You never know these days, but 2022 is still shaping up to be a year chock full of art events. From Mali to Morocco, Cleveland to Canada, biennials and triennials are returning to the main stage. It will be truly interesting to see what the new normal looks like at such big international art surveys.
A roster of heavy hitters are set to unleash long-planned events this year, including High Line director Cecilia Alemani taking the reigns at the so-called “Art Fair Olympics” in Venice, and the Indonesian artist collective ruangrupa helming the Kassel-based quinquennial exhibition for Documenta 15.
Below, here’s our calendar of big events that are set to be the talk of the international art world this year.
FEBRUARY & MARCH
Shraddha Shrestha, The Family Portrait (2016) is one artist showing at the Kathmandu Triennial. Courtesy of the artist.
??Kathmandu Triennale, Nepal
When: February 11–March 11, 2022
Curators: Artistic director Cosmin Costinas and co-curators Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hit Man Gurung
?? Hawai’i Triennial, United States
When: February 18–May 8, 2022
Curators: Curatorial director Melissa Chiu, associate curators Miwako Tezuka, and Drew Kahu‘āina Broderick
?? Manif d’art 10, Canada
When: February 19–April 24, 2022
Curators: Artistic director Claude Bélanger, curator Steven Matjcio
?? 23 Biennale of Sydney, Australia
When: March 12–June 13, 2022
Curators: Artistic director José Roca
?? Toronto Biennial of Art, Canada
When: March 26–June 5, 2022
Curators: Tairone Bastien, Candice Hopkins, Katie Lawson and contributing curators Clare Butcher, Myung-Sun Kim
APRIL & MAY
Arsenale during the 57th Internaztional Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images)
?? Venice Biennale, Italy
When: April 23–November 27, 2022
Curators: Cecilia Alemani
?? 8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Germany
When: May 19–September 2022
Curators: Artistic director Koyo Kouoh and curators Rasha Salti, Gabriella Beckhurst Feijoo, and Oluremi C. Onabanjo
?? Biennale Gherdëina, Italy
When: May 20–September 25, 2022
Curators: Lucia Pietroiusti, Filipa Ramos
?? 10th Bucharest Biennale, Romania
When: May 23–July 3, 2022
Curators: JARVIS
JUNE, JULY, & AUGUST
Still from the video preview of the Front International Triennial. Courtesy of artnet and FRONT Exhibition Company.
?? 12th Berlin Biennale, Germany
When: June 11–September 18, 2022
Curators: Kader Attia
?? Documenta 15, Germany
When: June 18–September 25, 2022
Curators: ruangrupa artist collective
?? 3rd RIBOCA, Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Latvia
When: July 15–October 2, 2022
Curators: René Block and associate curator Nico Anklam
?? FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, United States
When: July 16–October 2, 2022
Curators: Artistic directors Prem Krishnamurthy and Tina Kukielski
?? Manifesta Biennial, Kosovo
When: July 22–October 20, 2022
Curators: Catherine Nichols
?? Aichi Triennale, Japan
When: July 30–October 10, 2022
Curators: Artistic director Mami Kataoka
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
Installation view of Youssouf Sogodogo “Crossroads: A Homecoming.” Courtesy of the artist and Bamako Encounters – African Biennale of Photography.
?? TAB 2022 (Tallinn Architecture Biennale), Estonia
When: September 7–November 30, 2022
Curators: Lydia Kallipoliti, Areti Markopoulou, co-curator: Ivan Sergeyev and Sonia Ralston
?? Bergen Assembly, Norway
When: September 8–November 6, 2022
Curators: Saâdane Afif
?? 16th Biennale de Lyon, France
When: September 14–December 31, 2022
Curators: Sam Bardaouil, Till Fellrath
?? 17th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
When: September 17–November 20, 2022
Curators: Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar, and David Teh
?? International Biennial of Casablanca, Morocco
When: September 22–November 5, 2022
Curators: Artistic director Christine Eyene and associate curators: Soukaina Aboulaoula and Cindy Sissokho
?? 58th Carnegie International, United States
When: September 24, 2022–April 2, 2023
Curators: Sohrab Mohebbi and associate curator Ryan Inouye
?? Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Portugal
When: September 29–December 5, 2022
Curators: Cristina Veríssimo, Diogo Burnay
?? FotoFocus, United States
When: October 1–8, 2022
Curators: Artistic director and curator Kevin Moore, Carissa Barnard, and guest curators Amara Antilla, Ylinka Barotto, Makeda Best, Matt Distel, Ariel Goldberg, and Tony Oursler
?? 7th Singapore Biennale, Singapore
When: October 18, 2022–March 19, 2023
Curators: Binna Choi, Nida Ghouse, June Yap, and Ala Younis
?? 13th Rencontres de Bamako – African Biennale of Photography, Mali
When: October 20–December 20, 2022
Curators: Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Meriem Berrada, Tandazani Dhlakama, and Liz Ikiriko