Universes in Universe: Visual Arts from Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the International Art Context, an online magazine that includes photos and tours of biennials and exhibitions as well as a comprehensive calendar of biennials.
Documenta: An exhibition of contemporary art founded in 1955 occuring every five years in Kassel, Germany. KU owns many of the catalogs from this very important exhibition. The library database at the Documenta Archive contains bibliographic references to books, exhibition catalogues, magazines and brochures on the documenta and its artists and on contemporary art in general. The archive database allows you to do a cross-media search involving image material, newspaper articles and videos.
Venice Biennale: Dating from 1895, this is the oldest, most extensive, and most important of the international contemporary art exhibitions. Occuring every two years in "odd" years in Venice, Italy, the event now includes the Venice Film Festival, the International Festival of Contemporary Dance, the International Festival of Contemporary Music, an International Theater Festival, and, in even years, the Venice Biennale of Architecture. In 1907, the several countries started installing national pavilions at the exhibition and there are now 30 permanent national pavilions. The Aperto, which began as a fringe event for younger artists and artists of a national origin not represented by the permanent national pavilions, is usually staged in the Arsenale and has become part of the formal biennale programme. KU owns many of the catalogs from the art exhibition. Check the library catalog for holdings. KU also owns many of the catalogs from the architecture exhibition under a variety of call numbers. To find them, search the library catalog for the author "International Architectural Exhibition."
Whitney Biennial: Started as an annual exhibition in 1932, this biennial exhibition of contemporary American art at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City typically features work by young and lesser known artists. KU owns many of the catalogs from the art exhibition.