14 Facts About Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an international exhibition of contemporary art held in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India.

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an initiative of the Kochi Biennale Foundation with support from the Government of Kerala.

The concept of Kochi-Muziris Biennale was ideated and executed by Dr Venu IAS, who was the culture Secretary, Government of Kerala.

Alongside the exhibition the Biennale offers a rich programme of talks, seminars, screenings, music, workshops and educational activities for school children and students.

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale was visited by more than six lakh people in its third edition.

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Kochi Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foundation is engaged in the conservation of heritage properties and monuments and the upliftment of traditional forms of art and culture.

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale hosted 80 artists with nearly 50 percent foreign artists, site-specific works and a sustained education programme in the three months.

However, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale received a boost when at the official opening, the government of the southern state of Kerala promised $1.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is the leader of the Left Democratic Front government and long-time secretary of the Indian Communist Party in the state, said the Kochi-Muziris Biennale matched Kochi's multi-layered history of settlement by Arabs, Chinese, Jews, Portuguese, Dutch, English and different migrant communities from India.

In March 2015, the Kochi Muziris Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foundation partnered with Center for Public Policy Research, Cochin for the first Urban Space Dialogue in Kochi to advocate for the need for creating urban spaces in Kochi.

Third edition of the Kochi Muziris Kochi-Muziris Biennale opened on 12 December 2016 and is curated by Sudarshan Shetty.

Kochi-Muziris Biennale was unanimously chosen as curator by an Artistic Advisory Committee appointed by the Kochi Biennale Foundation for the third edition.

Kochi-Muziris Biennale's works have been exhibited in solo and group shows in India and abroad, including at the Gwangju Biennale, Tate Modern, London, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

Fourth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale opened on 12 December 2018 and is curated by Indian artist Anita Dube.