Folkestone Triennial

The Folkestone Triennial is an arts festival held every three years in Folkestone, England. Site-specific artworks are commissioned for what are often unusual locations around the town,[3] a number of works remaining in place permanently after the end of each festival.[4]

Folkestone Triennial
Holiday Home by Richard Woods at the 2017 Folkestone Triennial[1]
StatusActive
GenreArts festival
FrequencyTriannually
Location(s)Folkestone
Coordinates51.081°N 1.166°E / 51.081; 1.166
CountryEngland
Years active12
Most recent2017
Next event2020
Attendance135,000 in 2014[2]
Websitehttp://www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk

Artists who have exhibited at the Triennial include Tracy Emin, Cornelia Parker, Martin Creed, Emma Hart,[5] and Bob and Roberta Smith. During 2014, graffiti artist Banksy contributed Art Buff to the town, announcing that it was "part of the Folkestone triennial. Kind of".[6]

The Folkestone Triennial was curated by Andrea Schlieker in 2008 and 2011,[7] and Lewis Biggs in 2014 and 2017.[8]

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