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Cockatoo Island (Embassy of the Real)

See works by 21 artists who consider the spaces between the virtual and physical, as well as the physicality of the human body.

Artists: Korakrit Arunanondchai, Samuel Beckett, boychild, Lee Bul, Joyce Campbell, Cevdet Erek, Cécile B. Evans, William Forsythe, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Nilbar Güreş, Camille Henrot, Bharti Kher, Germaine Kruip, Emma McNally, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Maaike Schoorel, Chiharu Shiota, Alexis Teplin, Justene Williams, Ming Wong, and Xu Zhen (Produced by MadeIn Company).

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Embassy of Translation)

10 artists are presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia's Embassy of Translation, bringing together a selection of works that contextualise historical positions, concepts and artefacts, alongside contemporary concerns and working methods. 

Artists: Nina Beier, Daniel Boyd, Céline Condorelli, Noa Eshkol, Germaine Kruip, Adam Linder, Helen Marten, Kazimir Malevich, Shahryar Nashat, Dayanita Singh.

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Embassy of Spirits)

14 artists exhibiting at the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Embassy of Spirits explore the intersection between the spiritual and the philosophical, including works concerned with personal and religious rituals.

Artists: Johanna Calle, Joyce Campbell with Richard Niania,Yin-Ju Chen, Erub Arts, Sheila Hicks, Mella Jaarsma, Jumana Manna, Dane Mitchell, Christoph Schlingensief, Sudarshan Shetty, Taro Shinoda, Rodel Tapaya, Ken Thaiday Snr with Jason Christopher and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu.

Special Projects (at Art Gallery of New South Wales):
ghost telephone (curated by Adrian Heathfield) with Philipp Gehmacher (Austria), Benoît Lachambre (Canada), Chrysa Parkinson (USA/Belgium), Hahn Rowe (USA)

Artspace (Embassy of Non-Participation)

Artist duo Karen Mirza and Brad Butler have taken over Artspace, considering the act of 'non-participation' as an active and critical position. 

Mortuary Station (Embassy of Transition)

A first time venue for the Biennale of Sydney, Mortuary Station in Chippendale has been reimagined as the Embassy of Transition. Works by two artists, Marco Chiandetti and Charwei Tsai will be shown here, and in different ways they each engage with cycles of life
and death, as well as rites of passage.

Carriageworks (Embassy of Disappearance)

Carriageworks, the brings together works by 23 artists exploring themes of absence and memory, including disappearing languages, histories, currencies and landscapes.

Artists: Lauren Brincat, Boris Charmatz, Chen Chieh-jen, Don’t Follow the Wind, Neha Choksi, Yannick Dauby and Wan-Shuen Tsai, William Forsythe, FX Harsono, Charles Lim, Minouk Lim,  Gerald Machona, Lee Mingwei, Yuta Nakamura, Otobong Nkanga, Jamie North, Melik Ohanian, Bernardo Ortiz, Mike Parr, Robert Zhao Renhui, María Isabel Rueda, Aura Satz, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Yao Jui-chung + Lost Society Document

In-between Spaces

13 artists present works across various 'in-between' spaces throughout Sydney from Camperdown Cemetery, Redfern Wall (Corner Vine and Eveleigh Streets, Redfern) and 86 George Street, Redfern to Royal Botanic Garden Sydney .

Artists: Richard Bell, Brown Council (Kate Blackmore, Kelly Doley, Francis Barrett, Diana Smith), Daniel Boyd, Bo Christian Larsson, Archie Moore, Dane Mitchell, Oscar Murillo, Keg de Souza, Falke Pisano, Evan Roth, Ricardo Basbaum, Mette Edvardsen and Agatha Gothe-Snape

The 20th Biennale of Sydney catalogue is available for purchase during the exhibition from: 20bos.com, the Biennale Information Hub on Cockatoo Island, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Carriageworks, Kinokuniya. UK and European distribution by Cornerstone: cornerhousepublications.org

Books Kinokuniya is offering friends of Biennale of Sydney 20% off* their extensive range of books! Just enter the promo code BIENNALE16 when making your order online OR show this email at the cashiers to redeem the discount in store, on Level 2 of The Galeries, 500 George Street. 

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Deutsche Bank is delighted to be a Distinguished Partner of the 20th Biennale of Sydney, continuing a longstanding tradition of supporting global contemporary art.

In 2010, Deutsche Bank became the first ever Education Partner of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, delivering groundbreaking learning activities, introducing contemporary art to new audiences throughout Australia and beyond.

While you and your family are visiting the 20th Biennale, make sure to stop by the MCA’s National Centre for Creative Learning, where you can step into the shoes of an artist and enter the Grayson Perry inspired pop-up family space, “My Pretty Little Art Studio” (every weekend until May 1). Deutsche Bank is proud to support creative learning programs at the MCA. For further details, please click here.

We are proud to once again partner with van der Meer Consulting for the 20th Biennale of Sydney. 

Providing the structural engineering design and know-how for all international and local artists, van der Meer Consulting are honoured to be a part of the Asia Pacific region’s largest contemporary visual art event which inspires audiences from around the world.

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