LB°24 — News
November 19
LB24 curators on "Fiction as Friction"
In a new article, the curators of the Luleå Biennial 2024, talk about resistance and solidarity in relation to artworks from the biennial.
November 18
Architecture of Aroha presented in Aotearoa New Zealand
The project, first presented in Sápmi / Sweden as part of the 2024 Luleå Biennial, is now to be shown at Objectspace.
November 13
Part of the Luleå Biennial presented in Stockholm
During the winter of 2024–2025, parts of a work by Tilde-Ristin Kuoljok is available to experience in Stockholm.
October 15
Move Sirdde Flytta – New children's book about Kiruna
The project Händelsernas Centrum present a children’s book about the transformation of Kiruna.
September 18
Last chance to see the work of Fadlabi at Hertsön
Until September 30th you can experience the artwork by artist Fadlabi for the 2024 Luleå Biennial, in Luleå.
August 21
Eveliina Sarapää invited to the Architecture Triennial
Eveliina Sarapää will, this autumn, be a part of the very first Triennial of Architecture at Färgfabriken in Stockholm.
June 25
Thank you for a fantastic biennial 2024!
The Luleå Biennial 2024 wrapped during the last weekend of May, but parts of the biennial live on!
May 13
Inauguration of Verdde
The Sami institution Verdde is inaugurated with Luleåbiennalen as its first partner!
April 16
Inauguration of Lena Stenberg's work in Kiruna
Konstfrämjandet Norrbotten and Luleåbiennalen inaugurates Flyttzon, a new work by Lena Stenberg.
April 4
Save the date: Luleåbiennalens closing weekend on May 24-26
The closing weekend of Luleåbiennalen includes programs in Kiruna, Luleå and Boden.
April 2
Press voices on Luleåbiennalen 2024
Since its inauguration in early March 2024, Luleåbiennalen have recieved rave reviews from the press.
March 21
Umeå School of Architecture installing in Luleå
Umeå School of Architecture will be installing on Storgatan in Luleå, April 5–8. Don't miss the inauguration of the installation The waterfall that went silent, on April 9!
March 5
P1 Kultur (Swedish National Radio) reports from the opening of the Luleå Biennial
Helene Alm, reporter from the Swedish National Radio and local radio P4 Norrbotten, visits the opening of the Luleå Biennial: On the threshold of 1:1, and interviews our Artistic Directors and participating artist Mohamed Sleiman Labat!
March 5
The Luleå Biennial on the Swedish national news
Yesterday, March 4, The Swedish National Television's Cultural News Kulturnyheterna was opened with a feature from the Luleå Biennial.
March 1
Join us for the Opening Party of the Luleå Biennial 2024
The Luleå Biennial 2024 Team extends a warm welcome to our big opening party at Lillan in Luleå! RSVP here.
March 1
Read interview with Aude Christel Mgba and Bruno Alves de Almeida in Kunstkritikk
The Luleå Biennial's Artistic Directors have been interviewed by Kunstkritikk's Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl.
February 26
Installation in progress!
The Luleå Biennial 2024 is opening soon! Our Artistic Directors and some on the participating artists have arrived to Norrbotten, and the installations are in full progress.
February 8
Thank you to everyone who visited 24H Messaure!
On February 2, 18.00–19.00 CET, artist duo wiklundwiklund performed a performative reactivation of a no-longer existing town, Messaure.
January 25
24H Messaure
You are invited to the temporary and performative reactivation of a no-longer existing town, Messaure. Artist duo wiklundwiklund brings back the lights to the town’s site, creating a public moment of encounter and an homage to the many lives deeply tied to this place.
December 28
Opening Weekend of Luleåbiennalen 2024
The opening days of Luleåbiennalen 2024 will take place in Kiruna, Luleå and Boden between 1–3 of March, and you are invited to take part in activities including guided tours, performances, and talks between artists and artistic directors.
December 17
New wind shelters on the Ice Road of Luleå
The artist Fadlabi (b. 1975, Sudan) presents his artwork Sadaqah Jariyah – On behalf of Nils Amund Raknerud on the Ice Road's wind shelters in Luleå in connection to Luleåbiennalen 2024.
November 21
Luleåbiennalen 2024 – On the threshold of 1:1
Konstfrämjandet Norrbotten is pleased to announce the Luleåbiennalen 2024 – On the threshold of 1:1. The artistic directors Aude Christel Mgba and Bruno Alves de Almeida gather artistic and architectural positions, investigating the drastic changes in Norrbotten’s built and natural environments and relating them to analogous contexts worldwide, fostering interchanges that might provide new possibilities.
June 26
LB22 in Urgent Pedagogies #6: Earthed Imagination
Onkar Kular and Christina Zetterlund, Artistic Directors for the Luleå Biennial 2022, are guest editors for the latest issue of IASPIS digital publication Urgent Pedagogies #6: Earthed Imagination.
June 14
New archive highlights the history of Luleåbiennalen
Since the beginning of 2023, Konstfrämjandet Norrbotten are working on collecting, cataloguing and publishing materials from all of the previous editions of Luleåbiennalen here on our new website.
March 30
Video: Conversation with the Artistic Directors of LB24
During their first research trip to Norrbotten in March 2023, Artistic Directors of Luleåbiennalen 2024 Aude Christel Mgba and Bruno Alves de Almeida conducted a presentation about their previous curatorial projects and took part in a conversation about the newly initiated work with the upcoming biennial. Now, you can see a short video from the conversation here.
March 19
LB24 Artistic Directors' first research trip to Norrbotten
Right now, the artistic directors of the Luleåbiennalen 2024, Aude Christel Mgba and Bruno Alves de Almeida, are in Norrbotten for the first time. As part of the preparations for the 2024 biennial they visit different places, organizations and artists to get to know the region.
March 3
Aude Christel Mgba and Bruno Alves de Almeida have been appointed Artistic Directors for Luleåbiennalen 2024
Konstfrämjandet Norrbotten is pleased to announce that Aude Christel Mgba and Bruno Alves de Almeida have been selected as Artistic Directors for the Luleåbiennalen 2024 with the overarching theme of architecture and art.