Biennale of Sydney

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Badger Bates, Drying Lake, 2018. Courtesy the artist. Photograph: Sarah Martin. © Badger Bates.

  • Dates: March 12 - June 13
  • Title: rīvus, meaning ‘stream’
  • Artistic director and curators: José Roca, Director, 23rd Biennale of Sydney; Co-Curators Paschal Daantos Berry, Anna Davis, Hannah Donnelly and Talia Linz
  • Admission is free for CIMAM Members during the preview days: 9 - 11 March

About the Biennale of Sydney

The Biennale of Sydney will present over 330 artworks by 89 participants and 400 events as part of the 2022 edition.
The 23rd Biennale of Sydney, titled rīvus, meaning ‘stream’ in Latin, will feature new work and commissions responding to water ecology and relationships with the natural world. Audiences will experience large-scale immersive installations, site specific projects and living works by international participants including Kiki Smith, Marguerite Humeau, Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, John Gerrard, Jumana Emil Abboud and Ackroyd & Harvey alongside Australian participants such as Badger Bates, Clare Milledge, Julie Gough and D Harding.
The largest contemporary art event of its kind in Australia, the Biennale of Sydney will be open free to the public from 12 March to 13 June 2022 at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Barangaroo, Information + cultural Exchange, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, National Art School with Artspace, The Rocks and Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.

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John Gerrard, Leaf Work (Derrigimlagh), 2020. Installation view, Galway International Arts Festival, Ireland, 2020. Commissioned by Galway International Arts Festival for Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture. Courtesy of the artist and Pace Gallery. ©

23rd Biennale of Sydney Vernissage: Wednesday, 9 March – Friday, 11 March 2022

The locations for the 23rd Biennale of Sydney are:

  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Barangaroo including The Cutaway
  • Circular Quay
  • Information + Cultural Exchange
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
  • National Art School in partnership with Artspace
  • The Rocks
  • Walsh Bay Arts Precinct including Pier 2/3.

As an arts professional, Vernissage is your opportunity to meet participants, network with industry peers and see Australia’s leading contemporary art event before it opens to the general public.

Register to attend here - https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/events/vernissage/