2026/05

Kassel

Subverting Archival Practices, conference and workshop, documenta archiv / Fridericianum, 7-10 May 2026. This event addresses the politics and logic of digital infrastructures in archival and artistic contexts. Artistic and curatorial initiatives often make use of commercial internet platforms as workspaces and documentation spaces. These digital tools are growing increasingly insecure in light of current developments in big data. The conference will explore possible institutional and non-institutional alternatives.

Linz

Art Meets Radical Openness (AMRO). Festival dedicated to art, hacktivism and open culture, organised by servus.at in cooperation with the Linz University of Art, Department of Time-Based Media. 13-16 May 2026. [1]

New York

Long Play Festival, Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 3, 2026. 60+ concerts throughout Brooklyn, New York.

Seattle

Seattle Art Book Fair, May 9–10, 2026, Washington Hall.

Vancouver

Free and open to the public, Vancouver Art Book Fair is a three-day celebration of artists’ publishing featuring over one hundred local, national and international publishers, as well as a diverse line-up of programs, performances and artists’ projects. Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, May 15–17, 2026.

Vienna

Lebt und arbeitet in Wien. Contemporary Art from Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, 1.5.–26.10.2026. Sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, performance and video by over 50 artists will be presented within an exhibition that focuses on new commissions and works that have not previously been exhibited in Vienna. The exhibition takes its title from a survey first presented at the Kunsthalle in 2000, continuing and developing a format that seeks to offer a perspective on the dynamic, transnational and culturally diverse communities of artists living and working in Vienna today.

VDC - Vienna Digital Cultures. Festival for art, performance and discourse, dedicated to exploring the cultural impact of digital technologies. May 2026.