12th Site Santa Fe International
Once Within a Time
Santa Fe, US, 28 June-13 January 2026
Cecilia Alemani made her mark in 2022 when she curated the critically acclaimed main exhibition at the 59th Venice Biennale (The Milk of Dreams). The New York-based Italian curator is now turning her gaze to Site Santa Fe International (formerly Site Santa Fe biennial) and has chosen to name this edition Once Within a Time after the most recent work by experimental documentary filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, who is based in the New Mexico capital.
“I’ve always been a huge fan of Reggio’s films,” Alemani tells The Art Newspaper. “[His film] Once Within a Time resonates with the atmosphere and structure of the exhibition, so it was a very important inspiration for this project.” The film will be shown there alongside works by more than 505 artists. “Conceived as a vast family album, Once Within a Time centres people—specifically, those who have inhabited, traversed or left their mark upon the Santa Fe region across the centuries,” says Alemani. “Transcending a singular theme or narrative, the 12th Site Santa Fe International manifests as a symphony of voices rather than one overarching narrative, engaging with the city of Santa Fe and its myriad identities and histories.”
The exhibition will take place not just at Site Santa Fe but also across the city at institutions such as the Museum of International Folk Art, as well as non-institutional sites such as hotel rooms, toy shops and historic cinemas.
The ancient Caravanserai Ahmadjon in Bukhara
Courtesy ACDF_Rafal Sliwa
1st Bukhara Biennial
Recipes for Broken Hearts
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 5 September-20 November
The inaugural edition of the Bukhara Biennial, Recipes for Broken Hearts, will be curated by Diana Campbell, also of the Dhaka Art Summit. The interdisciplinary show will “explore the healing power of art and culture through communal participation”, she said in a statement.
The Uzbek native Gayane Umerova chairs the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation, a government organisation that will oversee the biennial. She says Bukhara is “an important hub of production, a place of cultural, religious and scientific knowledge”. Taking part are Antony Gormley, Himali Singh Soin, Behzod Boltaev and many more.
Imayna Caceres's Ancestral Revisions (2019)
Courtesy the artist
13th Liverpool Biennial
Bedrock
Liverpool, UK, 7 June-14 September
The 13th Liverpool Biennial will be shaped by its colonial past, according to the curator Marie-Anne McQuay. “The bedrock of sandstone that runs beneath Liverpool, in material and metaphorical form, is always haunted by empire,” she says. Thirty artists and collectives will take part, including Sheila Hicks, The Congolese artist Hadassa Ngamba and the Peruvian Imayna Caceres (Ancestral Revisions, 2019). “The artists are responding to geography, geology and history,” says McQuay.
More biennials, triennials and festivals taking place in 2025
Sharjah Biennial 16
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 6 February-15 June 2025
Hawai‘i Triennial
Hawaii, US, 15 February-4 May
Desert X 2025
Coachella Valley, US, 8 March-11 May
14th Mercosul Biennial
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 27 March-1 June
24th Triennale di Milano
Milan, Italy, 17 May-16 November
19th International Architecture Exhibition
Venice, Italy, 10 May-23 November
1st Boston Public Art Triennial
Boston, US, 22 May-31 October
London Design Biennale 2025
London, UK, 5-29 June
Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 6 June-12 October
13th Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool, UK, 7 June-14 September
Helsinki Biennial
Helsinki, Finland, 8 June-21 September
13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Berlin, Germany, 14 June-14 September
Momentum 13
Moss, Norway, 14 June-12 October
Site Santa Fe 12th International
Santa Fe, US, 28 June-13 January 2026
Folkestone Triennial
Folkestone, UK, 19 July-19 October
Edinburgh Art Festival
Edinburgh, UK, 7-24 August
41st EVA International
Limerick, Ireland, 29 August-26 October
Seoul Mediacity Biennale
Seoul, South Korea, August-November
1st Bukhara Biennial
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 5 September-20 November
Bienal de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil, 6 September-11 January 2026
Bergen Assembly 2025
Bergen, Norway, 11 September-9 November
Aichi Triennale 2025
Aichi, Japan, 13 September-30 November
18th Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey, 20 September-23 November
13th Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art
Göteborg, Sweden, 20 September-30 November
Walk&Talk Bienal de Arte
São Miguel Island, Portugal, 25 September-30 November
Made in LA 2025
Los Angeles, US, October-January 2026
LagosPhoto Festival 2025
Lagos, Nigeria, October-January 2026
14th Taipei Biennial
Taipei, Taiwan, November
15th Shanghai Biennale
Shanghai, China, 8 November-31 March 2026