Moscow Biennale

State Historical Museum (former Lenin Museum), Moscow

The Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art is one of the most important Russian cultural events and was founded in 2003.

First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art

The First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (January 28 – February 28, 2005) caused great response both in Russia and abroad. The main exhibition “Dialectics of Hope” included projects by 41 artists from 22 countries and represented art that focuses on one of the most fundamental experiences of a modern human being: hope. The main project was realised at the former Lenin Museum, near the Red Square. The Biennale’s special projects and parallel program numbered over 50 exhibitions of Russian actual art as well as European, American and Asian visual artists. Curators (main project): Joseph Backstein, Daniel Birnbaum, Iara Boubnova, Nicolas Bourriaud, Rosa Martinez and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art

The main project of the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (March 1 – April 1, 2007) titled “FOOTNOTES on Geopolitics, Market and Amnesia” showed works of 115 artists from 20 countries. Different curators and curatorial teams realized 5 exhibitions of the main project united by one theme. The project featured the exhibitions organized at various venues including The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow Museum of Modern Art.

Moscow-City, Federation Tower

Exhibitions of the main project:

Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art

Garage Center of Contemporary Culture, Moscow

The commissioner of the Biennale was Joseph Backstein. The exhibition program of the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (September 24 - November 1, 2009) featured main project "Against exclusion" and more than 39 special projects and 7 special guests shows.

Main project "Against exclusion"

The main project of Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art entitled "Against exclusion" (curator Jean-Hubert Martin, best known for his exhibition "Magiciens de la terre" at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1989) was held at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture (now known as Garage Museum of Contemporary Art) and was presenting artists from Russia, Europe, USA, Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania. French curator Jean-Hubert Martin mixed the work of well-known contemporary western artists with non-western and non-professional artists. He was assisted by French Curator Oliver Varenne.

Sculpture/Fountain by Julius Popp at the 3rd Moscow Biennale

Artists: Marina Abramović, AES+F, Aji V.N., Yury Albert, Ghada Amer, El Anatsui, Yoshita Azuma, José Bedia, Michel Blazy, Blue Noses, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Alexander Brodsky, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Christoph Büchel, Chéri Chérin, Chéri Samba, Sheba Chhachhi, Ivan Chuikov, Tony Cragg, Stephen Dean, Wim Delvoye, Braco Dimitrijevic, Atul Dodiya, Anita Dube, Gloria Friedmann, Dmitry Gutov, Fiona Hall, Aspassio Haronitaki, Romuald Hazoumé, Leni Hoffmann, Huang Yong Ping, Jean-Olivier Hucleux, Alfredo Jaar, Anish Kapoor, William Kentridge, Kimsooja, Valery Koshlyakov, Agatoak Ronny Kowspi, Juul Kraijer, Samuel Kane Kwei, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Alexander Lobanov, Heinz Mack, Esther Mahlangu, Djambawa Marawili, Erina Matsui, Annette Messager, Vik Muniz, Doreen Reid Nakamarra, Anatoly Osmolovsky, Mike Parr, Pavel Pepperstein, Julius Popp, Markus Raetz, Ravinder G Reddy, Reynold Reynolds, Claude Rutault, Conrad Shawcross, Chiharu Shiota, Yinka Shonibare, Jason Shulman, Roman Signer, Haim Sokol, Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Wolfgang Tillmans, Cyprien Tokoudagba, Dmitry Tsvetkov, Tunga, Spencer Tunick, Koen Vanmechelen, Stanislav Volyazlovsky, Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Nawurapu Wunungmurra, Erwin Wurm, Soichi Yamaguchi, Yang Jiechang.

Special guests shows

Red October chocolate factory

The Special Guest program represent personal exhibitions of the important figures of the modern art scene.

