IBA Newsletter: May 2019

Dear members,

We hope this newsletter finds you well. As you will notice upon scrolling down, there are a number of upcoming biennials taking place throughout this year to visit.

If you have a biennial coming up, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us so that we may promote it for all of our members to see.

See you next month!

IBA Events in 2019

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

11th Board Meeting
June 12, 2019
Ljubljana, Slovenia

6th General Assembly
Winter 2019
Santiago, Chile

Current Member Biennials

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

Honolulu Biennial 2019
Now through May 5, 2019

13th Havana Biennale
Now through May 12, 2019

Sharjah Biennial 14
Now through June 10, 2019

XXII Triennale di Milano
Now through September 1, 2019

Vancouver Biennale
Now through 2020

Upcoming Member Biennials

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

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

12th Kaunas Biennial
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

6th Art Encounters 2019
September 20, 2019 – October 27, 2019

14th Curitiba International Biennial
September 21, 2019 – February 23, 2020

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

6th Ghetto Biennial 2019
November 29, 2019 – December 20, 2019

Bamako Encounters, Biennale of African Photography
November 30, 2019 – January 31, 2020

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

RIBOCA2
May 16, 2020 – October 11, 2020

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

Sonsbeek 2020
June 5, 2020 – September 13, 2020

Manifesta 13
June 7, 2020 – November 1, 2020

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

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

5th International Biennial of Casablanca
September 24, 2020 – November 1, 2020

34th Bienal de São Paulo
September 2020 – December 2020

Front International
July 17, 2021 – October 2, 2021

documenta 15
June 18, 2022 – September 25, 2022

Non-Member Biennials in 2019

Setouchi Triennale 2019
Now through November 4, 2019

The Eighteenth ArtsWorcester Biennial
May 2, 2019 – June 8, 2019

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

osloBIENNALEN
May 25, 2019 – 2024

Blickachsen 12
May 26, 2019 – October 6, 2019

Vienna Biennale for Change 2019
May 29, 2019 – October 6, 2019

14th Fellbach Triennial
June 1, 2019 – September 29, 2019

Momentum 10
June 8, 2019 – October 9, 2019

L’Andart 19
June 14, 2019 – September 14, 2019

Bonavista Biennale 2019
August 17, 2019 – September 15, 2019

7th Nakanojo Biennale
August 24, 2019 – September 23, 2019

Copenhagen Ultracontemporary Biennale
September 1, 2019 – September 10, 2019

MOMENTA – Biennale de l’image
September 4, 2019 – October 13, 2019

TAB 2019
September 11, 2019 – November 30, 2019

XII Architecture Biennale of São Paulo
September 19, 2019 – December 19, 2019

Chicago Architecture Biennial
September 19, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Toronto Biennial of Art
September 21, 2019 – December 1, 2019

Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019
September 26, 2019 – November 24, 2019

Lisbon Architecture Triennale
October 3, 2019 – December 2, 2019

7th Asian Art Biennial
October 5, 2019 – February 9, 2020

XVII Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires
October 15, 2019 – October 26, 2019

Screen City Biennial 2019
October 17, 2019 – October 30, 2019

The Lagos Biennial: LB2
October 26, 2019 – November 30, 2019

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Member News

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

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