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Winter art and the Bengal Biennale

Director and curator Siddharth Sivakumar and Trustees Malvika Banerjee and Jeet Banerjee’s Gameplan have launched the first- ever Bengal Biennale, a multigenerational tapestry of artistic expression, bringing together a diverse array of artists and their unique perspectives. The event this winter, to be held across two venues — the university town of Santiniketan from November 29 to December 22, 2024, …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

Chennai Photo Biennale Edition 4 celebrates work of women artists

The Hindu

Phase 1 of the Chennai Photo Biennale Edition 4 began on Friday with its thematic enquiry, ‘Why Photograph?’. Inaugurated by dancer Anita Ratnam at Lalit Kala Akademi, it features works of women artists across India, Germany, Switzerland, France, the U.K. and Palestine. “There are 21 women artists featured in this primary show, which is about positioning women in photography as …

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6 days, 14 hours ago

Third Jinan International Biennale unveils 'Age of Human Wisdom'

China Daily

The Third Jinan International Biennale opened on Dec 15, with exhibitions held at the Shandong Art Museum and the Jinan Art Museum. On Dec 15, the Third Jinan International Biennale launches at the Shandong Art Museum and the Jinan Art Museum. Jinan Art Museum, one of the main venues, emphasizes the city's cultural heritage through works inspired by local landmarks …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Bose Krishnamachari features in ArtReview’s Power 100 list 2024

New Indian Express

KOCHI: Bose Krishnamachari, the founder and president of Kochi Biennale Foundation, has secured a place in the prestigious ArtReview Power 100 list 2024. The list released by the internationally acclaimed ArtReview magazine features the world’s 100 most influential personalities in the field of art. Bose was named in last year’s Power 100 list as well. Bose has been honoured with …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Senegalese artisans in the spotlight as they exhibit for the first time at a prestigious art event

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — For the artistic and cultural elites of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Arts is a celebratory moment. For years, “we saw the OFF signs, but we didn’t know what was going on,” said Ndiouga Dia, a 48-year-old leatherworker from Soumbedioune, referring to a series of events organized in parallel to the official government program, …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Bangkok Art Biennale 2024 | Anish Kapoor at the mall

The Hindu

A large coral-coloured resin horn, Good Like Gaia by Italian artist Lello Esposito, curves to the sky in the gardens at the Wat Prayoon temple complex. These seemingly distinct installations cohesively come together when viewed through the lens of Bangkok Art Biennale’s 2024 theme, ‘Nurture Gaia’ — embracing themes of hybridity, contemplative ecology, femininity, disappearing knowledge, and the supernatural. Reddy’s …

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1 month ago

Bengal Biennale and the tale of the wolves

The Hindu

The New York Times Spelling Bee does not recognise Biennale as a valid word. “We were in no position to think of realising something like this then.” Initially, it was just supposed to be an art fair in Santiniketan says Sivakumar. While it might have been easier to do the maiden biennale in a metro like Kolkata where Banerjee already …

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1 month ago

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Renowned artist Nikhil Chopra and his team HH Art Spaces will be the curators of the upcoming Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced here on Wednesday. 50-year-old Chopra is an artist whose work blends performance, drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture and installation. "We are thrilled to announce Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces as the curators for …

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7 months ago

Review: Was the 1964 Venice Biennale rigged? The documentary ‘Taking Venice’ looks at conspiratorial claims

LA Times

The Venice Biennale may have lost much of its singular luster, now that hundreds of periodic surveys of new international art have joined the roster of what was the first — and, for decades after its 1895 founding, one of the few — of its kind. That’s a frame of reference that guides “Taking Venice,” a bumpy new documentary directed …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Benin: The country’s past, present, and future is on display for the first time at the 60th Venice Biennale

CNN

CNN — Ancestral African art is a linchpin of identity and a source of inspiration to creatives across the continent. Jacopo La Forgia Called “Everything Precious is Fragile,” the exhibition will explore the theme of African feminism and features four critically acclaimed contemporary artists: Romuald Hazoumé, Chloé Quenum, Ishola Akpo, and Moufouli Bello. “In my work, memory is very important,” …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale’s must-see prison show

Associated Press

VENICE, Italy — Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city. But because the Vatican decided to mount its exhibit in Venice’s women’s prison, and invited inmates to collaborate with the artists, the whole project …

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8 months ago

Archie Moore wins prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale, in world-first for Australian artist

ABC

Australia has won gold at the Venice Biennale, the world's oldest international art biennial, and "the Olympics of the art world". First Nations artist Archie Moore was named the recipient of the coveted Golden Lion for best national pavilion, marking the first time in history that an Australian has received the accolade. In awarding the Golden Lion, the Biennale jury …

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8 months ago

Venice Biennale titled ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists

Associated Press

VENICE, Italy — Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition that opened Saturday, curated for the first time by a Latin American. Visitors to the two main venues, the Giardini and the Arsenale, will be greeted by a neon sign by the conceptual art cooperative Claire Fontaine with the …

