John Tain to Curate Third Lahore Biennale on Ecology
John Tain, who heads research at the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, will be the curator for the third Lahore Biennale set to take place in February 2025. This exhibition will focus on important themes like ecology and sustainable futures, highlighting issues such as recent floods, agricultural challenges, urban pollution, and social inequality in Pakistan. It marks the first biennale since the last one in 2020, which was curated by Emirati Hoor Al Qasimi just before the COVID-19 outbreak. Tain has an impressive background, having curated modern and contemporary collections at the Getty Research Institute from 2007 to 2017, and he has worked on significant projects like Crafting Communities (2020) and In Focus: Ed Ruscha (2013). The Asia Art Archive holds 120,000 art-historical records from across Asia.
Key facts
- John Tain is head of research at Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong.
- He will curate the third Lahore Biennale.
- The biennale opens in February 2025.
- Themes include ecology and sustainable futures.
- Recent floods and agricultural disasters in Pakistan are referenced.
- Urban pollution and social inequality in Pakistan are also themes.
- This is the first edition since 2020, curated by Hoor Al Qasimi.
- Tain was a curator at Getty Research Institute from 2007 to 2017.
Entities
Artists
- John Tain
- Hoor Al Qasimi
- Yasuhiro Ishimoto
- Ed Ruscha
- Jasmine Alinder
- Virginia Heckert
- Meenakshi Thirukode
Institutions
- Asia Art Archive
- Lahore Biennale
- Getty Research Institute
- Serendipity Arts Festival
- DePaul Art Museum
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Womanifesto
Locations
- Hong Kong
- Lahore
- Pakistan
- Los Angeles
- Goa
- India
- Chicago
- Thailand