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The Biennal: a geostrategic weapon

Contemporary Art | Since the Venice Biennial, established in 1893, more and more major cities are putting on a biennial contemporary art exhibition. Views on contemporary design are changing, with influence and power a factor at major events where courted curators unveil visionary themes : the biennial as a geostrategic weapon.

Parvis de la Biennale de Gwangju - Corée du Sud © DR
Parvis de la Biennale de Gwangju - Corée du Sud
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Indicative of the forces at work, the influence of biennials is telling in terms of global balance. Once European (Venice, 1893), major biennials later sprung up in North America, (Whitney Biennial, 1932), and it is now Asia that sets the tone, illustrated by the influential Gwangju Biennial (South Korea, 1994), curated by Massimiliano Gioni in 2010. Its 2013 theme « Burning down the house » , from curator Jessica Morgan, is echoed in the « If the world changed » theme at the Singapore Biennial and the « Saku (booming) «  theme at the […]

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Parvis de la Biennale de Gwangju - Corée du Sud © DR

Parvis de la Biennale de Gwangju - Corée du Sud
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