Berlin Biennale and Taipei Biennial Announce 2018 Editions

The 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, marking its 20th anniversary, will take place from June 9 to September 9, 2018, across various venues in the German capital. Titled "We don't need another hero," after Tina Turner's 1985 song, the edition is curated by South African curator Gabi Ngcobo, who has assembled a curatorial team including Moses Serubiri, Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, Thiago de Paula Souza, and Yvette Mutumba. The theme addresses collective psychosis and proposes a plan to confront widespread madness. Meanwhile, the Taipei Biennial 2018, running from November 17, 2018, to March 10, 2019, at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, introduces a dual-curator model for the first time in three editions. Italian curator Francesco Manacorda, artistic director of the V-A-C Foundation and former director of Artissima and Tate Liverpool, joins Taiwanese curator Mali Wu. The theme is "life-support, living, survival system," focusing on participatory art practices and community engagement. Manacorda previously co-curated the Liverpool Biennial in 2016.