ULAANBAATAR BIENNALE

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ULAANBAATAR BIENNALE 2025

The Ulaanbaatar Biennale is initiated by the City Mayor in cooperation with the Arts and Culture Department of the City Implementing Agency and the Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) NGO and will be held from June 6th – 20th of 2025.

Ulaanbaatar city joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2023 and it is now one of 355 cities across more than 90 countries joined this network. This network provides a significant opportunity to promote Mongolian art and culture globally, while also enhancing the prominence of culture and the arts in the city. The UNESCO Creative Cities Network encompasses seven creative fields: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts, and Music.

In 2025 the Ulaanbaatar Biennale will focus on promoting and disseminating media and visual arts, one of these seven fields and will aim to meet the spiritual, aesthetic, historical, and artistic needs of the city’s residents, contribute to the development of cultural tourism.

The main programmer of the Ulaanbaatar Biennale is the Arts Council of Mongolia (NGO), with co-organizers of the Culture and Arts Authority, implementing Agency of Government of Mongolia, Blue Sun Contemporary Art Center, Marketainment Mongolia LLC. Sydney-based curator Tian Zhang has been invited to be the Chief Curator of the biennale. The title of Ulaanbaatar Biennale 2025 is “On the Horizon, Under the Moon” and will feature a variety of programs, including main and joint international exhibitions, stage and outdoor events, art education programs, curators’ and artists’ talks and workshops.

Organizer’s structure:
Initiator:
Capital City Governor’s Office

Organizers:
Arts and Culture Department of the City Implementing Agency, Capital City Governor’s Office
Arts Council of Mongolia

Co-organizers:
Culture and Arts Authority, implementing Agency of Government of Mongolia
Blue Sun Contemporary Art Center
Marketainment Mongolia LLC

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