https://biennale.com/biennales-europe.html What is on and what opens next across 39 biennales and triennials in Europe, 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-europe.html https://biennale.com/bucharest.htmlhttps://biennale.com/bucharest.html#open_now-2026-10-01Bucharest Biennale: the 12th edition, Freiraum, runs September 30 to October 18, 2026 across sites in the city. Founded 2005 by PAVILION.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/contour.htmlhttps://biennale.com/contour.html#open_now-2026-10-01Contour Biennale, Mechelen: the 11th edition, The Eyes of the Heart and the Soul of the World, curated by Sofia Lemos, runs to November 1, 2026.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/lyon.htmlhttps://biennale.com/lyon.html#open_now-2026-10-01Lyon Biennale: the 18th edition, To pass from one dream to another, curated by Catherine Nichols, runs September 19 to December 13, 2026. Founded 1991.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/manifesta.htmlhttps://biennale.com/manifesta.html#open_now-2026-10-01Manifesta, Ruhr: Manifesta 16, This is not a church, runs to October 4, 2026 in twelve former churches in Duisburg, Essen, Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/venice.htmlhttps://biennale.com/venice.html#open_now-2026-10-01Venice Biennale: the 61st International Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys, conceived by Koyo Kouoh and realized by her team, runs to November 22, 2026.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/athens.htmlhttps://biennale.com/athens.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Athens Biennale: the 8th edition, STASIS/ECSTASIS, curated by Thiago de Paula Souza, runs April 2 to June 27, 2027 at the former Tobacco Factory in Athens.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/baltic.htmlhttps://biennale.com/baltic.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Baltic Triennial, Vilnius: the 16th edition at CAC Vilnius, curated by Nikita Kadan and Natalia Sielewicz, is set for 2027. Dates have not been announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/beaufort.htmlhttps://biennale.com/beaufort.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Beaufort Triennial, Belgian coast: the 9th edition, Beaufort27: A Shared Horizon, curated by Léo Marin, runs March 23 to November 7, 2027 along the coast.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/berlin.htmlhttps://biennale.com/berlin.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Berlin Biennale: the 14th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, curated by Vasyl Cherepanyn, is scheduled for summer 2027. Dates to be announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/eva.htmlhttps://biennale.com/eva.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01EVA International, Limerick: Ireland's biennial of contemporary art, founded 1977. Its 50th-anniversary edition runs August 27 to October 24, 2027.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/florence.htmlhttps://biennale.com/florence.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Florence Biennale: the 16th edition, Beyond the Sense of Time, runs October 23 to 31, 2027 at the Fortezza da Basso, 30 years after its founding.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/gibca.htmlhttps://biennale.com/gibca.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01GIBCA, Göteborg International Biennial, Gothenburg: the 13th edition closed November 30, 2025. The next opens September 4, 2027, per the official site.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/helsinki.htmlhttps://biennale.com/helsinki.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Helsinki Biennial: the 4th edition, Unknowns, curated by Mami Kataoka and Arja Miller, runs June 6 to September 19, 2027 on Vallisaari and at HAM.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/istanbul.htmlhttps://biennale.com/istanbul.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Istanbul Biennial: the 19th edition, curated by Liu Ding and Carol Yinghua Lu, runs September 18 to November 14, 2027. Founded 1987 by IKSV.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/liverpool.htmlhttps://biennale.com/liverpool.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Liverpool Biennial: the 14th edition, co-curated by Lucía Sanromán and Aimee Harrison, runs June 5 to September 12, 2027. Free admission.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/october-salon.htmlhttps://biennale.com/october-salon.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01October Salon, Belgrade: the 61st October Salon, curated by Numa Hambursin, director of MO.CO. Montpellier, runs October 30 to December 5, 2026.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/prague.htmlhttps://biennale.com/prague.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Prague Quadrennial: the 16th edition, Absences and Silences, runs June 8 to 17, 2027 at the Prague Exhibition Grounds under Barbora Příhodová.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/skulptur.htmlhttps://biennale.com/skulptur.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Skulptur Projekte Münster: the 6th edition, directed by the collective WHW, runs in Münster from June 13 to October 3, 2027. First artists announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/venice-architecture.htmlhttps://biennale.com/venice-architecture.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01Venice Architecture Biennale: the 20th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, runs May 8 to November 21, 2027.