Special projects

Parallel program

  • 20 MODERN CLASSICS. Artists: Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Triumph Gallery
  • Alexander Brodsky. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ATTACK. WINZAVOD
  • Alexander Sokolov: ALL INCLUSIVE. Zverev Center of Contemporary Art
  • POPULAR ASTRONOMY. Alexandra Paperno. Moscow Museum of Modern Art
  • RETROSPECTIVE. Aleksandras Macijauskas. The Lumiere Brothers Photogallery
  • ALL SEWN UP. Maria Arendt. The State Literary Museum
  • APARTMENT DREAMS. One Spectator’s Gallery
  • ART CONSTRUCTION. Praktika Theater
  • ARTIST AND MODEL II. Grigoriy Mayofis, pop/off/art Gallery
  • BALAKLAVSKY DRIVE, Sergey Bratkov, Regina Gallery
  • CHAMBER: SOLITARY CONFIGNMENT. Vitaly Pushnitsky. RuArts Gallery
  • CRAZY FINNS. Artists: Kim Simonsson, Kari Juutilainen. State Museum of Alexander Pushkin
  • THE CRITERION SLUM: THE UNIVERSE OF PET UTOPIAS. Design center ARTPLAY
  • DARIA DOSTAL. FOTODELIKA. MOSCOW. Daria Dostal. State Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
  • DEAD SOULS. Artists: Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Vladimir Dubossarsky, Gor Chakhal, Sergey Volkov, Maria Konstantinova, Nikolay Kozlov, Elena Elagina, Igor Makarevich, Vera Khlebnikova, Boris Matrosov, Arkady Nassonov, Pavel Pepperstein, Nikolay Panitkov, Victor Skersis, Vitas Stasyunas, Andey Fillipov, Maria Chuikova, Sergey Shutov, Andrey Monastyrsky, Irina Nakhova, Konstantin Batynkov, Vadim Zakharov, Irina Korina, Alexey Shulgin, Nikita Alexeev, Boris Stuchebrukov, Sergey Mironenko, Vyacheslav I. Koleychuk, Yury Leiderman, Olga Chernysheva, Yury Albert, Alexander Brodsky, Dmitry Gutov, Vladislav Yefimov, 4th Height Group, Alexander Kosolapov, Maxim Ksuta, Nikola Ovchinnikov, Muriel Rousseau, Alexander Petrelli, Sergey Shekhovtsov, Stas Shuripa, Vladimir Nasedkin, Tatiana Badanina, Alexei Shulgin. The State Literary Museum
  • DESKTOP. WAR AND PEACE. Dmitriy Shorin. STATEMENTORS of NEW ART. Serge Golovach. Fine Art Gallery
  • THE DIALOG. Dmitry Alexeev and Alexey Lokhov. Kino Gallery
  • Diez +: Arte contemporáneo español en los Premios ABC. Instituto Cervantes de Moscu
  • DISCONNECTED. Irina Nakhova, Lisa Schmitz. Open Gallery
  • DON’T WORRY. Artists: Vladimir Grig, MAKE, Anastasia Yashina, Yana Lande, Dasha Fursei, Alla Nekhaichik, Eduard Yashin. Vostochnaya gallery
  • DOT COMMA. Moscow Museum of Modern Art
  • DREAMS OF VERA PAVLOVNA. Annouchka Brochet. The State Literary Museum
  • THE ELEMENTS. Sergey Mironenko. Aidan Gallery
  • FLOWERS. Dmitry Bulnygin. PROEKT_FABRIKA
  • GENIUS LOCI: THE GALLERY. Igor Bitman, Nadezhda Busheneva, Alina Gutkina, Arseny Zhilyaev, Natalia Zintsova, Timofey Karaffa-Korbut, Andrey Kuzkin, Taus Mackhacheva, Sergey Ogurtsov, Anna Orekhova, Olga Puzanova, Alexander Povzner, Khaim Sokol, Ksenia Sorokina, Alexandra Sukhareva, Anna Titova, Valentin Tkach, Anastasia Yuon, «3art project» (Alexey Podkidyshev, Igor Chirkin). Ravenscourt Galleries
  • GERBMIRA & MARIPOSA. Ivan Surikov. Kino Gallery
  • HERE AND NOW. Vitaly Pushnitsky. PROEKT_FABRIKA
  • K.U.B (Concept of Eternal Universe), part 2. Alena Anosova. Russian Academy of Arts
