
Lusanga International Research Centre for Art and Economic Inequality; and Institute for Human Activities, Lusanga, Congo, 2017: Renzo Martens in front of the Kisendus hosting LIRCAEI's inaugural exhibition. Photo: Thomas Nolf. © Lusanga International Research Centre for Art and Economic Inequality; and Institute for Human Activities.
Artist: Iva Lulashi
Curator: Antoio Grulli
Artist: Luciana Lamothe
Curator: Sofia Dourron
Artist: Nina Khemchyan
Curator: Armen Yesayants
Artist: Archie Moore
Curator: Ellie Buttrose
(Read our Conversation with Archie Moore, 2016)
Artist: Anna Jermolaewa
Curator: Gabriele Spindler
Artists: Vusala Agharaziyeva, Rashad Alakbarov, Irina Eldarova
Curators: Luca Beatrice, Amina Melikova
Artists: Abdur Rab, Syeda Mahbuba Karim, Shahjahan Ahmed Bikash, Shahid Kbir, Claudia De Leonardis, Anna Carla De Leonardis, Roberto Saglietto, Natalia Revoniuk, Patrizia Casagranda, DoJoong Jo, Jiyoon Oh, Franco Marrocco, Marco Nereo Rotelli, Mirko Demattè
Curator: Viviana Vannucci
Artists: Simona Denicolai & Ivo Provoost, Antoinette Jattiot, Nord and Speculoos
Curator: Petticoat Government
Artists: Ishola Akpo, Moufouli Bello, Romuald Hazoumè, and Chloé Quenum
Curator: Azu Nwagbogu
Artists: Elvira Espejo Ayca, Oswaldo ‘Achu’ De, León Kantule,Yanaki Herrera, Duhigó, Zahy Tentehar, Lorgio Vaca, Maria Alexandra Bravo Cladera, Rolando Vargas Ramos, Edwin Alejo, Cristina Quispe Huanca, Martina Mamani Robles, Prima Flores Torrez, Laura Tola Ventura, María Eugenia Cruz Sanchez, Faustina Flores Ferreyra, Pamela Onostre Reynolds, Guillermina Cueva Sita, Magdalena Cuasace, Claudia Opimi Vaca, Olga Rivero Díaz, Reina Morales Davalos, Silvia Montaño Ito, Ignacia Chuviru Surubi, Ronald Morán, Humberto Velez
Curator: Ministry of Culture of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Artist: Glicéria Tupinambá
Curators: Arissana Pataxó, Denilson Baniwa, and Gustavo Caboco Wapichana
Artists: Krasimira Butseva, Lilia Topouzova, and Julian Chehirian
Curator: Vasil Vladimirov
Artists: Jean Michel Dissake, Hako Hankson, Kendji & Ollo Arts, Patrick-Joël Tatcheda Yonkeu, Guy Wouete, Angelo Accardi, Julia Bornefeld, Cesare Catania, Adélaïde Laurent-Bellue, Franco Mazzucchelli, Rex and Edna Volcan, Giorgio Tentolini, Liu Youju
Curators: Paul Emmanuel Loga Mahop, Sandro Orlandi Stagl
Artist: Kapwani Kiwanga
Curator: Gaëtane Verna
(Read our Conversation with Kapwani Kiwanga, 2016)
Artist: Valeria Montti Colque
Curators: Andrea Pacheco González
Artists: Che Jianquan, Jiao Xingtao, Shi Hui, Qiu Zhenzhong, Wang Shaoqiang, Wang Zhenghong, Zhu Jinshi, project team of A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings
Curators: Wang Xiaosong, Jiang Jun
Curator: Gabriele Giuseppe Salmi
Artists: LLC, Endrosia, and Haig Aivazian
Curator: None
Artist: Vlatka Horvat
Curator: Antonia Majača
Artist: Wilfredo Prieto García
Curator: Nelson Ramirez de Arellano
Artists: Eva Kotátková, and Oto Hudec
Curators: Hana Janečková, and Lýdia Pribišová
Artist: Inuuteq Storch
Curator: Louise Wolthers
Artist: Wael Shawky
Curators: Massimo Osanna, Andrea Viliani, and Gabriel Zuchtriegel
Artist: Edith Karlson
Curators: Maria Arusoo and Eero Epner
Artist: Tesfaye Urgessa
Curator: Lemn Sissay
