The Pontevedra Art Biennial is the oldest contemporary art biennial in Spain.

Founded in 1969 as a local art competition, it quickly evolved during the 1980s and became international from 1990 onwards.

Throughout the 1990s, the Pontevedra Art Biennial was consolidated as an important national art event, which adapted its programme to foster the growth of an exhibition that became a major event on the Spanish contemporary art scene. From 1998 onwards, it became international, with renowned curators from the European art scene, and its topics opened up to dialogue and debate beyond our frontiers.

In June 2025, after a fifteen-year absence, it returns as an international cultural event aimed at celebrating art and fostering dialogue on contemporary culture.

The 33rd Pontevedra Biennial will be held in spring 2027, with its programme presented across different exhibition spaces throughout the town, thereby reinforcing its aim of concentrating the project in the heart of Pontevedra’s museum landscape. Next year, as a new feature, the Biennial will also include an exhibition space in the city of Vigo, the Maritime Station, broadening its geographical reach.

The jury of the public call for proposals launched by the Provincial Council of Pontevedra and the Museum of Pontevedra to choose the curatorial team for the 33rd Pontevedra Biennial agreed to select the proposal submitted by Ángel Calvo Ulloa and Juan Canela, who will be responsible for defining and developing next year’s curatorial project.