The sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale titled “For the Time Being” set to run from December 12, 2025, to March 31, 2026

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is back with its sixth edition, titled “For the Time Being.” Set to run from December 12, 2025, to March 31, 2026, this year’s event promises a deeply immersive experience. The full list of participating artists for the biennale is scheduled to be announced in October.

Here’s what makes this edition unique:
- Curatorship: Led by artist Nikhil Chopra in collaboration with HH Art Spaces, it aims to transform the biennale into a 'living ecosystem'.

- Experiential Focus: Expect site-responsive installations, durational performances, and participatory moments that blur the lines between artist and audience.

- Holistic Programming: Beyond traditional exhibits, there will be talks, workshops, film screenings, and platforms like:
- Students’ Biennale
- Art By Children
- Residency Programme
- Collateral Events

- Curatorial Vision: It explores themes of time, embodiment, and communal memory, using “friendship economies” to shape shared experiences.

Rooted in Kochi’s historical and cultural landscape, yet open to global perspectives, this edition resists the usual spectacle of art shows—favoring process, presence, and active dialogue.

Kochi Biennale Foundation
KBF was established in 2010 by artists for artists as a non-profit, charitable trust set up in Kerala, South India to promote art, culture, heritage and education. The Government of Kerala has been a principal supporter of Kochi Biennale Foundation.

‍ KBF’s mission is to promote artistic and cultural education through engagement and dialogue with exhibitions of diverse and inclusive art practices. KBF aims to catalyse Kochi and its surroundings with contemporary art and ideas and to work towards the restoration and conservation of heritage properties and monuments and the revival of traditional forms of art and culture.

‍ KBF hosts the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), India’s largest contemporary art festival that is presented biennially in the historic port city of Kochi, on the Malabar coast of India.