Susanne von Falkenhausen on this summer’s 10th Berlin Biennale, Manifesta 12 and the future of biennials
In further news: former Venice Biennale director calls biennial model ‘stale, if not dead’; photographer Shahidul Alam charged over ‘provocative comments’
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