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8 months ago

Maurizio Cattalan, Zoe Soldana collaborate in iconoclastic Vatican exhibition inside women’s prison

The Independent

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8 months ago

Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison

Associated Press

VENICE, Italy — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel. It’s the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the Vatican’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art show in an innovative collaboration between inmates and artists. The Vatican’s culture minister, Cardinal Jose …

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8 months ago

Israel artist shuts Biennale show until ceasefire, hostages freed

The Hindu

The artist representing Israel at the Venice Biennale called on April 16 for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas and said her exhibit would remain closed until the hostages were released. Ruth Patir’s video installation otherland was due to open on Saturday at Israel’s national pavilion at the international art show, but the day before a media preview, she …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Artist and curators refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage deal

Associated Press

VENICE, Italy — The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced on Tuesday they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibit until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages seized by Hamas on Oct. 7. The Israeli pavilion was built in 1952 as a permanent representation of Israel inside the Giardini, the …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Venice Biennale to showcase Yolŋu artist Naminapu Maymuru-White in First Nations-led Australian delegation

ABC

In short: Renowned Yolŋu artist Naminapu Maymuru-White has been invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious international arts events. Renowned Yolŋu artist Naminapu Maymuru-White has been invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious international arts events. On the paint-smattered floor of a bustling art centre, a "river of …

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9 months ago

China Pavilion opens at Malta's first art biennale

China Daily

A poster for the exhibition "Tracing". The China Pavilion at Malta's first art biennale was officially launched at Fort St Elmo in Valletta on Friday, serving as a new platform to open up new dialogues between Chinese artists and their peers from Malta and around the world. Spread over two interconnected exhibition halls, the China Pavilion showcases over 100 pieces …

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9 months ago

China Pavilion opens at Malta's first art biennale

China Daily

A poster for the exhibition "Tracing". The China Pavilion at Malta's first art biennale was officially launched at Fort St Elmo in Valletta on Friday, serving as a new platform to open up new dialogues between Chinese artists and their peers from Malta and around the world. Spread over two interconnected exhibition halls, the China Pavilion showcases over 100 pieces …

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9 months, 1 week ago

The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women’s prison

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Monday unveiled its groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: A multimedia installation located inside Venice’s women’s prison, created with the active participation of inmates and artists and open to the public under strict security conditions. Pope Francis himself is expected to visit the Holy See pavilion “With My Eyes” on April …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands of artists call for Israel’s exclusion from Venice Biennale

Al Jazeera

Art Not Genocide Alliance says that any works that represent Israel are an ‘endorsement of its genocidal policies’ in Gaza. Thousands of artists, curators and museum directors have called for Israel to be excluded from this year’s Venice Biennale art fair and accused the exhibition of “platforming a genocidal apartheid state”. It said the Biennale had also previously banned South …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Through the CPB lens: the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation announces the fourth edition of its photo awards

The Hindu

The Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation believes that photography is not about making the perfect image; it is about telling meaningful stories that represent the times we live in. At the last edition of the CPB Photo Awards — an annual event held since 2019 to recognise excellence in photography and spotlight regional talent in smaller towns across the country — …

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1 year, 2 months ago

All the world's a stage at Shenzhen's theater biennale

China Daily

Taking place between Nov 24 and Dec 3 in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, the Contemporary Theater Biennale, which was launched in 2016, will include 13 international productions and 29 performances by domestic talent. A poster for British director Ben Duke's Juliet & Romeo. British director Ben Duke's Juliet & Romeo, a thought-provoking take on Shakespeare's classic love story, will open the …

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Winter art and the Bengal Biennale

Chennai Photo Biennale Edition 4 celebrates work of women artists

Third Jinan International Biennale unveils 'Age of Human Wisdom'

Bose Krishnamachari features in ArtReview’s Power 100 list 2024

Senegalese artisans in the spotlight as they exhibit for the first time at a prestigious art event

Bangkok Art Biennale 2024 | Anish Kapoor at the mall

Bengal Biennale and the tale of the wolves

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025

Review: Was the 1964 Venice Biennale rigged? The documentary ‘Taking Venice’ looks at conspiratorial claims

Benin: The country’s past, present, and future is on display for the first time at the 60th Venice Biennale

Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale’s must-see prison show

Archie Moore wins prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale, in world-first for Australian artist

Venice Biennale titled ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists

Maurizio Cattalan, Zoe Soldana collaborate in iconoclastic Vatican exhibition inside women’s prison

Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison

Israel artist shuts Biennale show until ceasefire, hostages freed

Artist and curators refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage deal

Venice Biennale to showcase Yolŋu artist Naminapu Maymuru-White in First Nations-led Australian delegation

China Pavilion opens at Malta's first art biennale

China Pavilion opens at Malta's first art biennale

The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women’s prison

Thousands of artists call for Israel’s exclusion from Venice Biennale

Through the CPB lens: the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation announces the fourth edition of its photo awards

All the world's a stage at Shenzhen's theater biennale