11-12-2020
2026 Manifesta comes to Germany!

Manifesta is proud to announce that the 16th edition of the biennial will take place in Germany’s Ruhr Area. On the 27th of November 2020 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the Manifesta Board examined the most convincing applications for future editions of the European Nomadic Biennial. The Bids submitted by the City of Barcelona and the […]

03-12-2020
International Announcement of Manifesta 15 Host City in 2024

Manifesta 15 Host City 2024 On the 27th of November 2020 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the Board of Manifesta reviewed the leading bids for the future editions of Manifesta. The Bids, presented by Catalan Capital of Barcelona, and ten metropolitan cities in Catalonia, Spain and a city in Germany, were of an astounding high quality. […]

21-10-2020
Manifesta edition: “Droit Au But” by Erik van Lieshout

Droit Au But by Dutch artist Erik van Lieshout, generously donated and adapted specially for Foundation Manifesta, is a part of the mixed media installation titled The Basement, 2014, which was commissioned for Manifesta 10 St. Petersburg and was shown in a constructed wooden tunnel in the General Staff Building at the Palace Square.   […]

31-07-2020
Manifesta 14 Prishtina is looking for a General Coordinator

Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial changes location every two years. Each edition of Manifesta reflects on developments in contemporary art and culture within the specific context of the host city. The 14th edition of Manifesta will take place in Prishtina in the summer of 2022. Manifesta originated in the early 1990s in response to the […]

10-07-2020
Manifesta 14 Prishtina is looking for 4 Coordinators

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10 AUGUST 2020 Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, produces one of the world’s most influential art events. Manifesta originated in the early 1990s in response to the political, economic and social change following the end of the Cold War and the subsequent steps towards European integration. Since then, Manifesta has developed […]

10-06-2020
Manifesta Revisited Virtual Tour

Manifesta Revisited, the exhibition at Manifesta’s headquarters in Amsterdam that opened in November 2019, showcasing work from the three previous Manifesta editions in Palermo, Zürich and St. Petersburg had to close its doors early due to the health crisis. We had hoped to welcome many more visitors and so we created our first ever Manifesta […]

22-05-2020
Memorandum of Cooperation signed between Manifesta and Kosovo’s Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports

On Tuesday the 19th of May 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of Kosovo, represented by Minister Vlora Dumoshi and the director of Manifesta and Chair of Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Hedwig Fijen, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation via a zoom call, guaranteeing the budget made available for the development of a permanent intercultural […]

22-05-2020
Manifesta 13 Marseille will take place throughout Autumn 2020

Manifesta is happy to announce that from the 28th of August until 29th of November 2020 Manifesta 13 Marseille will start to gradually open its three programmes: its central exhibition Traits d’union.s; its education and mediation programme Le Tiers Programme and the parallel programme Les Parallèles du Sud. There will moments with different intensity at different […]

26-03-2020
Manifesta 13 Marseille postpones its opening date

Manifesta’s staff, the Board and Artistic Team of Manifests 13 Marseille are currently investigating different scenarios in regard to new opening dates of the biennial, that were initially planned on the 7th of June for the public opening and on the 5th and 6th of June for press and professionals. After the 15th of April […]

27-11-2019
Manifesta Amsterdam presents Manifesta Revisited

Manifesta Amsterdam presents Manifesta Revisited, an exhibition of specially commissioned works that have never been shown before in the Netherlands.  Manifesta Revisited is a group exhibition of works commissioned by Manifesta for the previous editions of the biennial and that have never been shown before in The Netherlands. Held at the Manifesta’s headquarters on the Herengracht 474, the exhibition opens during the Amsterdam Art Weekend and runs until the 22nd of May 2020.   One of the key elements of Manifesta, alongside its nomadic nature, is its ever-expanding history […]

12-11-2019
First Constitutional Board Meeting Manifesta 14 Prishtina

  After being selected to host Manifesta 14, Prishtina welcomed the first constitutional Board meeting, which took place at the National Library of Kosovo, on November the 2nd 2019. Manifesta 14 Prishtina Board Members, representing artistic, legal, public administration and business profiles, aim to support the citizens of Prishtina in their ambition to reclaim public […]

08-11-2019
Manifesta Director Hedwig Fijen Awarded European Cultural Manager of the Year 2019

In the presence of 650 European cultural actors at the UNESCO World Heritage site Zollverein in Essen, Germany, for the occasion of the European Cultural Brand Awards, Dutch art historian, Hedwig Fijen, Founding Director of Manifesta, was awarded European Cultural Manager of the Year 2019. Hedwig Fijen not only founded the European Nomadic Biennial in […]

23-10-2019
Manifesta 13 Marseille ‘Traits d’union.s’

Traits d’union.s is the title of the 13th edition of Manifesta, which will take place from the 7th of  June until the 1st of November 2020 in Marseille and its region. Manifesta 13 Marseille is the latest instalment of the world’s only nomadic biennial with its first ever edition in France. Titled Traits d’union.s (the French word for hyphen), Manifesta 13 Marseille aims […]

02-10-2019
Over 350 submissions received for the Manifesta 13 Marseille Les Parallèles du Sud open call

Every edition of Manifesta creates a synergy between the main programme of the biennial and so-called ‘Collateral events’ which will take place during Manifesta 13 Marseille from 7 June until 1 November 2020. For its 13th edition in Marseille, this programme is entitled Les Parallèles du Sud. These collateral events aim at highlighting the richness of the […]

02-10-2019
Manifesta director, Hedwig Fijen among the finalists of European Cultural Manager Award 2019

Manifesta is proud to announce that its director Hedwig Fijen is nominated for the European Cultural Manager Award 2019, Europe’s most advanced cultural award. Art historian and founding director of Manifesta biennial since its origin in 1996, Ms Fijen has been selected as one of the finalists for Europe’s most advanced cultural award among over […]