – International Performance Art Biennale
Vancouver, Canada
Date: September 2013
livebiennale.ca
Le mois de la photo à Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Title: Drone – The Automated Image
Date: 5 September – 5 October 2013
Guest Curator: Paul Wombell
moisdelaphoto.com
Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF)
Kabelvåg, Norway
Title: Something In The Way
Date: 6 – 26 September 2013
Curators: Anne Szefer Karlsen (NO), Bassam El Baroni (EG), Eva González-Sancho (ES)
liaf.no
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art
Göteborg, Sweden
Title: PLAY! Recapturing the Radical Imagination
Date: 7 September – 17 November 2013
Artistic directors: Stina Edblom, Edi Muka
goteborg.biennal.org
The 12th Biennale de Lyon
Lyon, France
Title: Meanwhile… Suddenly and Then
Date: 12 September – 05 January 2014
Curator: Gunnar B. Kvaran
labiennaledelyon.com
The 9th Mercosul Biennial
Mercosul, Brazil
Title: Promises
Date: 13 September 10 November 2013
Chief Curator: SofÃa Hernández Chong Cuy
bienalmercosul.org.br/
The 13th Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
Title: Mom, Am I Barbarian?
Date: 14 September – 10 November 2013
Curator: Fulya Erdemci
bienal.iksv.org
The 5th Moscow Biennale
Moscow, Russia
Date: 19 September – 20 October 2013
Curator: Catherine de Zegher
5th.moscowbiennale.ru
Scape 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial
Christchurch, New Zealand
Date: 20 September – 2 November 2013
Curator: Blair French
scapebiennial.org.nz
Kobe Biennale 2013
Kobe, Japan
Title: Saku (Blooming)
Date: 1 October – 1 December 2013
Artistic director: Masao Ohmori, Ritsuko Taho
kobe-biennale.jp
2013 Carnegie International
Pittsburgh, USA
Date: 5 October 2013 – 15 March 2014
Curators: Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers, Tina Kukielski
cmoa.org
Singapore Biennale 2013
Singapore
Title: If The World Changed
Date: 26 October 2013 – 16 February 2014
27 curators are appointed across the South East Asia regions
singaporeartmuseum.sg/sb2013/
Luanda Triennale
Luanda, Angola
Date: 1 November – 31 December 2013
Curator: Fernando Alvim
fondation-sindikadokolo.com
Performa 13
New York City, USA
Date: 1 – 24 November 2013
Curator: RoseLee Goldberg
performa-arts.org
Biennale Jogja
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Title: The Equaer II
Date: 16 November 2013 – 6 January 2014
Curators: Agung Hujatnikajennong (Indonesia), Sarah Rifky (Mesir)
biennalejogja.org
The 9th Florence Biennale
Florence, Italy
Title: Ethics – DNA of Art
Date: 30 November – 8 December 2013
Artistic Director: Rolando Bellini
florencebiennale.org
Taipei Biennial 2012
Taipei, Taiwan
Title: Modern Monsters / Death and Life of Fiction
Date: 29 September 2012 – 13 January 2013
Curator: Anselm Franke
taipeibiennial2012.org
Reviews:
– Modern monsters at the Taipei Biennial [Domus]
– Taipei Biennial 2012 & the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012 [art agenda]
The 2nd Canadian Biennial
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Title: Builders
Date: 2 November 2012 – 18 February 2013
Curator: Jonathan Shaughnessy
gallery.ca/builders/
Reviews:
– Canadian Biennial Aims to Build Different Vision of National Art [Canadian Art]
– Builders: The Second Canadian Biennale at the National Gallery of Canada [View on Canadian Art]
– Review: Builders, Canadian Biennial 2012 at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa [M-KOS]
Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Kochi, Kerala, India
Date: 12 December 2012 – 13 March 2013
Artistic director: Bose Krishnamachari
kochimuzirisbiennale.org
Reviews & Interviews:
– Review of Kochi-Muziris Biennale [Aesthetica]
– Kochi Muziris Biennale [Frieze]
– The Kochi-Muziris Biennale | Interview with Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu [culture 360]
9th Shanghai Biennale
Shanghai, China
Title: Reactivation
Date: 2 October 2012 – 31 March 2013
Chief Curator: Qiu Zhijie; Co-curator: Boris Groys, Jens Hoffmann, Johnson Chang Tsong-Zung
shanghaibiennale.org
Reviews:
– Shanghai Biennale 2012: Reactivation [Leap]
– Taipei Biennial 2012 & the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012 [art agenda]
– Power Station of Art [Art in America]
1st Montevideo Biennial *NEW!
Montevideo, Uruguay
Title: El Gran Sur (The Great South)
Date: 23 November 2012 – 30 March 2013
Chief curator: Alfons Hug; Co-curators: Paz Guevara, Patricia Bentancur
bienaldemontevideo.com
Related Articles:
– Urguay gets its first biennial [The Art Newspaper]
The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Brisbane, Australia
Date: 8 December 2012 – 14 April 2013
qagoma.qld.gov.au
Reviews:
– 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art [Frieze]
– Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane [Aesthetica]
– The Seventh Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art: Between Ephemerality and Permanence [ArtAsiaPacific]
– The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art [Why Am I looking at this?]