The flute septet, viibra, formed in 2016 for Björk’s Utopia. Courtesy the Reykjavík Arts Festival Art historian and curator Paco Barragán makes a compelling argument that biennials negotiate a set of contradictions: “It is at once local and global, political and aesthetic, critical and institutional, temporary and perennial. Its success, however, comes at the cost … Read more
Installation view: Kamrooz Aram’s “Infrequencies,” Alexander Grey Associates, New York, February 20 – April 11, 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York. Those in music know that within a score’s structure, there are infinite possibilities for variation and improvisation. With a past as a drummer and a deep knowledge of music, … Read more
The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) runs through March 31, 2026. A J JOJI | Courtesy The Kochi Biennale Foundation Beyond the nation-state framework codified by the Venice Biennale, the most influential biennials are those that establish a genuine dialogue with the places and communities in which they unfold—beyond the traditional art elite—and … Read more
The 2026 Whitney Biennial 2026 runs through August. Darian DiCianno/BFA.com If the Whitney Biennial takes the temperature of American art—and of the society that produces it—the cacophony of fragments, relics and semi-fictional or dystopian allusions in this edition captures the fractured sense of reality and dissociation defining the present moment, as the great narratives that … Read more