Biennale is Italian for "every other year" and can be used to describe any event that happens every 2 years. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. It is commonly use within the art world to describe an international manifestation of contemporary art (for example, the "Biennale de Paris" which was created in 1959 by André Malraux. The Biennale de Paris is a French art festival History The 'Biennale de Paris' was launched by Raymond Cogniat in 1959 and set up by André Malraux André Malraux (3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976 was a French Author, adventurer and Statesman, and a dominant figure in French politics and culture The word is spelled identically ('biennale') in French. English speakers sometimes use the equivalent English word, biennial (for example, the "Venice Biennial") in speaking or writing of such events. The term is most commonly used in the context of major repeating art exhibitions and may refer to:

• Biennale of Sydney
• Bucharest Biennale in Bucharest, Romania
• Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA), Canadian Biennale of Contemporary Art
• Estuaire (biennale), biennale in Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, France
• FotoFest, The International Month of Photo-related Arts, Houston, Texas
• Herzliya Biennial For Contemporary Art, in Herzliya, Israel
• Iowa Biennial, in Iowa, (USA)
• Istanbul Biennial, in Istanbul, Turkey
• International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, in Tehran and Istanbul. Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which Art objects (in the most general sense meet an Audience. The Biennale of Sydney is an international festival of contemporary art held every two years in Sydney, Australia. The Bucharest Biennale (full name Bucharest International Biennial for Contemporary Art) is a contemporary art festival held every two years in Bucharest The Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA is a Non-profit organization that holds a biennial international arts festival in the Waterloo Region Estuaire is a contemporary Art exhibition that takes place every two years between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire (along the Loire The Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art (in Hebrew הביאנלה בהרצליה, הביאנליה בהרצליה לאמנות עכשווית) is an Art The Iowa Biennial Exhibition and Archive (TIBEA began in 2004 as an international survey of contemporary miniature printmaking with its initial exhibition held at the University The International Istanbul Biennial is a Contemporary art exhibition held every two years in Istanbul, Turkey since 1987 The theme for the First International Roaming Biennial of Tehran is 'Urban Jealousy'
• Kwangju Biennale in Kwangju (also spelled Gwangju), South Korea
• Liverpool Biennial
• Manifesta, European Biennale of contemporary art in different European cities
• Melbourne International Biennial 1999
• Moscow Biennale in Moscow (Russia)
• Mostra di Architettura di Venezia, International bi-annual Architecture Exhibition in Venice
• São Paulo Art Biennial in São Paulo
• Singapore Biennale, held in various locations across the city-state island of Singapore
• Florence Biennale
• Venice Biennale
• Vancouver Biennale, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Biennale de Paris

The Gwangju Biennale, which started in September of 1995 in the city of Gwangju in the South Jeolla province of South Korea Liverpool Biennial is a British international festival of contemporary art held in Liverpool. Manifesta is a biennial visual art event that began as a Dutch initiative to create a pan- European platform for the contemporary Visual arts. Melbourne International Biennial 1999 "Signs of Life" 14 May - 27 June 1999 The Melbourne International Biennial was a cultural initiative of the City of Melbourne One of the most obvious consequences of political and economical stabilisation in Russia is the growing interest of the Russian society in contemporary culture and more precisely in contemporary Mostra di Architettura di Venezia, the Architecture section of the Venice Biennale, was established in 1980, although architecture had been a part São Paulo Art Biennial was founded in 1951 and has been held every two years since The Singapore Biennale ( Chinese: 新加坡双年展 is a Contemporary art Biennale in Singapore. The Florence Biennale is an international contemporary art exhibition held every two years in the Historical Fortezza da Basso in Florence Italy The Venice Biennale (Biennale di Venezia also called in English the "Venice Biennial " is a major Contemporary art exhibition that takes place once The Biennale de Paris is a French art festival History The 'Biennale de Paris' was launched by Raymond Cogniat in 1959 and set up by André Malraux

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