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• Manifesta 13 Opens in Marseille with 47 Artists Across Six Venues festival-fair

  Manifesta 13, a biennial dedicated to contemporary art, commenced in Marseille on August 28, 2020, and will continue until November 29. This event showcases the work of 47 artists…

• Brazilian Film 'Casa de Antiguidades' Selected for Cannes Amid Cinematic and Political Tensions festival-fair

  The film 'Casa de Antiguidades' from Brazil, featuring Antônio Pitanga, was chosen for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. Directed by João Paulo Miranda, the story centers on…

• Bucharest Biennale 2022 to Be Curated by AI System Jarvis festival-fair

  The 10th edition of the Bucharest Biennale, postponed from 2020 to 2021, will be curated by Jarvis, an artificial intelligence system created by Vienna-based studio Spinnwerk.…

• Biennale artpress des jeunes artistes à Saint-Étienne en 2020 festival-fair

  L'exposition Après l'école – Biennale artpress des jeunes artistes – Saint-Étienne 2020 se tient sur deux sites : la Cité du design (3 rue Javelin Pagnon, 42000 Saint-Étienne) et…

• Saudi Arabia Announces First Biennale for 2021 in Ad Diriyah festival-fair

  Saudi Arabia will launch its first Biennale in 2021, announced by Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan, who also chairs the Biennale Foundation's…

• Johann König hosts physical art fair Messe in St. Agnes in Berlin gallery festival-fair

  Johann König, a gallerist based in Berlin, is organizing an art fair called Messe, which will run from June 17 to 26 at his gallery in the old St. Agnes church. The name 'Messe'…

• Avant Garde Tudela: Spain's Premier Mural Festival Returns for 10th Anniversary festival-fair

  Avant Garde Tudela, one of Spain's most important mural festivals, celebrates its tenth anniversary with a new edition from June 8 to 14, 2020, in Tudela, Navarra. The festival,…

• Biografilm Festival Opens with Valentina Pedicini's Documentary 'Faith' festival-fair

  The 16th edition of the Biografilm Festival runs from June 5 to 15, 2020, online via MyMovies, opening with Valentina Pedicini's documentary 'Faith'. The film returns Pedicini to…

• Docucity Rewind: festival di documentari online dal Mudec festival-fair

  A causa dell'epidemia, l'intero palinsesto di Milano Città Mondo è stato sospeso. Per questo, gli organizzatori del festival Docucity – Documentare la città dell'Università di…

• Cannes 2020 unveils 56-film lineup despite cancellation festival-fair

  The 2020 Cannes Film Festival has been canceled due to the pandemic, but General Delegate Thierry Fremaux and President Pierre Lescure announced the official selection via a…

• Archivissima 2020 goes digital with #WOMEN theme festival-fair

  Archivissima, the Italian festival dedicated to historical archives, returns for its third edition from June 5 to 8, 2020, entirely online due to the health emergency. Born in…

• Goethe-Institut Launches Digital Festival Latitude 2020 on Decolonization and Anti-Racism festival-fair

  The Goethe-Institut will host its first digital Festival Latitude from June 4 to 6, under the theme 'Rethinking Power Relations – for a Decolonized and Anti-Racist World.' This…

• Not Cancelled Brasil Virtual Art Fair Launches with 56 Galleries in Response to Pandemic festival-fair

  The Not Cancelled Brasil virtual art fair launched its first edition from June 10 to July 9, 2020, featuring 56 galleries from across Brazil. Organized by Karla Osorio Netto, a…

• ArcoLisboa goes online as JustMad and JustLX postpone to 2021 festival-fair

  ArcoLisboa launched a digital edition on May 20, running until June 14, after its physical event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The online platform, created in…

• Milan Machinima Festival 2020: Machinima as Art and Critique festival-fair

  The Milan Machinima Festival's third edition, part of Milano Digital Week, is being held online until May 30, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Curated by Matteo Bittanti, the…

• Rijeka European Capital of Culture 2020 Adapts Program Amid Pandemic festival-fair

  Following the suspension of cultural activities due to COVID-19, the Rijeka European Capital of Culture 2020 team, under the leadership of Ivan Šarar and Vojko Obersnel,…

• Biografilm Festival 16th Edition Goes Online with 43 Films from 26 Countries festival-fair

  The 16th edition of the Biografilm Festival, dedicated to biographies and documentaries, will take place online from June 5 to 15 on the MyMovies.it platform, free of charge. The…

• NADA Launches FAIR, an Online Art Fair with Cooperative Profit-Sharing Model festival-fair

  The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) launched FAIR, an online art fair running from May 20 to June 21, 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fair involves 119 NADA…

• In-Box Theatre Network Announces 12 Finalists for 2020-2021 Season festival-fair

  The Italian theatre network In-Box, founded in Siena in 2009 by Straligut Teatro, has selected 12 finalists for its 2020 edition despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The project, which…

• Ipercorpo Festival in Forlì Rescheduled with New Dates and Expanded Program festival-fair

  The Ipercorpo festival in Forlì, Italy, has been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now spanning from autumn 2020 to spring 2021. Artistic director Claudio Angelini…

