June 2023's Global Exhibition Highlights: From Chilean Biennial to Manchester Festival
The SACO1.1 Golpe Contemporary Art Biennial is set to launch on 20 June in Antofagasta, Chile, showcasing the works of 72 artists from 25 nations. Milagros Bedoya explores coup attempts through white flags, while Marcio Harum delves into mail art at a former prison, and Stefan Papčo charts political changes in the Tatra Mountains. Meanwhile, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul is presenting Game Society until 10 September, highlighting the impact of video games on artistic expression. Phyllida Barlow's concluding project, PRANK, will display sculptures in City Hall Park, New York, from 6 June to 26 November. Additionally, the Manchester International Festival is scheduled from 29 June to 16 July, alongside exhibitions like Intermezzo in Denmark and Public Private in Shanghai, as well as Indian Theater at the Hessel Museum from 24 June to 26 November.
Key facts
- SACO1.1 Golpe Contemporary Art Biennial runs from 20 June in Antofagasta, Chile with 72 artists from 25 countries.
- Milagros Bedoya's white flags document coup attempts in South America and the Caribbean since the 19th century.
- Game Society at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul includes nine Korean-developed games and works from MoMA and Smithsonian.
- Phyllida Barlow's PRANK in New York City Hall Park is her final public art commission, installed posthumously after her March 2023 death.
- Manchester International Festival 2023 features Yayoi Kusuma's inflatables and a mixed reality concert by Ryuichi Sakamoto at the new Factory International venue.
- Intermezzo at Kunsthal 44Møen includes works adapted from the postponed Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art.
- Indian Theater exhibition at Hessel Museum of Art centers Native performance art with over 100 works and new commissions by Jeffrey Gibson and Rebecca Belmore.
- Gelare Khoshgozaran's solo show at Delfina Foundation premieres two films addressing diasporic nonbelonging, marking the foundation's exhibition programme revival.
Entities
Artists
- Phyllida Barlow
- Milagros Bedoya
- Marcio Harum
- Stefan Papčo
- Anna Krukowska
- Tomasz Dobiszewski
- Oliver Basciano
- Cory Arcangel
- Lawrence Lek
- Fi Churchman
- Louise Benson
- Eva Koťátková
- Nirmala Devi
- Damon Albarn
- Jamie Hewlitt
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Phillipe Parreno
- Carsten Höller
- Liam Gillick
- Olafur Elliason
- Matthew Barney
- Yayoi Kusuma
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Benji Reid
- AFRODEUTSCHE
- Alison Goldfrapp
- J.J. Charlesworth
- René Block
- Evita Vasiļjeva
- Dace Džeriņa
- Boris Mikhailov
- Alexander Leissle
- Jareh Das
- Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
- Hayley Barker
- Dominic Chambers
- Hyegyeong Choi
- Anthony Cudahy
- Ulala Imai
- Sarah Lee
- Jonny Negron
- GaHee Park
- Sarah Slappey
- Caroline Walker
- Michaela Yearwood-Dan
- Hervé Guibert
- Jeffrey Gibson
- Rebecca Belmore
- Nicholas Galanin
- Eric Paul Riege
- Ya Tseen
- Emily Johnson
- Candice Hopkins
- Gelare Khoshgozaran
- Etel Adnan
- Marv Recinto
Institutions
- SACO1.1 Golpe Contemporary Art Biennial
- Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
- New York's Museum of Modern Art
- Smithsonian
- City Hall Park, New York
- Nottingham Contemporary
- Prague Zoo
- Prague's Natural History Museum
- Manchester International Festival
- Factory International
- OMA
- Manchester's Opera House
- Kunsthal 44Møen
- Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art
- UNESCO
- Pond Society, Shanghai
- KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson
- CCS Bard
- Forge Project
- Delfina Foundation, London
- Artreview.com
Locations
- Antofagasta
- Chile
- Seoul
- South Korea
- New York City
- United States
- Washington, DC
- Nottingham
- United Kingdom
- Prague
- Czech Republic
- Manchester
- Askeby
- Denmark
- Riga
- Latvia
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Baltic region
- Shanghai
- China
- Berlin
- Germany
- San Francisco
- Annandale-on-Hudson
- London
- West Africa
- California
- Lebanon