A return to the object: Biennale de Montréal announces theme for 2016 edition

The Biennale de Montréal—which relaunched with a new leadership team, after a rough patch, for its 2014 edition—has announced plans for this year’s exhibition, due to be held in the Québécois city from 19 October to 15 January 2017.“It’s very different from the last edition,” says the event’s director, Sylvie Fortin. While the 2014 biennale, L’avenir (looking forward), included many socially engaged works, the 2016 event looks