Fourth Lahore Biennale, taking place during 80th anniversary of Partition, to explore cross-border connectivity

"The fourth Lahore Biennale, scheduled to open in January 2027, will focus on "the vitality of society and culture across borders", according to a release-a poignant topic in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the independence of Pakistan and the Partition of India. The event, held in the historic heart of Lahore, will be curated by Nav Haq, the associate director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp."

"Haq describes Lahore as "a long-established metropole for art and culture" that has "a very rich and very interesting history in the 20th century of cultural and intellectual cooperation amongst peoples". Speaking to The Art Newspaper, he says that the previous editions of the Biennale, founded in 2014, did a "really good job of rooting themselves locally but looking outward". For the fourth edition, Haq wants to "look at the story of the global history of culture and the place of Lahore in that""

"Haq, a British writer and curator of Pakistani heritage, currently leads the artistic programme at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, having previously served as a curator at Arnolfini in Bristol and Gasworks in London. According to a statement from the Lahore Biennale Foundation, Haq's artistic practice is "grounded in values of coexistence and progressive internationalism, [and] developed in response to the conditions of an increasingly multipolar 21st-century world"."

The fourth Lahore Biennale will open in January 2027 with a focus on the vitality of society and culture across borders and will coincide with the 80th anniversary of Pakistan's independence and the Partition. Nav Haq, associate director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, will curate the edition. Lahore is presented as a long-established metropole for art and culture with a rich 20th-century history of cultural and intellectual cooperation. The Biennale, founded in 2014, has rooted itself locally while looking outward and now emphasizes coexistence and progressive internationalism amid recent regional tensions.

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