Folkestone Triennial

Folkestone Triennial
Holiday Home by Richard Woods at the 2017 Folkestone Triennial[1]
StatusActive
GenreArts festival
FrequencyTriannually
Location(s)Folkestone, Kent
Coordinates51°04′52″N 1°09′58″E / 51.081°N 1.166°E / 51.081; 1.166
CountryEngland
Years activesince June 2008
Most recent2017
Next event22 July-2 November 2021
Attendance51,000 in 2008; 103,000 in 2011; 135,000 in 2014, 150,000 in 2017
Websitehttp://www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk

The Creative Folkestone Triennial is an arts festival held every three years in Folkestone, Kent, England.[2]

Site-specific artworks are commissioned for what are often unusual locations around the town, a number of works remaining in place permanently after the end of each festival as part of the permanent Creative Folkestone Artworks exhibition.[3][4] The 2021 Triennial will be the first to break the usual three-year cycle following a postponement from its original 2020 dates due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Artists who have exhibited at the Triennial include Lubaina Himid, Tracy Emin, Cornelia Parker, Martin Creed, Myles Stephens, Emma Hart, Sir Anthony Gormley, Andy Goldsworthy and Bob and Roberta Smith.[6][7] During 2014, graffiti artist Banksy contributed Art Buff to the town, announcing that it was "Part of the Folkestone triennial. Kind of."[8]

The Folkestone Triennial was curated by Andrea Schlieker in 2008 and 2011,[9] and Lewis Biggs in 2014, 2017 and 2021.[9]

  1. ^ Cumming, Laura (3 September 2017). "Folkestone Triennial review – the art must fit, or get lost at sea" – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ "Folkestone Triennial". Biennial Foundation. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Folkestone Artworks, Our Permanent Public Art Exhibition". Creative Folkestone. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. ^ Field, Marcus (1 August 2018). "Ten art galleries to visit outside of London this summer". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Fifth Creative Folkestone Triennial postponed until September 2021". Creative Folkestone. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "In Focus: Emma Hart". frieze.com. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  7. ^ "Welcome to Folkestone Artworks, The UK's largest urban outdoor exhibition of contemporary art". Creative Folkestone. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Banksy's Art Buff Fails To Sell And May Return To Folkestone". Artlyst. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "About the Folkestone Triennial". Creative Folkestone. Retrieved 10 April 2021.