Share of artists represented at selected art biennales worldwide 2012-2020, by origin

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 15, 2023

A study published by UNESCO in February 2022 analyzed the origin of artists represented at 13 art biennales worldwide. Between 2012 and 2017, artists from developing countries accounted for 45 percent of all artists represented at the selected events. This share rose to 49 percent when considering the biennales held between 2018 and 2020.

Distribution of artists represented at selected art biennales worldwide from 2012 to 2020, by origin

Characteristic	Developing countries	Developed countries
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February 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017 to 2022

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artists at 13 selected art biennales worldwide (please check the Details section for more information)

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Data are based on the following art biennales:
Manifesta (Switzerland); Whitney Biennale (United States); La Biennale de Lyon (France); Documenta (Germany); The Biennale of Sydney (Australia); Istanbul Biennial (Turkey); Gwangju Biennale (South Korea); Venice Biennale (Italy); Bienal de São Paulo (Brazil); Shanghai Biennale (China); Sharjah Biennial (United Arab Emirates); Bienal de La Habana (Cuba); DAK’ART (Senegal).

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