Here Is an Up-to-Date Guide to the Constantly Changing Art Biennial Calendar for 2020 and Beyond

For curators Pirkko Siitari and Taru Tappola, the summer of
2020 was supposed to mark a huge milestone with the debut of
Finland’s Helsinki Biennial. Now, those plans, like so
many others in the art world and beyond, have been completely
recast. They chose to push the inaugural biennial, titled “The Same
Sea,” back by exactly one year. For the jam-packed art calendar,
such changes can have a big domino effect.

Many of the world’s most important visual art events take place
every two or three years, so shifting an entire calendar cycle
means jostling with other events already scheduled. As we explore
in a new feature on these
challenges
, biennale organizers who are shuffling dates must at
the same time contend with novel uncertainties regarding travel,
shipping, and large crowds.

Some events are already putting a stake in the ground. Below,
find a guide to the art shows that have new dates based on the
current health conditions; we’ll continue to update as more
information is released.

June–December 2020

Made in LA is still slated to open in
Summer 2020. Courtesy of the Hammer Museum.

?? ? Riga
Biennial
Online: May 21–October 2, 2020 

?? NIRIN Biennale of Sydney,
Australia
Reopening at select venues June
2020

?? Yokohoma Triennale, Japan: July 17–November 11

?? Made in LA: 2020,
California, 
July
19–January 3, 2021

?? Manifesta
13
Marseilles: August 28–November 28, 2020

?? EVA International,
Limerick:
September 4–November
15

?? Bienal
de São Paolo
, Brazil: 
October 3–December 13

?? Bangkok Art
Biennale
:
October
10–February 21, 2021

?? Taipei
Biennial
, Taiwan:
November
24–February 28, 2021

?? Kochi
Muziris Biennale
, India:
December 12–April 10

2021

Ahmet Öğüt, United, 2016, two channel HD animation. Commissioned by 11th Gwangju Biennale Foundation. Produced in collaboration with JM Animation Co. Supported by Mondriaan Foundation and Saha Association. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Doyun Kim

Ahmet Öğüt, United (2016), two
channel HD animation. Commissioned by 11th Gwangju Biennale
Foundation. Produced in collaboration with JM Animation Co.
Supported by Mondriaan Foundation and Saha Association. Courtesy of
the artist. Photo: Doyun Kim

?? Gwangju Biennale: February 26–May 9, 2021

?? Sharjah
Biennial 15 (SB15)
:
March 2021

?? Socle du
Monde
:
Spring 2021

?? Venice Architecture Biennale: May 22 –November 21, 2021

?? Casablanca International Biennale:
May 24–August 1, 2021

?? Helsinki
Biennial
:
June 12–September
26, 2021

?? London
Design Biennial
:
June
2021

?? Folkestone Triennial: September 2021 

?? Prospect.5, New Orleans: October 23, 2021–January 23, 2022

?? 13th Kaunas
Biennial
:
November 5,
2021–January 31, 2022

?? 3rd Coventry
Biennial
:
Autumn
2021

?? Jakarta Biennale: Postponed to
second half of 2021, date to be
announced

?? Liverpool
Biennial
:
Postponed to
2021, date to be announced 

?? New Museum
Triennial
:
Originally
scheduled for 2021, date to be
announced

2022

Sun & Sea, Lithuania's contribution to the 2019 Venice Biennale. Photo: Neon Realism.

Sun & Sea, Lithuania’s
contribution to the 2019 Venice Biennale. Photo: Neon Realism.

?? Venice Biennale,
Italy
: April 23–November 27, 2022

?? Bucharest
Biennial
, Romania
: May 19–July 17, 2022

?? documenta
15
June 18–September 25, 2022

?? FRONT International:
Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
, Ohio:

July 17–October 2, 2022

?? Lyon
Contemporary Art Biennial
:
September 2022

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