The Dakar Biennale legacy

The new art world map

Chapter 1

The West African renaissance in Abidjan

Chapter 2

Saudi Arabia's desert canvas

Chapter 3

Biennials of the Global South

Chapter 4

Repatriation and the digital future

YOUR GOAL

Master of The new art world map

Ch 3 · Biennials of the Global South

andy Biennials of the Global South

From Dakar to Dhaka, New art scenes rising, Global South shines bright!

andy Decolonizing the art calendar

Decolonizing the art calendar

andy Alternative regional biennials are shifting the balance of power away from elite Western commercial art fairs.

The Sharjah Biennial impact

andy The United Arab Emirates has established a premier platform for challenging Western-centric narratives through contemporary art.

Southern Art Spin

BETA

andy Spin Southern artworks to discover the new global art map.

Fun Fact

Kochi's massive crowd: Unlike elite Western art fairs, India's Kochi-Muziris Biennial is highly democratic, with local workers and school children making up most of its 600,000+ visitors.

Gossip

Which global art city would you visit?

Quiz

Which West African country hosts the Dak'Art biennial to showcase contemporary African art?

andy The Dakar Biennale legacy

Quiz

What is the popular name of the long-running contemporary art biennial held in Dakar, Senegal?

andy The Sharjah Biennial impact

Quiz

Unlike commercial art fairs, what is the primary non-commercial focus of an art biennial?

andy The Kochi-Muziris Biennial

Quiz

Who has led the Sharjah Art Foundation and its biennial as a major global curator?

Quiz

Which Middle Eastern city has hosted an influential contemporary art biennial since 1993?

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Which South American city hosts the second-oldest art biennial in the world, founded in 1951?

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In which Indian state does the famous Kochi-Muziris Biennial take place?

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In what year was the groundbreaking Kochi-Muziris Biennial in India first established?