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Tracey Clement, Lecturer in Visual Art and McGlade Gallery Director, Australian Catholic University

Stories open to interpretation: the 2026 Biennale of Sydney embraces narratives with multiple meanings

Installation view of the 25th Biennale of Sydney, Rememory, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 March – 14 June 2026, featuring art by Ngurrara Artists. Artwork © the artists, photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Felicity Jenkins

Storytelling is at the heart of Rememory, the 25th Biennale of Sydney. And we humans like nothing better than being told a tale.

As literary critic Frank Kermode so persuasively argued, stuck as we are in the middle of our own stories, narratives with clear beginnings and endings help us make sense of an unpredictable world.

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