Concerts, shows, sports championships, and trade fairs have been suspended, postponed, or canceled. Several events from all segments have been affected by the humanitarian and public health crisis that is sweeping the world. With the recommendation of social distancing to combat the spread of the new Coronavirus Not only the events sector of the home, arts, design and architecture universe has been affected. The crisis affects everyone. Below, we have gathered national and international exhibitions, fairs and shows that were supposed to take place this year but will only take place in 2021.
Feicon Batimat - Reed Exhibitions, responsible for organizing the construction and architecture fair, has decided to postpone the 26th edition. The statement published yesterday states that in view of the pandemic and its impacts, the event, initially scheduled for September 2020, will be held in 2021, from April 20 to 23, at São Paulo Expo.
MADE – the International Collectible Design Fair organized by Waldick Jatobá, Bruno Simões and Élcio Gozzo also follows the same guideline and cancels its 2020 edition in view of the unpredictable scenario and out of concern for protecting the health and integrity of visitors, exhibitors and partners, as well as responding appropriately to the economic impacts of the pandemic, which indiscriminately affects all sectors of the economy.
34th São Paulo Biennial - In view of the challenges that the world is facing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the São Paulo Biennial Foundation, responsible for the São Paulo Biennial, announced today that the group exhibition will be transferred to the period from 4th to 12th. September and December 5, 2021, at the Bienal Pavilion.
Salone del Mobile in Milan - after being postponed, at the beginning of the crisis in Italy, from April to June due to the pandemic, the largest design event in the world will take place between April 13 and 18, 2021, the year it will celebrate the 60 years of existence of the fair.
Venice Architecture Biennale - even with the easing of quarantine in Italy and the gradual resumption of activities in the country, the Venice Biennale announced this Monday, 18, that the 17th edition of its famous International Architecture Exhibition will not take place this year . The event, initially postponed to August due to the pandemic, was rescheduled again, and will only take place in the city from May 22, 2021. With the change, the Arts Biennial, which took place in odd-numbered years, also had to be relocated, and will only happen in 2022.
27th World Congress of Architects UIA2020RIO - the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the Brazilian Institute of Architects (IAB), entities responsible for holding the congress, announced the postponement of the meeting to July 18-22, 2021. The event would take place on first time in Brazil between July 19th and 23rd, 2020, in Rio de Janeiro.
SP-Arte : Brazil's largest art fair, despite much of the investment already made, was also canceled due to the spread of the new Coronavirus. In total, 90 galleries from Brazil and 24 from abroad were scheduled to reveal their collections in April. .
Art Basel - In addition to Art Basel Hong Kong, which was scheduled to take place from March 17 to 20, the traditional art fair held in Basel, Switzerland has canceled its 2020 edition. The fair, which had already been postponed from June to September this year, year, will only return in June 2021. The fair's organizers, however, transformed the physical event into “Online Viewing Rooms”, a platform that made it possible to visit and sell works via the fair's website and app. The experience showed how the scenario and consumption of art may change from now on. The fair was made unfeasible by quarantines and air restrictions, as were other events in the area
International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) - the event was scheduled to take place between May 17 and 20, 2020 at the Javits Center in New York City, but has also been canceled. According to a statement made by the organization
, “the health and safety of our community is of utmost importance.” importance to us. After closely monitoring the risk and impact of Covid-19 and also speaking at length with members of the design community, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair has been officially cancelled.”[newsletter]
