Sharjah Biennial Lines Up 109 Artists for 2027 Edition, Titled ‘What Remains, Sits Restive’
ARTnews reported that the Sharjah Art Foundation announced details for the 17th Sharjah Biennial, running January 21–June 13, 2027, titled “What remains, sits restive.” The biennial will include 109 artists across multiple sites in the emirate, including Sharjah City, Al Dhaid, Khorfakkan, and the Kalba Ice Factory. It is co-curated by Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento, with Harutyunyan organizing 55 participants around “the various afterlives of socialist modernity” and Nascimento selecting 54 artists to examine infrastructure as a nexus of memory, time, and place. Notable confirmed participants named in the announcement include Hassan Khan, Ibrahim Mahama, Oscar Murillo, Kapwani Kiwanga, Iman Issa, and Grada Kilomba.
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