Discover the World's Premier Art Biennales

The Human Residue: Why Art Matters in an Age of Endless Creation

In the face of infinite synthetic beauty, the value of art lies not in its final product, but in its process—the evidence of human intention struggling against material resistance.

"The appeal of a heavily impastoed painting is no longer just texture; it is a declaration of labor against the frictionless output of the algorithm."

The Global List: Your Guide to the 2025 Art Biennials & Triennials

From the deserts of California to the mountains of Japan, a dense calendar of biennials and triennials is shaping the global art conversation. Your essential guide to the key events of 2025.

Remembering Koyo Kouoh, The Curator Who Built a New Center of Gravity

"She refused to plead for a seat at the Western art world's table; instead, she built a new table, in Africa."

The visionary who irrevocably shifted the global conversation around contemporary African art leaves an indelible legacy.

The 2025 Biennale Grand Tour

Forget art fair fatigue. These are the ten essential cultural pilgrimages of the year—from Whitney's political lightning rod to Sharjah's post-colonial dialogues.

The Ghost and the Machine: Why Performa 25 Is New York's Most Urgent Exhibition

In a world saturated by digital replication, Performa's insistence on the live moment has become a radical act. The biennial champions the uncollectible, the unreproducible, and the un-flippable.

The Heartbeat of the Megalopolis: Inside the Radical Promise of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo

How Antropofagia—cultural cannibalism—shapes Brazil's revolutionary approach to the global biennial. The first Indigenous curatorial collective signals a fundamental dismantling of the colonial model.