Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by 2007-2026 Biennial Sponsor Koç Holding, the 17th Istanbul Biennial will take place between 11 September and 14 November 2021. The curatorial team for the 17th edition of the biennial will be Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar and David Teh.
An excerpt from the curatorial team’s initial statement: ‘Rather than a great tree, laden with sweet, ripe fruit, this biennale seeks to learn from the birds’ flight, from the once teeming seas, from the earth’s slow chemistry of renewal and nourishment. There may be no great gathering, no orchestrated coming together at one time and place; instead it might be a great dispersal, an invisible fermentation. Its threads will be drawn together, but they will multiply and diverge, at different paces, crossing here and there but with no noisy culmination, no final knot. It may begin before it is to begin and continue well after it is over.’
Further details about the 17th Istanbul Biennial will be revealed in 2021.
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