https://biennale.com/biennales-asia.html What is on and what opens next across 28 biennales and triennials in Asia, from the editors of biennale.com. en Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/images/og/biennale-card.jpghttps://biennale.com/biennales-asia.html https://biennale.com/busan.htmlhttps://biennale.com/busan.html#open_now-2026-10-01Busan Biennale: the 13th edition, Dissident Chorus, curated by Amal Khalaf and Evelyn Simons, runs August 29 to November 1, 2026 in the port city.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/gwangju.htmlhttps://biennale.com/gwangju.html#open_now-2026-10-01Gwangju Biennale: the 16th edition, You Must Change Your Life, directed by Ho Tzu Nyen, runs September 5 to November 15, 2026. Founded 1995.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/aichi.htmlhttps://biennale.com/aichi.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Aichi Triennale, Nagoya: the 6th edition under Hoor Al Qasimi closed November 30, 2025. Shabbir Hussain Mustafa will direct the 7th edition, planned for 2028.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/bangkok-biennale.htmlhttps://biennale.com/bangkok-biennale.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Bangkok Art Biennale: the 5th edition, Angels and Mara, runs October 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027 across 10 Bangkok venues, including Wat Arun and Wat Pho.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/echigo-tsumari.htmlhttps://biennale.com/echigo-tsumari.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata: the 10th edition is scheduled for 2027 under General Director Fram Kitagawa. Exact dates have not been announced.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/kochi-artists-2025.htmlhttps://biennale.com/kochi-artists-2025.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Kochi-Muziris Biennale: the artists of Nikhil Chopra's 6th edition, For the Time Being, which closed March 31, 2026. Kader Attia curates the 7th.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/kochi.htmlhttps://biennale.com/kochi.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Kochi-Muziris Biennale: the 6th edition, For the Time Being, closed March 31, 2026. Kader Attia will curate the 7th, the 2027–28 edition.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/lahore.htmlhttps://biennale.com/lahore.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Lahore Biennale: the 4th edition, The Shape of Coexistence, curated by Nav Haq, runs March 27 to April 25, 2027. Pakistan's first art biennial.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/seoul-mediacity.htmlhttps://biennale.com/seoul-mediacity.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Seoul Mediacity Biennale: the 13th edition closed November 23, 2025. SeMA has tentatively scheduled the 14th for August 16 to November 14, 2027.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/shanghai.htmlhttps://biennale.com/shanghai.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Shanghai Biennale: the 15th edition, Does the flower hear the bee?, closed March 31, 2026. The 16th, under Ferran Barenblit, opens November 2027.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/taipei.htmlhttps://biennale.com/taipei.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Taipei Biennial: the 14th edition, Whispers on the Horizon, closed March 29, 2026. Cecilia Alemani will curate the 15th edition in 2027.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/thailand.htmlhttps://biennale.com/thailand.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Thailand Biennale: the 4th edition, Eternal [Kalpa], closed in Phuket on April 30, 2026. The 5th, Sin-Samudr, Turning Currents, opens in Rayong in 2027.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/yokohama.htmlhttps://biennale.com/yokohama.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Yokohama Triennale: the 9th edition, directed by Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero, runs April 23 to September 12, 2027. Founded 2001.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/dhaka.htmlhttps://biennale.com/dhaka.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Dhaka Art Summit: the Samdani Art Foundation's summit last opened in February 2023. Its TONDRA program runs to December 31, 2026.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/guangzhou.htmlhttps://biennale.com/guangzhou.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Guangzhou Triennial: the 7th edition, Symphony of All the Changes, ran January 10 to April 10, 2023 at the Guangdong Museum of Art. No 8th yet.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/jakarta.htmlhttps://biennale.com/jakarta.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Jakarta Biennale: the latest edition, 50 Tahun Jakarta Biennale 1974–2024, ran October 1 to November 15, 2024. The next edition is not announced.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/setouchi.htmlhttps://biennale.com/setouchi.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Setouchi Triennale, Seto Inland Sea: the 2025 edition ran in three sessions from April 18 to November 9, 2025. The next edition is planned for 2028.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/singapore.htmlhttps://biennale.com/singapore.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Singapore Biennale: the 2025 edition, pure intention, ran October 31, 2025 to March 29, 2026 with more than 80 artists. Next edition to come.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/tbilisi.htmlhttps://biennale.com/tbilisi.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Tbilisi Triennial: the 5th edition, Peace Pandemic, ran October 1 to 31, 2025 at CCA-Tbilisi and venues across the city. Next edition to come.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/anren.htmlhttps://biennale.com/anren.html#unknown-2026-10-01Anren Biennale, Sichuan: China's heritage-town biennial, founded 2017 in Anren Ancient Town, held editions in 2017 and 2019. None is announced after 2021.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/korea-media.htmlhttps://biennale.com/korea-media.html#unknown-2026-10-01Daejeon Biennale: the 2024 Daejeon Art and Science Biennale, Magnum Opus, ran October 25, 2024 to February 2, 2025. A 2026 edition is unconfirmed.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/kathmandu.htmlhttps://biennale.com/kathmandu.html#unknown-2026-10-01Kathmandu Triennale: the 5th edition, Coexistence, Kinship, and Care, was scheduled for February 11 to April 12, 2026; its opening is unconfirmed.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/cafam.htmlhttps://biennale.com/cafam.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01CAFAM Biennale, Beijing: the Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum biennial, founded 2011, has held no edition since its 3rd in 2016 to 2017.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/incheon.htmlhttps://biennale.com/incheon.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Incheon Women Artists' Biennale: held international editions in 2007, 2009 and 2011 and a Korean-artists-only edition in 2013, which became its last.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/japan.htmlhttps://biennale.com/japan.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo: the Agency for Cultural Affairs' media arts festival, held since 1997, presented its 25th and final round of awards in 2022.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/pune.htmlhttps://biennale.com/pune.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Pune Biennale: the city-wide biennial founded 2013 has not staged an edition since its 3rd, in January 2017, and no new edition is announced.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/shenzhen.htmlhttps://biennale.com/shenzhen.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale: no edition has been held since the 8th, curated by Marko Daniel at OCAT Shenzhen in 2014. Founded 1998.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/yinchuan.htmlhttps://biennale.com/yinchuan.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Yinchuan Biennale: the biennale of MOCA Yinchuan, founded 2016, has not held an edition since its 2nd in 2018. No 3rd edition is announced.AsiaThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000