  • LET ME THINK. Artists: Aleksandr Povzner, Taus Makhacheva, Par Darrel, Michael Tolmachev, Veronika Rudjeva-Rayzanzeva, Alfred Boman, Dmitriy Teselkin, Tatiana Sherstuk, Denis Mustafin, Berglind Jóna Hlýnsdottir, Kirill Gluszhenko, Uliya Ivashkina, Otto Mogren, Nadezhda Busheneva, Artur Shuraev, Ustina Yakovleva, Olga Mayorova, Vadim Grabkov, Sergey Sapozhnikov, Roman Ass, Nedda Al-Madani. Red October
  • LIQUID SKY. Artists: Vika Begalskaya and Vasiliy Antonyuk. PROEKT_FABRIKA
  • М. Artists: Anna Russova, Maria Potapenkova, Gerasim Kouznetsov. PROEKT_FABRIKA
  • MANDALAS WITH MAIN SIGNS. Victor Lukin. S.ART, Petr Vois Gallery
  • COLOR AND FORM. Nikolay Ignatiev. Photographer.ru
  • OMNE ANIMAL. Artists: A. Belashov, Y. Zhdanova, E. Kasimov, Oleg Kulik, S. Loyk, A. Russova and others. Moscow Zoo. Exhibition Hall
  • PAPER ARCHITECTURE. State Tretyakov Gallery
  • THE PAST NOW. Artists: Arkady Nassonov, Eugeny Semenov. VP Studio
  • PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE. Artists: Pavel Borkunov, Eugenia Buravleva, Ivan Grigiriev, Sergey Klinkov, Pavel Otdelnov, Egor Plotnikov, Varvara Polyakova, Pavel Shevelev. Kovcheg Gallery
  • PIECE OF ART. State Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
  • PUSTO NO MORE. PROEKT_FABRIKA
  • REALLY? Artists: Victor Alimpiyev, Sasha Auerbakh, Ivan Brazhkin, Alexei Buldakov, Vlad Chizhenkov, Alexandra Galkina, Vadim&Irina Grabkov, Dmitry Gutov, Alisa Ioffe, Julia Ivashkina, Irina Korina, Oleg Kulik, Bogdan Mamonov, Kirill Markushin, Tausia Makhacheva, Sergey Ogurtsov, Anatoly Osmolovsky, Alexei Pan'kin, Anna Parkina, Maxim Roganov, Anastasia Ryabova, Alexander Sokolov, Anna Titova, Valentin Tkach, Stanislav Shuripa, Alexandr Sigutin, Alexandra Sukhareva, Arseny Zhilyaev. Design center ARTPLAY
  • RUSSIAN BREAKFAST IN OPEN AIR. Schusev State Museum of Architecture
  • SERGEY FILATOV. HOLY CIRCLE. Elena Vrublevskaya Gallery
  • SLOWAR: «DICTIONARYOFWAR (MOSCOW SESSION)». National Centre for Contemporary Arts
  • SNOWSTORM. BlueSoup group. XL Gallery
  • SOUL’S BLOOM. Tatiana Daniliyants. Kino Gallery
  • STREAM. Artists: Rostan Tavasiev, Alina Gutkiba, Ivan Pliusch. GP
  • STRUCTURES OF SPACE, Arka Gallery, ЦЕХ V
  • TERRA INCOGNITA. Alena Anosova. Kino Gallery
  • THAT IS HOW I SEE. Alexander Sigutin. pop/off/art Gallery
  • THIS IS THE END. Contemporary Art Center WINZAVOD
  • THE THINGS. Kino Gallery
  • THIRTEEN. Angelika Sher. Pobeda Gallery
  • TRACTOR DRIVERS. 35th Anniversary of the Bulldozer Exposition. Krokin Gallery
  • TRACES-VOICES-PLACES. TOTART, L-gallery
  • UNBODIED. Mark Jenkins. Contemporary Art Center WINZAVOD
  • Valery Koshlyakov. M&J Guelman Gallery

Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art

The curator of the Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art will be Peter Weibel, curator, artist, theorist of media arts and director of the Center of Art and Media Technology (ZKM) in Karlsruhe (Germany). Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place in September–October 2011. Commissioner and the artistic director of the Biennale will be Joseph Backstein.

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