• Interplay Festival in Turin Goes Digital for 20th Edition Amid COVID-19 festival-fair

  Interplay, the Turin-based festival dedicated to young Italian dance, launches its 20th edition on May 20, 2020, with a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 emergency. Half of the…

• Santarcangelo Festival 2050: 50th Edition Transformed into Year-Long Project festival-fair

  The 50th edition of Santarcangelo Festival, originally scheduled for summer 2020, has been reimagined by directors Daniela Nicolò and Enrico Casagrande of the Motus company as a…

• MuseumWeek 2020: #Togetherness as Global Theme festival-fair

  The 2020 edition of MuseumWeek, a global digital cultural festival, is scheduled from May 11 to 17, with the overarching hashtag #Togetherness. Organizer Benjamin Benita of…

• BMotion Festival Adapts to Pandemic with Digital and Live Hybrid Programming festival-fair

  BMotion, the dance and theater festival in Bassano del Grappa, is proceeding with its 2020 edition despite the Coronavirus emergency, reimagining its format through a blend of…

• Primavera dei Teatri 2020 postponed due to COVID-19, may move to autumn festival-fair

  Primavera dei Teatri, the 21st edition of the festival dedicated to new languages of contemporary theatre, will not take place as scheduled in late May-early June 2020 due to…

• Berlin Gallery Weekend May 2020 Canceled, Rescheduled to September festival-fair

  Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Berlin Gallery Weekend, originally planned for May 1-3, 2020, has been called off. Since its inception in 2004, the event was expected to…

• Stefano Raimondi on ArtVerona's December edition and the future of art fairs festival-fair

  Stefano Raimondi, the new director of ArtVerona, discusses the fair's postponement to December 11-13 due to the pandemic. The shift aims to ensure safety at Veronafiere, support…

• Romaeuropa Festival 2020 Program Announced Amid Pandemic festival-fair

  The Romaeuropa Festival has announced its 35th edition program, running from September 23 to November 22, 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival, directed by Fabrizio…

• Artissima director Ilaria Bonacossa on post-pandemic fair strategies festival-fair

  In an interview, Ilaria Bonacossa, the director of Artissima, reflects on the fair's response to the pandemic. Scheduled for November 5-8, the 2020 edition will introduce a third…

• Algoritmi Festival Goes Online with VR Museum The Dome festival-fair

  The first edition of the Algoritmi festival, originally scheduled to open at Bunker in Turin's Barriera di Milano district, has moved online due to the pandemic. Curated by Karin…

• Fruit Exhibition Goes Digital with Virtual Fruit Platform festival-fair

  The independent art publishing fair Fruit Exhibition has launched a digital edition called Virtual Fruit on Zoom, responding to the pandemic lockdown. Originally scheduled for May…

• Andrea Giunta Curates 12th Mercosul Biennial with Focus on Black Feminism and Decolonial Perspectives festival-fair

  The 12th Mercosul Biennial, set to launch in Porto Alegre, is curated by Andrea Giunta alongside co-curators Dorota Maria Biczel, Fabiana Lopes, and Igor Simões. Giunta notes that…

• Biennale Architettura 2020 postponed to August, Australia withdraws festival-fair

  The Biennale di Venezia has updated its 2020 calendar due to the global health emergency. The 17th International Architecture Exhibition, originally scheduled for May 23, will now…

• Béla Tarr retrospective at Premiers Plans festival in Angers festival-fair

  The 32nd Premiers Plans festival in Angers, held from January 17 to 26, 2020, featured a retrospective of Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, with six of his films screened in restored…

• CRAfest 2020: Puglia's streaming festival for cinema and music launches call for entries festival-fair

  CRAfest 2020, a fully streaming festival organized by the Polo biblio-museale di Lecce and the DAMS of the Università del Salento, will take place from May 4 to 10, 2020, on…

• Global biennials canceled or postponed due to coronavirus pandemic festival-fair

  The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation or postponement of numerous international art biennials, triennials, and quadrennials scheduled for 2020. The 22nd Biennale of…

• Cannes and Venice Film Festivals Reject Online Editions Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty festival-fair

  The 2020 Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival will not adopt online formats, unlike the Toronto International Film Festival which is considering digital options. Cannes…

• Frieze New York 2020 Canceled, Online Viewing Room Launched festival-fair

  Frieze has canceled its 2020 New York edition scheduled for May 6–10 on Randall's Island due to the rapid increase in coronavirus cases and deaths in the city. In response, the…

• Italian Summer Theatre Festivals Face Uncertain Future Amid Pandemic festival-fair

  The article explores the uncertain fate of Italian summer theatre festivals in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Festivals like Santarcangelo, Dro, Biennale Danza, Operaestate,…

• 34th São Paulo Bienal Launches with Expanded Temporal and Spatial Approach festival-fair

  The 34th São Paulo Bienal, named 'Faz escuro mas eu canto,' commenced on February 8, featuring an exhibition by Ximena Garrido-Lecca alongside a performance by Neo Muyanga, which…