Critical writing, sourced histories and on-the-ground intelligence across 107 recurring exhibitions, from Venice to Sharjah.
Enter the global directoryA running column on aesthetics and judgement in contemporary art.
Artists commanding attention across the global circuit.
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Cut-paper silhouettes confronting American histories of race and memory.
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Filmmaker and artist whose moving-image work reframes Black aesthetics.
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Living systems and speculative ecologies that blur art and organism.
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Photography and research mapping surveillance and the unseen state.
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Research agency reconstructing human-rights events through spatial evidence.
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Animation and installation on diaspora, technology and the everyday.
The oldest and most storied of them all.
Founded 1895 São Paulo · BrazilThe Americas' defining recurring survey.
Founded 1951 Kassel · GermanyThe five-yearly exhibition that resets the field.
Founded 1955 · every 5 years Sydney · AustraliaThe Asia-Pacific's leading contemporary gathering.
Founded 1973 New York · USAAmerica's recurring read on its own art.
Since 1932 Sharjah · UAEA pivotal platform for the Global South.
Founded 1993Where to stay, what to see and how to plan each edition on the ground.
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