biennale
/ˌbiːɛˈnɑːleɪ
/ /ˌbiːɛˈnɑːli/noun
A large art exhibition or music festival, especially one held biennially.France, like other countries, faces an accelerating globalization of the contemporary art market thanks to a proliferation of art fairs, festivals and biennales that take place around the globe....
- The loan exhibition at the Asian biennale is a private collection of fibulas mainly from the fifth century B. C., showing how Chinese craftsmen used gold and silver as well as assimilated the introduction of cast iron.
- The inclusion of a cartoon/caricature exhibition in a biennale of fine arts might come as a surprise - perhaps an oddly hilarious one - to many art buffs and critics.
Origin
1930s (used originally as the name of an international art exhibition held in Venice): from Italian, literally 'biennial'.