The Critics

摘要

The signs have come down. Business cards have been swapped, goodbyes exchanged and bags packed. The weary itinerants of the art world; curators, artists, buyers, head to their respective departure lounges or rail termini, ready for the next adventure.rnLast week, it was Dublin they left. But it could have been one of hundreds of cities worldwide: Venice, Miami, Basel. In the UK, they could be hailing their taxi from Middlesbrough, Sheffield, Tatton Park; waving goodbye to the seafront from Folkestone, Brighton or Whitstable; or hurrying to the station in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle. All these cities host international art biennials, a format for city or town-wide art exhibitions, which has shown extraordinary growth in the past decade.