In further news: former Venice Biennale director calls biennial model ‘stale, if not dead’; photographer Shahidul Alam charged over ‘provocative co
Jan Verwoert considers the history of Manifesta, European politics and whether an art exhibition can unlock the historical potential of a place
Japan’s growing number of art festivals tread a precarious path between state-sponsored leisure-culture and soft-power machinery
The rise of the artist-curated biennial