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/documenta.htmlhttps://biennale.com/documenta.html#upcoming_announced-2026-10-01documenta, Kassel: documenta 16 runs June 12 to September 19, 2027 under artistic director Naomi Beckwith. The quinquennial was founded in 1955.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/anozero.htmlhttps://biennale.com/anozero.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Anozero, Coimbra Biennial: Anozero'26, To hold, to give, to receive, curated by Hans Ibelings and John Zeppetelli, ran April 11 to July 5, 2026 in Coimbra.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/andorra.htmlhttps://biennale.com/andorra.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Andorra Land Art (L'ANDART), Sant Julià de Lòria: the 6th edition, Pause to Continue, ran September 19 to November 14, 2025. A 7th is not yet announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/bergen.htmlhttps://biennale.com/bergen.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Bergen Assembly: the 5th edition, across, with, nearby, ran September 11 to November 9, 2025. The Norwegian triennial's next edition is due in 2028.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/fellbach.htmlhttps://biennale.com/fellbach.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Fellbach Triennial: the 16th Triennale Kleinplastik, the small-scale sculpture triennial near Stuttgart, closed September 28, 2025. No 17th yet.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/folkestone.htmlhttps://biennale.com/folkestone.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Folkestone Triennial: the 6th edition, How Lies the Land?, closed October 19, 2025. The 7th edition is planned for 2028, with a curator to come.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/glasgow.htmlhttps://biennale.com/glasgow.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Glasgow International: the 11th edition, the first under Festival Director Helen Nisbet, ran June 5 to 21, 2026. Scotland's art biennial since 2005.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/kaunas.htmlhttps://biennale.com/kaunas.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Kaunas Biennial: the 15th edition, Life After Life, curated by Adomas Narkevičius, ran September 12 to November 23, 2025. No 16th is announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/kyiv.htmlhttps://biennale.com/kyiv.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Kyiv Biennial: the 6th edition opened in October 2025 across five cities and closed its Berlin chapter at KW on September 13, 2026. Next edition to come.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/lisbon.htmlhttps://biennale.com/lisbon.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Lisbon Architecture Triennale: the 7th edition, How Heavy is a City?, closed in December 2025. Joaquim Moreno will curate the 8th, in autumn 2028.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/london.htmlhttps://biennale.com/london.html#between_editions-2026-10-01London Design Biennale: the 5th edition, Surface Reflections, directed by Samuel Ross, ran June 5 to 29, 2025 at Somerset House. No 6th yet.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/milan.htmlhttps://biennale.com/milan.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Milan Triennale: the 24th International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, Inequalities, ran May 13 to November 9, 2025. The 25th has not been announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/momentum.htmlhttps://biennale.com/momentum.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Momentum Nordic Biennial, Moss: Momentum 13, Between/Worlds: Resonant Ecologies, curated by Morten Søndergaard, ran June 14 to October 12, 2025.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/oslo.htmlhttps://biennale.com/oslo.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Oslo Architecture Triennale: the 9th edition, What if Nature Comes First?, directed by Line Ramstad, ran September 17 to October 1, 2026.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/rauma.htmlhttps://biennale.com/rauma.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Rauma Triennale: the 3rd edition, Enchanting Effort (Lumoava vaiva), ran June 7 to September 21, 2025 at the Rauma Art Museum. Next edition to come.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/rome-quadriennale.htmlhttps://biennale.com/rome-quadriennale.html#between_editions-2026-10-01Quadriennale di Roma, Rome: the 18th Quadriennale d'arte, Fantastica, ran October 11, 2025 to January 18, 2026 at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/zurich.htmlhttps://biennale.com/zurich.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Design Biennale Zurich: the 5th edition, SIDE BY SIDE, ran September 5 to 14, 2025 at the Alter Botanischer Garten. No further edition is announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/emscherkunst.htmlhttps://biennale.com/emscherkunst.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Emscherkunst, Ruhr: the open-air art exhibition along the Emscher river, founded 2010, last held in 2016. Its works remain on the Emscherkunstweg trail.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/photoquai.htmlhttps://biennale.com/photoquai.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01PhotoQuai, Paris: the Musée du quai Branly photography biennale, founded 2007, has not been held since its 5th edition in 2015. No revival is announced.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://biennale.com/riga.htmlhttps://biennale.com/riga.html#dormant_or_discontinued-2026-10-01Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA): no edition since its 2nd in 2020; the 3rd edition, planned for 2023, was cancelled.EuropeThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000