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sā Ladakh Biennale Announces Inaugural 2026 Edition, “Signals from Another Star”

The inaugural edition of the sā Ladakh Biennale, titled Signals from Another Star, will take place from 1–10 August 2026 across the high-altitude landscapes of Ladakh, marking a significant new entry into the global biennale circuit. Positioned at over 3,000 metres, the event is being framed as the world’s highest regenerative art biennale, unfolding across eight […]

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Tata Trusts Students’ Biennale 2026 Winners Announced

Four student-artists have won the Tata Trusts Students’ Biennale International Award 2026 at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, marking a key moment for emerging contemporary art in India. Held in Fort Kochi under the theme ‘Sensing Grounds’, the sixth edition brought together over 200 young artists from more than 175 institutions. The Tata Trusts Students’ Biennale International

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Where Threads Meet Rhythm: The Story Behind “Neythe – Dance of the Weaves”

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale recently hosted a very special event called “The Body as a Living Loom.” Held at the Bastion Bungalow, this session showed how the art of making cloth can be turned into a beautiful dance. The project, called Neythe – Dance of the Weaves, was created by Rima Kallingal and the Mamangam Dance

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Entangled Futures: The 2025 Taipei Biennial Explores Hybrid Worlds and Radical Imaginations

The 2025 Taipei Biennial, organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), opens with a question central to our fractured epoch: how can we sense and imagine the world when boundaries between the artificial and organic, human and machine, are dissolving? Curated by Phong Bui, the Vietnamese-American artist, curator, and publisher of The Brooklyn Rail, this year’s edition—titled Entangled Futures—ushers

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Whitney Biennial 2026 Unveils 56 Artists Exploring Strangeness and Kinship

The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced the 56 artists, duos, and collectives for its 82nd Biennial, opening March 8, 2026, in New York. Curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer selected participants after over 300 studio visits, focusing on “strangeness” amid global instability. Free admission for those 25 and under underscores accessibility in this

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India Returns to Venice Biennale in 2026 with Tribal Art Focus

After a six-year absence, India is set to participate in the 2026 Venice Biennale with a national pavilion dedicated to tribal and Indigenous artistic traditions. The announcement was made on by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, India’s Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, during a national conference on tribal arts held at the India Habitat Centre in

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Kochi-Muziris Biennale Set for Grandest Edition Yet, Spanning 28 Venues Across the City

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) is set to launch its most expansive edition yet, transforming the port city into a sprawling canvas of contemporary art beginning December 12, 2025. For its sixth edition, Asia’s largest contemporary art festival will expand across 28 venues—a significant increase from previous years—incorporating a diverse architectural mix ranging from colonial-era heritage

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Afghan Artist Khadim Ali at the Inaugural Bukhara Biennial 2025

Khadim Ali, represented by Latitude 28, is participating at the inaugural edition of the Bukhara Biennial 2025, curated by Diana Campbell and organized by the Arts and Culture Development Foundation under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Titled Recipes for Broken Hearts, this first edition unfolds from September 5 to November 20, 2025, across

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The Inaugural Bukhara Biennial: Reviving an Ancient City’s Role in Global Cultural Exchange

The ancient city of Bukhara, once a flourishing intellectual and trading hub along the Silk Road, has emerged as Central Asia’s newest cultural destination with the launch of its inaugural biennial in September 2025. The Bukhara Biennial, titled “Recipes for Broken Hearts,”is Uzbekistan’s first major international contemporary art event and, one of the most ambitious cultural initiatives

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