Four biennials to see this northern European summer
The 'biennale' was established in Venice, Italy in the early 1900s. La Serenissima's version is still the most famous, but the biennale (or biennial in English) concept has taken hold internationally in more recent times. Hundreds of these two-yearly contemporary art festivals are now staged in cities from Reykjavik to Sydney.
You don't need to be into art and design to find something enriching in these often free events. Biennials might be mostly about visual creativity, but they also offer a sticky beak into some of their city's intriguing spaces.
This northern summer sees iterations of four major biennials that prove the point.
The 13th Berlin Biennale starts June 14 and runs until September 14, showing new and established artists. The London Design Biennial runs throughout June. In the biennale home, Venice Biennale Architettura 2025 is on and running until the end of November, exploring the world of architecture. In the north of England, the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art touted as Britain's largest of its kind, has just started and runs until the end of September.
Many exhibits take over unique and otherwise publicly inaccessible spaces, or even just places you may not have considered putting on a sightseeing itinerary.
The London Design Biennale, for instance, is in Somerset House, a conglomeration of historic government buildings in the heart of the city on the Strand, given over to public use and art since the year 2000.
The Berlin Biennale is spread across four venues chosen for their stories. Alongside the KW Institute for Contemporary Art (founded in a derelict margarine factory in 1991), venues include Sophiensaele, an independent theatre established in the early 1900s Craftsmen's Association building, once a meeting place for revolutionaries, and Hamburger Bahnhof, a railway terminus turned into a major contemporary art gallery. The Biennale is also debuting a former 1900s courthouse on Lehrter Strasse as a new art space.
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- Sydney Morning Herald
Four biennials to see this northern European summer
The 'biennale' was established in Venice, Italy in the early 1900s. La Serenissima's version is still the most famous, but the biennale (or biennial in English) concept has taken hold internationally in more recent times. Hundreds of these two-yearly contemporary art festivals are now staged in cities from Reykjavik to Sydney. You don't need to be into art and design to find something enriching in these often free events. Biennials might be mostly about visual creativity, but they also offer a sticky beak into some of their city's intriguing spaces. This northern summer sees iterations of four major biennials that prove the point. The 13th Berlin Biennale starts June 14 and runs until September 14, showing new and established artists. The London Design Biennial runs throughout June. In the biennale home, Venice Biennale Architettura 2025 is on and running until the end of November, exploring the world of architecture. In the north of England, the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art touted as Britain's largest of its kind, has just started and runs until the end of September. Many exhibits take over unique and otherwise publicly inaccessible spaces, or even just places you may not have considered putting on a sightseeing itinerary. The London Design Biennale, for instance, is in Somerset House, a conglomeration of historic government buildings in the heart of the city on the Strand, given over to public use and art since the year 2000. The Berlin Biennale is spread across four venues chosen for their stories. Alongside the KW Institute for Contemporary Art (founded in a derelict margarine factory in 1991), venues include Sophiensaele, an independent theatre established in the early 1900s Craftsmen's Association building, once a meeting place for revolutionaries, and Hamburger Bahnhof, a railway terminus turned into a major contemporary art gallery. The Biennale is also debuting a former 1900s courthouse on Lehrter Strasse as a new art space.
The Age
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- The Age
Four biennials to see this northern European summer
The 'biennale' was established in Venice, Italy in the early 1900s. La Serenissima's version is still the most famous, but the biennale (or biennial in English) concept has taken hold internationally in more recent times. Hundreds of these two-yearly contemporary art festivals are now staged in cities from Reykjavik to Sydney. You don't need to be into art and design to find something enriching in these often free events. Biennials might be mostly about visual creativity, but they also offer a sticky beak into some of their city's intriguing spaces. This northern summer sees iterations of four major biennials that prove the point. The 13th Berlin Biennale starts June 14 and runs until September 14, showing new and established artists. The London Design Biennial runs throughout June. In the biennale home, Venice Biennale Architettura 2025 is on and running until the end of November, exploring the world of architecture. In the north of England, the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art touted as Britain's largest of its kind, has just started and runs until the end of September. Many exhibits take over unique and otherwise publicly inaccessible spaces, or even just places you may not have considered putting on a sightseeing itinerary. The London Design Biennale, for instance, is in Somerset House, a conglomeration of historic government buildings in the heart of the city on the Strand, given over to public use and art since the year 2000. The Berlin Biennale is spread across four venues chosen for their stories. Alongside the KW Institute for Contemporary Art (founded in a derelict margarine factory in 1991), venues include Sophiensaele, an independent theatre established in the early 1900s Craftsmen's Association building, once a meeting place for revolutionaries, and Hamburger Bahnhof, a railway terminus turned into a major contemporary art gallery. The Biennale is also debuting a former 1900s courthouse on Lehrter Strasse as a new art space.
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