May 25th, 2023
Publishing has been a significant feature of Coventry Biennial’s activities for as long as Coventry Biennial has had activities! We’re delighted to launch a new series of edited volumes alongside Coventry Biennial 2023. These volumes will be a place for artists’ projects, texts by our team, by our partners and from within our networks. They […]
May 25th, 2023
… like a short cut through the brambles will take place from 6 October 2023 until January 2024 in Coventry and Warwickshire. Across Coventry Biennial 2023 artists and their many collaborators interrogate humankind’s relationship to the world around us. Starting with the broad themes of place, the human condition and the intersection of these, the […]
May 17th, 2023
At HERE, an event that we recently delivered with the University of Warwick we announced that we’d be working with Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park on an ambitious, co-created project with Nuneaton-based artist Jo Gane. During that event we also promoted the upcoming meetings of the Coventry Biennial Cycle Club, a programme that is […]
May 8th, 2023
At HERE, an event that we recently delivered with the University of Warwick we announced that we’d be working with Warwickshire-based artist Janet Tryner. During that event we launched Cracks in the Moon and Aliens in the Sand, a publication that she produced that can be read, downloaded and shared here. Since that event Janet […]
April 4th, 2023
We were delighted to share a number of artists’ projects at Here: A Discussion on (some local) Artistic Practices at the University of Warwick to a full room of curious people a few weeks ago. This event included input from Coventry Biennial team members and the public announcement of the first artists that we are […]
March 25th, 2023
On Sunday 12 March, mothers and care-givers from the region were invited to a dahlia tuber potting workshop in the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum’s garden space. The workshop was part of Mothers Who Make a Garden, a new artwork for Coventry Biennial 2023, and was guided by Coventry-based mother and gardener Alice Wood. Fifteen […]
March 24th, 2023
Please note: The slots for portraits are now all booked up. People are welcome to come and see the camera on the shoots to watch the process of plates being made. Artist Jo Gane is looking for people from Nuneaton and Bedworth to take part in a photographic project to record stories of objects and […]
March 24th, 2023
As a part of Here: A Discussion on (some local) Artistic Practices we are delighted to publish Cracks in the Moon and Aliens in the Sand a new artist book by Warwickshire-based artist Janet Tryner. The contents of this artist book were produced while Janet was supporting our technicians with the renovation of The Hyper-Lab […]
February 16th, 2023
We are delighted to announce that over the coming weeks and months we will begin publicly and collaboratively developing Coventry Biennial 2023. Recently we have received confirmation of support for this phase of our work from Arts Council England alongside ongoing and renewed support from Coventry City Council, Coventry University, University of Warwick and Arts […]
November 22nd, 2022
We were recently notified that our application to join Arts Council’s England’s National Portfolio of Organisations was unsuccessful. While we hoped to achieve NPO status for 2023-26, the team and our Board are now planning the next steps for Coventry Biennial. Paula Orrell, one of the co-chairs of Coventry Biennial’s board comments: “The Board is […]