Criticism, essays and the editorial letter.
Opinion and deep dives, the editorial team’s letter, and the publication’s ongoing series.
Critical perspectives and in-depth analysis.
Who owns beauty?
The inaugural essay in the publication’s new column on aesthetics, returning beauty to serious art discourse.
Read → Opinion PortalCritical perspectives across the circuit
Long-form essays on the institutional questions the biennale format continues to rehearse.
Read → Deep DiveThe continuing argument
Second-volume opinion and analysis on biennale culture, decoloniality, and the contemporary moment.
Read →The year contemporary art continues its institutional accounting.
The 2026 cycle is one of the most consequential the international biennale circuit has produced in decades: Venice’s posthumous edition, São Paulo’s decolonial programme, Sydney’s memory work, and Manifesta’s return to the Ruhr.
Two ongoing editorial conversations.
The Biennale Book: Ten Foundations of Contemporary Art
The definitive guide to the global exhibitions that reshaped the art world. From Venice’s enduring legacy to Havana’s revolutionary paradox, ten landmark biennales that define contemporary art today.
Order the book →The Question of Beauty
When the world screams, the most radical thing art can do is quiet. In a fractured world, beauty is no longer an escape, it is an act of resistance. How the next generation is using the aesthetic to cut through the noise.
Read the series →Your essential connection to contemporary art.
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