9th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art | Οpening Program

9th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art

“everything must change. Radical Intelligence. Thessaloniki 9”

Opening Program

Saturday, May 23

TIF-HELEXPO, Pavilions 2 & 3

19:00–24:00 Public opening & events

Performance “From Vardaris to Omonia” by VASKOS

Performance by Mochi Georgiou in Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou’s installation, “In the wild”

Program of film screenings

MOMUS-Museum of Contemporary Art

Acts and Intermissions by Abigail Child (USA, 2017)

BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions by Kahlil Joseph (USA, 2025)

The Encampments by Michael T Workman and Kei Pritsker (USA/Palestine, 2025)

Herbicidal Warfare in Gaza (2019) and No Traces of Life (2026)” by Forensic Architecture

U.F.O. Lost in HEAVEN by Errands Group (Greece, 2025)

We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher by Simon Poulter and Sophie Mellor (UK, 2025)

Murdering the Devil by Ester Krumbachová (Czechoslovakia, 1970)

TIF:The Pavilion of the City (Greece, 2026) by Alexandros Litsardakis

22:00

TIF-HELEXPO, Pavilion 10

Rap Riot feat. Dolly Vara, Ladele, Penny, Sara ATH, video by Iria

Sunday, May 24

10:30–13:00

HELEXPO, Pavilions 2 & 3

Gathering and talk among present artists, Biennale 9 curator Nadja Argyropoulou, and Professor and Biennale catalogue essayist T.J. Demos

14:00–19:30

Kardia Stadium

Three-sided football game as part of the project “Playing Otherwise”, featuring the self-organized teams FC Abalos, Becazzes FC, Faltsa FC, and Muhabeti FC, hosted by the Municipality of Thermi – National Youth Capital 2026

Special opening hours:

23 May: 19:00 – 24:00

24 May: 10:00 – 22:00

Curated by Nadia Argyropoulou

Free admission