Biennials
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Nikau Hindin, John Pule, and Rosanna Raymond at the 4th Kathmandu Triennale
01 March —
31 March 2022
Patan Museum, Bahadur Shah Baithak, Nepal Art Council, Taragaon Museum and Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal
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Evan Woodruffe, Jamie Berry and Jimmy James Kouratoras at the 9th Beijing International Art Biennale
18 January —
01 March 2022
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
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Ash Kilmartin in 'Langstme', The Triennial of Beetsterzwaag
10 September —
19 September 2021
Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands
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Sorawit Songsataya, Sriwhana Spong and Simon Denny at the 6th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art
02 October —
05 December 2021
Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Simon Denny at the 7th Athens Biennale
24 September —
28 November 2021
AB7: Eclipse, Athens, Greece
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Karen Sewell, Luminary | Luminare in Personal Structures
23 April —
27 November 2022
Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
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Christina Pataialii at the New Museum Triennial
27 October 2021 —
23 January 2022
The New Museum, New York, U.S.A.
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Aotearoa artists at the 22nd Sydney Biennale
14 March —
06 September 2020
Various locations, Sydney, Australia
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Yona Lee at Busan Biennale 2020
05 September —
08 November 2020
Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea
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Dane Mitchell at Bangkok Art Biennale
12 October 2020 —
31 January 2021
BAB Box, One Bangkok, Thailand
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Vivian Lynn, Shannon Te Ao & Bad Fiji Gyals at Gwangju Biennale
01 April —
09 May 2021
Gwangju, South Korea
Writing
Looking for Home
By Jungah Lee
13.01.2021
A look at Yona Lee's site-specific work En Route Home at the 2020 Busan Biennale, its references to migration, the concept of 'home', and our new and developing relationships towards stability and roots in the era of globalisation.
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Moana, Unimagined
By Millie Riddell
08.01.2020
The 16th Istanbul Biennial, titled The Seventh Continent, had a thematic focus on the large garbage patch currently occupying 3.4 million square kilometres of ocean, near Hawaii and Japan. Despite focusing on this area, Pacific artists were not present at the Biennial. Writer Millie Riddell explores the omission of Pacific artists, and what it means to not address or include the people most affected by environmental pollution and climate change.
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Behind the scenes of Post hoc in Venice
By Amber Baldock, Chris Sharp, Hope Wilson, Jude Chambers, Zara Stanhope
22.07.2019
What does it take to represent New Zealand at the Venice Biennale? How are five-metre tall, 500kg sculptures installed and secured? How do you vie for an audience’s attention on an island full of exhibitions and artworks? HUM interviews the team behind Post hoc, at the New Zealand Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennale.
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HUM live from the 2019 Venice Biennale
By Contemporary HUM
07.05.2019
HUM brings you live blog posts, videos, and exclusive images from the opening week of May You Live In Interesting Times, The 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, including Dane Mitchell's Post hoc for the New Zealand Pavilion.
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An interview with Dame Jenny Gibbs
By Pauline Autet
05.04.2019
As the commissioner of the New Zealand Pavilion in the years 2001, 2003 and 2019, Dame Jenny Gibbs has unparalleled knowledge on the history of New Zealand at the Venice Biennale. HUM's Editor Pauline Autet, speaks with Gibbs about the forthcoming biennale and about Dane Mitchell's project for the prestigious international exhibition.
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An interview with Lisa Reihana
By Contemporary HUM
22.09.2017
As part of Contemporary HUM’s series of interviews with New Zealand artists exhibiting during the 57th Venice Biennale, we talk to Lisa Reihana, New Zealand's representative at the Biennale about her experience in Venice.
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An interview with Kāryn Taylor
By Contemporary HUM
22.09.2017
As part of Contemporary HUM's series of interviews with New Zealand artists exhibiting during the 57th Venice Biennale, we talk with Kāryn Taylor about her work Field Notations, included in the exhibition Personal Structures: Open Borders at the Palazzo Bembo.
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An interview with Francis Upritchard
By Contemporary HUM
22.09.2017
As part of Contemporary HUM’s series of interviews with New Zealand artists exhibiting during the 57th Venice Biennale, we talk to Francis Upritchard about her work in the Biennale.
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An interview with Paul Handley
By Contemporary HUM
22.09.2017
As part of Contemporary HUM's series of interviews with New Zealand artists exhibiting during the 57th Venice Biennale, we talk to Paul Handley about his practice and his work Déplacement (Smuggling Pod) (2017), included in the exhibition Personal Structures: Open Borders at the Palazzo Bambo.
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HUM live from the 2017 Venice Biennale
By Contemporary HUM
08.05.2017
HUM brings you live blog posts and exclusive images from the opening week of Viva Arte Viva, The 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, between 8 - 15 May 2017, including Lisa Reihana: Emissaries for the New Zealand Pavilion.
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Reporting from the Front Desk
By Chris Winwood
08.12.2016
Paris-based architect Chris Winwood considers Future Islands, the New Zealand contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016.