Overview
- Biennale organisers announced Low Kee Hong as artistic director for the 26th Biennale of Sydney, which opens in March 2028, with the appointment revealed on Monday.
- Low has said he will make consulting Indigenous communities and Elders central to planning so the festival’s work reflects local knowledge and long time scales.
- He intends to prioritise performance, sustained research and cross-institutional commissions that keep works active after the biennale rather than treating the festival as a brief event.
- Low brings international festival experience from Factory International in Manchester, the Singapore Biennale and West Kowloon and recently collaborated with Ai Weiwei on a 24-hour durational performance.
- The 2028 planning comes against the political fallout from the 2026 edition, which drew venue criticism, sponsor withdrawals and a police review of opening-night remarks that found insufficient evidence to prosecute, and Low says he will address that context through programming and community engagement.