Chau Chak Wing Museum among venues participating in 25th Sydney Biennale

The University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Museum is among the 25th Sydney Biennale participating venues joining the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Penrith Regional Gallery, and White Bay Power Station as a host location, in presenting the exhibition Rememory.

The 25th Sydney Biennale, a major international art festival, runs from14th March to 14th June, 2026 with Chau Chak Wing Museum presenting the exhibition Rememory.

This is the second time the Chau Chak Wing Museum will partner with the Biennale of Sydney having co-hosted in 2024.

Led by Artistic Director Hoor Al Qasimi, Rememory aims to explore “intersection of memory and history as a means of revisiting, reconstructing, and reclaiming histories that have been erased or repressed.”

The Biennale has announced its first 37 artists and collectives, with more to be announced. Among these, 15 First Nations artists globally have been commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney.

International and Australian artists are invited to “reflect on their own roots” while exploring the “global themes that connect us.”

Key markers of this edition include highlighting marginalised narratives, sharing untold stories, and ideas on memory, identity, and belonging. The edition looks to give a “voice to stories from Aboriginal communities”, as well as the “divergent diasporas” living in Australia. 

Al Qasimi notes “Rememory connects the delicate space between remembering and forgetting, delving into the fragmented and forgotten parts of history, where recollection becomes an act of reassembling fragments of the past - whether personal, familial, or collective.

“Through the defiant act of sharing, seeing, and understanding, the artists and cultural practitioners I’ve invited to participate explore the hidden effects of history and how it continues to shape the present in an evolving and consuming conversation.

“Rather than focusing on linear storytelling, I hope to highlight how we can become active participants in retelling our collective stories by revisiting and reinterpreting past events.”

NSW Minister for Jobs and Tourism, Steve Kamper added “Rememory is an important reflection of Sydney’s rich and diverse cultural history and a fantastic opportunity to showcase that history to visitors from across the nation and around the world.”

The 25th Biennale of Sydney runs from 14th March – 14th June 2026.