Artists: Pia Lindman, Vidha Saumya, and Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen
Curators: Yvonne Billimore and Jussi Koitela
Artist: Julien Creuzet
Curator: Céline Kopp, Cindy Sissokho
Artists: Nikoloz Koplatadze, Grigol Nodia, Juliette George, Rodrigue de Ferluc; Iliazd, Max Ernst, Ernst Wilhelm Tempel
Curators: Julia Marchand, and Davit Koroshinadze
Artists: Yael Bartana, Ersan Mondtag, Michael Akstaller, Nicole L’Huillier, Robert Lippok, Jan St. Werne
Curator: Çağla Ilk
Artist: John Akomfrah
Curator: Tarini Malik
(Read our Conversation with John Akomfrah, 2018)
Artists: Thanasis Deligiannis, Yannis Michalopoulos, Elia Kalogianni, Yorgos Kyvernitis, Kostas Chaikalis and Fotis Sagonas.
Curator: Panos Giannikopoulos
Artists: Frederika Adam, Breakfast, Jason deCaires Taylor, Antonello Diodato Guardigli (ADGART), Alma Fakhre, Suelin Low Chew Tung, Gabriele Maquignaz, Lorenzo Marini, Benaiah Matheson, The Perceptive Group, Nello Petrucci
Curator: Daniele Radini Tedeschi
Artist: Trevor Yeung
Curator: Olivia Chow
(Read our Conversation with Trevor Yeung, 2016)
Artists: Maurizio Cattelan, Bintou Dembélé, Simone Fattal, Claire Fontaine, Sonia Gomes, Corita Kent, Marco Perego & Zoe Saldana, Claire Tabouret
Curators: Chiara Parisi, Bruno Racine
(Read our Conversation with Simone Fattal, 2022)
Artist: Márton Nemes
Curator: Róna Kopeczky
Artist: Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir
Curator: Dan Byers
Artists: Abdolhamid Ghadirian, Gholamali Taheri, Kazem Chalipa, Morteza Asadi, Mostafa Goudarzi
Curators: Amir Abdolhoseini, Shoaib Hosseini Moghaddam
Artist: Eimear Walshe
Curator: Sara Greavu
(Read our Conversation with Eimar Walshe, 2024)
Artist: Ruth Patir
Curators: Mira Lapidot and Tamar Margalit
Artist: Massimo Bartolini
Curator: Luca Cerizza
Artists: Jems Koko Bi, François Xavier Gbré, Sadikou Oukpedjo, Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny, Marie Claire Messouma
Curator: Simon Njami
Artist: Yuko Mohri
Curator: Sook-Kyung Lee
Artists: Kamil Mulashev, Saken Narynov, Yerbolat Tolepbay, Sergey Maslov, Anvar Musrepov, The2vvo
Curators: Danagul Tolepbay, Anvar Musrepov
Artist: Doruntina Kastrati
Curator: Erëmira Krasniq
Artist: Amanda Ziemele
Curator: Adam Budak
Artist: Mounira Al-Solh
Curators: Nada Ghandour and Dina Bizri
(Read our Conversation with Mounira Al Solh, 2022)
Artists: Pakui Hardware (Neringa Cerniauskaite and Ugnius Gelguda) and Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
Curators: Valentinas Klimasauskas and Joao Laia
Artists: Andrea Mancini and the Every Island collective
Curator: Joel Valabrega
Artist: Matthew Atard
Curators: Sara Dolfi Agostini and Elyse Tonna
Artist: Erick Meyenberg
Curator: Tania Ragasol
Artist: Ochirbold Ayurzana
Curators: Oyuntuya Oyunjargal and Gregor Jansen
Artist: Darja Bajagić
Curator: Ana Simona Zelenović
Artists: Renzo Martens and Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC)
Curator: Hicham Khalidi
Artists: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ndidi Dike, Onyeka Igwe, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Abraham Oghobase, Precious Okoyomon, Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA), and Fatimah Tuggar.
