The Artists Who Ruled the Biennial Circuit Over the Last Four Years
Who are the artists who are getting the most attention from international curators—not just in one show, but in many? I’ve done the exercise of tallying up names before. It helps to give substance to vague impressions I have, while also always snapping into focus things I had totally failed to notice.
With the major media moment of the Venice Biennale coming up the first of May, it seemed like a good time to try it again.
I looked at artists appearing in biennials or similar major art exhibitions that opened after the 2022 Venice Biennale (not including it), and up to the 2026 Venice Biennale (including it). Basically, I wanted to see what had changed or stayed the same since the last time I did a similar piece on “Biennial Artists,” back in 2022. (It’s not a comparable number of years—that time, I looked at five years of shows, while this represents roughly four, so I am not comparing directly.)
The Artists Who Ruled the Biennial Circuit Over the Last Four Years
Who are the artists who are getting the most attention from international curators—not just in one show, but in many? I’ve done the exercise of tallying up names before. It helps to give substance to vague impressions I have, while also always snapping into focus things I had totally failed to notice.
With the major media moment of the Venice Biennale coming up the first of May, it seemed like a good time to try it again.
I looked at artists appearing in biennials or similar major art exhibitions that opened after the 2022 Venice Biennale (not including it), and up to the 2026 Venice Biennale (including it). Basically, I wanted to see what had changed or stayed the same since the last time I did a similar piece on “Biennial Artists,” back in 2022. (It’s not a comparable number of years—that time, I looked at five years of shows, while this represents roughly four, so I am not comparing directly.)
