Invitation to MANIFESTA 10

AN INVITATION

MANIFESTA 10 has the pleasure of welcoming you to the 20th anniversary of the European Biennial of Contemporary Art in St. Petersburg.

On 28 June 2014 MANIFESTA 10 will open to the public and will continue for 120 days before closing on 31 October, 2014. The main exhibition will take place at the Winter Palace and the General Staff Building of the State Hermitage Museum, with various satellite events being held at different locations around the city.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Manifesta which was initiated in response to the new social, cultural and political reality that emerged in the aftermath of the Cold War. This decade edition of Manifesta will be curated by Kasper König and will be hosted by the State Hermitage Museum, which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. Various projects and special MANIFESTA 10 public programs will also be presented throughout the city, reaching the broader public through events and encounters with contemporary culture outside of the main MANIFESTA 10 venues, and staging a dialogue between the informal and the official.

The State Hermitage Museum was selected by Manifesta because of its critical intellectual and historical relationship with East and West Europe; a uniting principal that is also central to Manifesta as an itinerant Biennial. MANIFESTA 10 will consider the historical perspective of St. Petersburg’s view on the West, and its extensive relationship with Europe at large. Next to the official MANIFESTA 10 program there is a large series of Parallel Events taking place in St. Petersburg.

We look forward to welcoming you to St. Petersburg for MANIFESTA 10 this summer.

For more information about MANIFESTA 10, participating artists, our opening program, and planning your visit to St. Petersburg, please see the links below or visit our website.

Best wishes,

For more information please visit our website
Find out about the opening program here
Planning your travels to St. Petersburg? click here
Please note that if you are travelling from outside of Russia, you will require a visa
Book your free guided tour here
Find out more about MANIFESTA 10 education activities here
Find out more about the Public Program here
Visit the Parallel Events of MANIFESTA 10 here