{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-article-js","path":"/kader-attia-announced-as-curator-of-the-7th-kochi-muziris-biennale/","result":{"data":{"wordpressPost":{"id":120127,"slug":"kader-attia-announced-as-curator-of-the-7th-kochi-muziris-biennale","title":"Kader Attia announced as curator of the 7th Kochi-Muziris Biennale","excerpt":"Kader Attia, artist, curator, and professor at HfbK-Hamburg, was selected by a committee chaired by Jitish Kallat","content":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120132\" srcset=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed.jpg 800w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed-600x372.jpg 600w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed-300x186.jpg 300w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" /><figcaption>Portrait of Kader Attia, courtesy of the Kochi Biennale Foundation</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kader Attia has been announced as the curator of the 7th edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the Kochi Biennale Foundation shared in a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFFsmgiaYu/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\">post on Instagram</a> today. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kader Attia, artist, curator, and professor at HfbK-Hamburg, was selected by a committee chaired by Jitish Kallat, whose members include Shilpa Gupta, Amrita Jhaveri, Pooja Sood, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Mariam Ram and Rirkrit Tiravanija.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement sharing the announcement said: ‘Born in Dugny in 1970, Attia is internationally recognised for a practice that engages deeply with questions of history, memory, repair, and the enduring legacies of colonialism. Working across installation, sculpture, film, and archival research, Attia has developed a body of work that brings together artistic, anthropological, and philosophical inquiry.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>‘As the curator of the Seventh Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Attia will begin curatorial research towards developing the framework for the 2027–2028 edition, with Kochi as a vital point of departure within a wider field of artistic, historical, and contemporary inquiry’.</p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read next</strong> <a href=\"https://artreview.com/kochi-muziris-biennale-review-for-the-time-being/\">6th Kochi-Muziris Biennal –&nbsp;Worth The Wait?</a></p>\n","path":"/kader-attia-announced-as-curator-of-the-7th-kochi-muziris-biennale/","format":"standard","date":"08 May 2026","rawDate":"2026-05-08T14:08:44.000Z","branch":{"name":"artreview.com"},"author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreviewartreview-com/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed.jpg","caption":"Portrait of Kader Attia, courtesy of the Kochi Biennale Foundation","alt_text":"","media_details":{"width":800,"height":496,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed-300x186.jpg","width":300,"height":186},"medium":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed-600x372.jpg","width":600,"height":372},"large":null,"wordpress_1536x1536":null,"wordpress_2048x2048":null}}},"acf":{"article_artist":null,"article_video":null,"article_audio":null,"article_collaboration":"","article_custom_html_snippet":"","article_featured_title":"","article_featured_description":"","article_highlight":false,"article_custom_link_url":"","hero_image":null,"seo_title":"News | Kader Attia announced as curator of the 7th Kochi-Muziris Biennale","seo_description":"Kader Attia, artist, curator, and professor at HfbK-Hamburg, was selected by a committee chaired by Jitish Kallat","article_related_articles":[{"id":120071,"title":"Dian Suci wins 2025–27 Max Mara Art Prize for Women","path":"/dian-suci-wins-2025-27-max-mara-art-prize-for-women/","author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-Dian-Suci.png","caption":"","alt_text":"Dian Suci","media_details":{"width":2000,"height":1333,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-Dian-Suci-300x200.png","width":300,"height":200},"medium":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-Dian-Suci-600x400.png","width":600,"height":400},"large":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-Dian-Suci-1230x820.png","width":1230,"height":820},"wordpress_1536x1536":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-Dian-Suci-1536x1024.png","width":1536,"height":1024},"wordpress_2048x2048":null}}},"acf":{"article_collaboration":""}},{"id":119922,"title":"Israeli Pavilion artist issued legal warnings before Biennale jury resignation","path":"/israeli-pavilion-artist-issued-legal-warnings-before-biennale-jury-resignation/","author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Overview-Arsenale_Photo-by-Andrea-Avezzù-Courtesy-La-Biennale-di-Venez...-scaled.jpg","caption":"Venice Arsenale. 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