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The Defining Themes of Today’s Biennial Art | Artnet News

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On the international biennial circuit, what are the definitive themes and styles of the last four years? In a separate article , I laid out the artists who appeared in the greatest number of editions of the 130 biennials I analyzed. Those individuals—who appeared in nine or more shows—are as follows: Ali Eyal Apichatpong Weerasethakul Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme Carolina Caycedo Christian Nyampeta Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige Jumana Manna Kader Attia Kapwani Kiwanga Kiluanji Kia Henda Lawrence Abu Hamdan Monira Al Qadiri Nolan Oswald Dennis Raven Chacon Saodat Ismailova Sammy Baloji Seba Calfuqueo Sky Hopinka Tabita Rezaire Tarek Atoui Torkwase Dyson Tuan Andrew Nguyen This cast of characters not only dominates the recent past, but the near future: No fewer than eight also feature in “In Minor Keys,” the show curated by the late South African curator Koyo Kouoh for the soon-to-open 61st Venice Biennale : Attia, Baloji, Caycedo, Dennis, Dyson, Hadjithomas and Joreige, Nguyen, and Rezaire.…

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