Bose Krishnamachari resigns from Kochi Biennale Foundation presidency amid controversy
Bose Krishnamachari has resigned as president of the Kochi Biennale Foundation due to personal family issues. He co-founded the foundation in 2010 with Riyas Komu and launched the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2012. On February 14, the foundation revealed it is looking for a new president. The current sixth edition, themed "For The Time Being," will run in Kochi, Kerala, until March 31. Recently, there were protests over Tom Vattakuzhy's piece, Supper at a Nunnery. In other news, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will debut Sarah Sze's Forever is Composed of Nows on November 21, while the New Museum in New York will reopen on March 21 with "New Humans: Memories of the Future." Yeşim Gürer Oymak will assume the role of general director at the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts starting July 1, and Kim YoungEun has been awarded the 2025 Korea Artist Prize.
Key facts
- Bose Krishnamachari resigned as president of the Kochi Biennale Foundation.
- The Kochi-Muziris Biennale's sixth edition runs through March 31, 2026.
- Sarah Sze's commission at SFMOMA launches on November 21, 2026.
- The New Museum reopens on March 21, 2026 after a two-year expansion.
- Yeşim Gürer Oymak becomes general director of İKSV on July 1, 2026.
- Kim YoungEun won the 2025 Korea Artist Prize.
- The Kochi Biennale faced controversy over a painting by Tom Vattakuzhy.
- The New Museum's expansion doubles its floorplan to 11,150 square meters.
Entities
Artists
- Bose Krishnamachari
- Riyas Komu
- Tom Vattakuzhy
- Sarah Sze
- Ibrahim El-Salahi
- Francis Bacon
- Salvador Dalí
- Kiki Kogelnik
- Pierre Huyghe
- Wangechi Mutu
- Anicka Yi
- Hito Steyerl
- Sarah Lucas
- Tschabalala Self
- Klára Hosnedlová
- Kim YoungEun
- Emily Dickinson
Institutions
- Kochi Biennale Foundation
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- New Museum
- OMA / Shohei Shigematsu
- Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
- Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- French Ministry of Culture
Locations
- Mumbai
- Kochi
- Kerala
- India
- San Francisco
- New York
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Seoul
- Korea
- Poland
- France