Curator: Aindrea Emelife
(Read our Conversation with Yinka Shonibare, 2013)
Artists: Lap-See Lam (Sweden), Kholod Hawash (Finland), and Tze Yeung Ho (Norway)
Curator: Asrin Haidari
Artist: Slavica Janešlieva
Curator: Ana Frangovska
Artists: Alia al Farsi, Ali al Jabri, Essa al Mufarji, Adham al Farsi, Sarah al Olaqi
Curator: Alia Al Farsi
Artists: Brooke Alfaro, Isabel De Obaldia, Giana De Dier, Cisco Merel
Curators: Ana Elizabeth Gonzalez, Monica Kupfer, and Luz Bonadies
Artist: Roberto Huarcaya
Curator: Alejandro León Cannock
Artist: Mark Savlatus
Curator: Carlos Quijon Jr.
Artist: Open Group collective
Curator: Marta Czyż
Artist-curators: Mónica de Miranda, Sónia Vaz Borges, and Vânia Gala
(Read our Conversation with Mónica de Miranda, 2020)
Artists: Șerban Savu, Atelier Brenda
Curator: Ciprian Mureșan
(Read our Conversation with Ciprian Mureşan, 2015)
Artist: Eddie Martinez
Curator: Alison M. Gingeras
(Read our Advisory Pick on Eddie Martinez, 2022)
Artist: Manal AlDowayan
Curators: Jessica Cerasi and Maya El Khalil with assistant curator Shadin AlBulaihed
Artist: Alioune Diagne
Curator: Massamba Mbaye
Artist: Aleksandar Denic
Curator: Ksenija Samardzija
Artists: Jude Ally, Ryan Chetty, Danielle Freakley, Juliette Zelime AKA JADEZ
Curator: Martin Kennedy
Artist: Robert Zhao Renhui
Curator: Haeju Kim
Artist: Oto Hudec
Curator: Lýdia Pribišová
Artist: Nika Špan
Curator: Vladimir Vidmar
Artist: MADEYOULOOK (Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho)
Curator: Portia Malatjie
Artist: Koo Jeong A
Curators: Jacob Fabricius and Lee Seol-hui
Artist: Sandra Gamarra
Curator: Agustín Pérez Rubio
Artist: Guerreiro do Divino Amor
Curator: Andrea Bellini
Artists: Happy Robert, Naby, Haji Chilonga, and Lute Mwakisopile
Curator: Enrico Bittoto
Artist: Yuan Goang-Ming
Curator: Abby Chen
Artist: Maria Madeira
Curator: Natalie King
(Read our Conversation with Natalie King, 2016)
Artist: Gülsün Karamustafa
Curator: Esra Sarıgedik Öktem
Artists: Artisan Weavers’ Collective, Sana Gateja, Taga Nuwagaba, Xenson Ssenkaba, Jose Hendo, Odur Ronald
Curator: Acaye Kerunen
(Read our interview with Acaye Kerunen, 2024)
Artists: Katya Buchatska, Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva, Daniil Revkovskyi, Andrii Rachynskyi, Oleksandr Burlaka
Curators: Viktoria Bavykina and Max Gorbatskyi
Artist: Abdullah Al Saadi
Curator: Tarek Abou El Fetouh
Artist: Jeffrey Gibson
Curators: Kathleen Ash-Milby and Abigail Winograd
Artist: Eduardo Cardozo
Curator: Elisa Valerio
Artists: Aziza Kadyri and Qizlar Collective
Curator: Centre for Contemporary Art Tashkent
Artist: Juvenal Ravelo
Curator: Edgar Ernesto Gonzalez
Artists: Gillian Rosselli, Kombo Chapfika, Moffat Takadiwa, Sekai Machache, Troy Makaza, Victor Nyakauru
Curator: Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa
This list has been regularly updated ahead of the Biennale in light of new announcements. Last updated 16 April 2024. —[O]
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