Manifesta 15

Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, changes location every two years. Founded in the early 1990s, Manifesta rethinks the relationship between culture and civic society, investigating and instigating positive social change through contemporary culture in response to, and in close dialogue with, the social sphere of the Host City and its communities.

Each edition of Manifesta is managed by a mix of permanent international team members and local specialists. Manifesta works from its offices in Amsterdam and the Host City.

Manifesta 15 Barcelona

In 2024, Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, will come to Barcelona and its larger Metropolitan region in Catalonia for its 15^th edition.

Manifesta 15 in Barcelona has been invited to explore pressing public debates, based around the topics of the democratization of public life; the defense of public space in the face of privatization; the need to combine social progress with environmental challenges; fragility in terms of housing, the movement of people, capital, data, and economic as well as ecological crises.