The Manifesta 2024 biennial, one of the most important events in European contemporary art, will celebrate its fifteenth edition in Barcelona and its metropolitan region. Since its creation in the early 1990s, this nomadic event has sought to serve as a bridge between art and society, addressing emerging political, economic and social issues.
The biennial will open its doors to the public on Sunday, September 8, 2024, with a multidisciplinary program that reaches several emblematic venues in the region, presenting works by eighty-five participants (individuals and collectives) in more than sixteen venues in twelve cities.
We know that it may sound a bit scattered all the information about the festival, so that’s why we explain everything you need to know about the Manifesta 2024 Biennial so you don’t miss anything about what we believe is one of the great cultural events of this year in the city.
What is the Manifesta Biennial
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The biennial is a nomadic and decentralized biannual art festival that changes venue every year. The festival usually links art and social reality, and was conceived in the early 1990s as a biennial of contemporary art, as a response to the new social, cultural and political reality that emerged after the Cold War.
When will it be held?
The event will take place from September 8 to November 24, 2024.
Where will it be held?
This year the venue is Barcelona, but as the theme is focused on decentralization and the periphery, the festival proposal was drafted by the Barcelona City Council and supported by 11 cities in the metropolitan region: Badalona, Cornellà de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat, Granollers, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Mataró, Sabadell, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Sant Cugat del Vallès and Terrassa.
Manifesta 15 is the largest edition in the history of Manifesta, extending over an area of 3,000 km/2, with a population of 5.1 million inhabitants. In addition, this edition is hosted for the first time by 12 cities at the same time.
