IBA Newsletter: February 2019

Dear members,

Though we are only a month into the new year, there are biennials opening up all over the world.

Please read on for a list of upcoming events so that you may mark your calendars and schedule a visit.

We have also been in the process of reaching out to members in order to receive information in preparation for the upcoming update to the IBA website. If you have not received this email, please be sure to contact us at info@biennialassociation.org at your earliest convenience.

Thank you for your support. We hope to see you soon!

IBA Events in 2019

IBA will hold multiple international events in 2019. More details will be shared on the IBA website as they emerge.

Launch Events for Pass: Journal of International Biennial Association

Thursday, February 21, 7pm
Hosted by Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA), Göteborg, Sweden
Location: Röda Sten Konsthall, Röda Sten 1, 414 51 Gothenburg, Sweden
Additional Details TBD

Friday, March 22, 6–8pm
Hosted by Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (The University of Applied Arts Vienna), Vienna, Austria
Location: The Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, AIL, Franz-Josefs-Kai 3 1010 Vienna

June 2019
11th Board Meeting
Ljubljana, Slovenia

2019
6th General Assembly
Santiago, Chile

Current Member Biennials

The following member biennials are currently open. Click to learn more, and start planning your visit today!

12th Shanghai Biennale
Now through March 10, 2019

Carnegie International 2018
Now through March 25, 2019

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018
Now through March 29, 2019

Vancouver Biennale
Now through 2020

Upcoming Member Biennials

The member biennials listed below will open this year. Click for more details.

XXII Triennale di Milano
March 1, 2019 – September 1, 2019

Sharjah Biennial 14
March 7, 2019 – June 10, 2019

Honolulu Biennial 2019
March 8, 2019 – May 5, 2019

13th Havana Biennale
April 12, 2019 – May 12, 2019

Contour Biennale 9: Coltan as Cotton
May 17, 2019 – May 19, 2019
October 18, 2019 – October 20, 2019

2019 Whitney Biennial
May 17, 2019 – September 22, 2019

Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana
June 7, 2019 – September 29, 2019

Aichi Triennale 2019
August 1, 2019 – October 14, 2019

8th Ballarat International Foto Biennale
August 23, 2019 – October 20, 2019

LIAF 2019
August 30, 2019 – September 29, 2019

Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art
September 7, 2019 – November 17, 2019
Press and Professional Preview: September 6, 2019

Bergen Assembly
September 9, 2019 – November 10, 2019

5th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art
September 12, 2019 – December 1, 2019
Professional Preview: September 10 – 11

16th Istanbul Biennial
September 14, 2019 – November 10, 2019
Media Preview: September 10 – 11
Professional Preview: September 12 – 13

15th Biennale de Lyon
September 18, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Professional Preview: September 16 – 17

21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil
October 9, 2019 – January 30, 2020

XIIth Florence Biennale
October 18, 2019 – October 27, 2020

Biennale de Lubumbashi #6
October 24, 2019 – November 24, 2019

Karachi Biennale 2019
October 26, 2019 – November 8, 2019

14th Media Arts Biennial of Chile
October 2019 – December 2019

Bamako Encounters, Biennale of African Photography
November 30, 2019

22nd Biennale of Sydney 2020
March 14, 2020 – June 8, 2020

Bucharest Biennale 9
May 21, 2020 – July 7, 2020

Liverpool Biennial 2020
July 11, 2020 – October 25, 2020

EVA International 2020
September 4, 2020 – November 15, 2020

34th Bienal de São Paulo
September 2020 – December 2020

Non-Member Biennials in 2019

XIII Bienal FEMSA
Now through February 9, 2019

2018 Taiwan Biennial
Now through February 10, 2019

The Luleå Biennial 2018
Now through February 17, 2019

Thailand Biennale
Now through February 28, 2019

Biennale d’art Contemporain de Strasbourg
Now through March 3, 2019

Taipei Biennial 2018
Now through March 10, 2019

The 6th Guangzhou Triennial
Now through March 10, 2019

The 4th Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale
Now through March 10, 2019

3rd Macao Printmaking Triennial
Now through March 17, 2019

The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9)
Now through April 28, 2019

Desert X
February 9, 2019 – April 21, 2019

Manif d’art 9
February 15, 2019 – April 21, 2019

Chennai Photo Biennale 2019
February 22, 2019 – March 24, 2019

Setouchi Triennale 2019
April 26, 2019 – November 4, 2019

58th Venice Biennale
May 11, 2019 – November 24, 2019

Oslo Biennial First Edition
May 25, 2019

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Member News

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Become an IBA Member Today!

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While engagement with professionals in the global biennial community is the primary membership benefit, other benefits include access to the Interactive Space on the IBA website, where members can connect with one another to share and develop ideas. Members also receive invitations to all IBA events and conferences, copies of all publications as well a membership card, which grants access to member biennials and triennials participating in our Free Admission Program. 

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From all of us at IBA,
Have a great month!

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