Moscow Biennale
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 caused a great response in Russia and abroad. The main exhibition, “Dialectics of Hope,” included projects by 41 artists from 22 countries and represented art that focused on one of the most fundamental experiences of modern human beings: 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 and European, American and Asian visual artists. Curators : 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 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, and Moscow Museum of Modern Art.Image:Federation-tower-2009-09-28.JPG|thumb|250px|Moscow-City, Federation Tower
Exhibitions of the main project:
- Nothing but Footnotes? Art in the Epoch of Social Darwinism, Moscow-City, Federation Tower. Curator: Joseph Backstein.
- USA: American video art at the beginning of the 3rd Millennium, Shopping centre TsUM. Curators: Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, Hans Ulrich Obrist.
- History in present tense. Moscow-City, Federation Tower. Curator: Iara Boubnova.
- Stock Zero, Or The Icy Water Of Egoistical Calculation, Moscow-City, Federation Tower. Curator: Nicolas Bourriaud.
- After all. Moscow-City, Federation Tower, State Schusev Museum of Architecture. Curators: Fulya Erdemci and Rosa Martinez.
Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
Main project "Against exclusion"
The main project of Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art entitled "Against exclusion" was held at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture and was presenting artists from Russia, Europe, United States, 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. Exhibition Designer and Dutch Curator Mattijs Visser and French Curator Oliver Varenne assisted him.Image:Julius Popp Sculpture BitFall.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Sculpture/Fountain by Julius Popp at the 3rd Moscow Biennale.
Special guests shows
The Special Guest program represents personal exhibitions of the important figures of the modern art scene.- Olga Chernysheva, Russia. "Present - Past", Baibakov Art Projects, Red October
- Antony Gormley, Great Britain. "Domain Field," The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture
- Michail Grobman, Israel. "The Metamorphoses of Collage," Moscow Museum of Modern Art
- Bertrand Lavier, France. AFTERMOON
- Atelier Van Lieshout, Netherlands. "Slave City," Moscow Contemporary Art Center WINZAVOD
- Vladimir Tarasov, Russia. "Sound Games," Multimedia Art Museum
- Luc Tuymans, Belgium. "Against the Day," Baibakov Art Projects, Red October
Special projects