Opening Weekend

The Biennial expands its footprint downtown with the opening of its fifth site at 840 N. Michigan Avenue, transforming more than 65,000 square feet of space on the Magnificent Mile into a dynamic hub for art, design, and dialogue.

Led by Artistic Director Florencia Rodriguez, the site continues the curatorial vision of SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, inviting visitors to explore how architecture both shapes and is shaped by the interconnected systems that define our world—climate, technology, food, and the human body.

This site will feature the thematic capsule Ecologies, bringing together more than 30 installations from artists and studios across the globe to examine the ways design exists within—and influences—the broader environments that sustain and challenge us. Ecologies invites us to rethink architecture as part of a living continuum—an evolving practice entangled with the systems that sustain life, the technologies that mediate it, and the communities that inhabit it.

We welcome you to participate in opening weekend activities and to explore the Biennial over the coming months, experiencing exhibitions, talks, and installations that bring its themes and partnerships to life across Chicago.