Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, changes location every two years. Founded in the early 1990s, Manifesta rethinks the relation between culture and civic society, investigating and instigating positive social change through contemporary culture in response to, and in close dialogue with, the social sphere of the Host City and its communities. Manifesta has consistently chosen unexpected host locations that reflect Europe’s ever-changing DNA to shed light on a world defined by changing ethical and aesthetic imperatives. Manifesta, as a recurring event, has transformed itself into a multilayered and inclusive instrument of civic engagement projects.

In 2022, Manifesta 14 Prishtina will take place in Prishtina, Kosovo. Manifesta 14 aims to support the citizens of Kosovo in their ambition to reclaim public space and to rewrite the future of their capital as an open-minded metropolis in the Balkans and in Europe through the development of a new cultural institution.

Olafur Eliasson, Show me, by means of sudden intuitive realization, your perception of the presence, 1996 © Manifesta 1 Rotterdam / Jannes Linders
Oleg Kulik and Mila Bredikhina, Pavlov's Dog, 1996 © Manifesta 1 Rotterdam / Jannes Linders
Maurizio Cattelan, No title, 1998 © Manifesta 2 Luxembourg / Roman Mensing
Honoré d'O, Script for the treasurer, 1998 © Manifesta 2 Luxembourg / Roman Mensing
Šejla Kamerić, EU / OTHERS, 2000 © Šejla Kamerić
© Manifesta 3 Ljubljana
Maria Papadimitriou, T.A.M.A sentimental, 2002 © Manifesta 4 Frankfurt / Jörg Baumann
Marc Bijl, RESIST, 2002 © Manifesta 4 Frankfurt, Bernd Bodtländer
Jeremy Deller, Parade, 2004 © Manifesta 5
Jan de Cock, Denkmal 2, 2004 © Manifesta 5
Manifesta 6 Nicosia (Cancelled)
Ricardo Jacinto, Labyrinthitis, 2007 © Manifesta 7 Trentino-South Tyrol / Andrea Pozza
Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson, Uterus Flags, 2008 © Manifesta 7 Trentino-South Tyrol / Wolfgang Träger
Manifesta 8 Murcia in dialogue with northern Africa
Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel, Penetration Room, 2010 © Manifesta 8 Murcia / Ilya Rabinovich
Ni Haifeng, Para-Production, 2008-2012 © Manifesta 9 Genk / Kristof Vrancken
Kendell Geers, Monument (Fired Up), 2012 © Manifesta 9 Genk / Kristof Vrancken
Alexandra Pirici, Soft Power, 2014 © Manifesta 10
Francis Alÿs, Lada “Kopeika” Project. Brussels—St. Petersburg, 2014 © Manifesta 10
Thomas Hirschhorn, ABSCHLAG, 2014 © Manifesta 10
Pavilion of Reflections, 2016 © Manifesta 11 / Wolfgang Traeger
John Arnold and Fabian Spiquel, Michelin-starred chef, 2016 © Manifesta 11 Zürich
Jelili Atiku, Festino della Terra (Alaraagbo XIII) 2018 © Manifesta 12 Palermo / Francesco Bellina
Matilde Cassani, Tutto, 2018 © Manifesta 12 / Francesco Bellina
Leone Contini, Foreign Farmers, 2018 © Manifesta 12 / Cave Studio
Black Quantum Futurism, Nonlinear Histories & Quantum Futures, 2020 © Manifesta 13 Marseille / Jean Christophe Lett
Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Crimes of Solidarity, 2020 © Manifesta 13 / VOST Collectif
Arseny Zhilyaev, The Keepers: One-dimensional Sphere Game, 2020 © Manifesta 13 Marseille / Jean Christophe Lett
Stine Marie Jacobsen, GROUP-THINK, 2020 Lett © Manifesta 13 / VOST Collectif

Previous Editions

Rotterdam (1996), Luxembourg (1998), Ljubljana (2000), Frankfurt (2002),
San Sebastian (2004), Nicosia (2006 — cancelled),
Trentino-South Tyrol (2008), Murcia in dialogue with northern Africa (2010),
Genk (2012), St. Petersburg (2014), Zürich (2016), Palermo (2018) and Marseille (2020).

Upcoming Editions

Barcelona, Spain (2024) and Ruhr Area, Germany (2026)

 

Manifesta 14 Prishtina to open from the 22nd of July until the 30th of October 2022