The International Cerveira Art Biennial (BIAC) exceeded, in about five months, the number of visitors from the entire edition of 2024, with 9,505 people at the exhibitions that started on July 18, according to the organization.
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12/11/2026
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Lusa
Cerveira Biennale
A The Biennial International de Arte de Cerveira (BIAC) exceeded, in about five months, the number of visitors from the entire edition of 2024, with 9,505 people at the exhibitions that started on 18 July, was revealed today.
According to the organization, since 18 July and until last day 04, the exhibitions of the biennial of Vila Nova de Cerveira, in the district of Viana do Castelo, accounted for 9.7% more visitors than the 8,667 registered in the entire edition of 2024.
According to the organization's data, the Cerveira Cultural Forum received 7,752 visitors, the Convent San Payo, 961, and the Municipal Library, 792.
The biennial of art ends on December 30, “with a program that will contemplate 40 parallel activities and 58 guided visits”.
The organization estimates that parallel activities will gather 4,027 participants by the end of this edition.
This year, the event “reunites eight exhibitions and artistic projects in four exhibition centers of Vila Nova de Cerveira, with 185 works, 140 artistic participations and 22 countries represented”.
The program also extends to 15 parishes through the “Via-Vem”, artistic residency program that covers a project in each parish.
Already on Saturday, the Biennial Museum of Cerveira promotes an Open Day, with free entry to the exhibitions and two free activities.
The first moment takes place at 16:00, with a visit oriented to the exhibitions, conducted by the artistic director, Mafalda Santos.
At 17:00, Alice Guerreiro presents the ‘performance’ “Always all the time”, promoted in the scope of the exhibition “‘From which house are you?’, inspired by the homonymous work of visual artist Ana Pérez-Quiroga.
By the end of the month, at the Cultural Forum in Cerveira, BIAC will also promote the international conference “Drawing from Territory”, which will bring together artists, designers and researchers in an initiative by Luís Espinheira, Vasco Cardoso and Mafalda Santos.
The “meeting is part of the relationship between Vila Nova de Cerveira and Galicia, to explore the design as an artistic practice and research tool of the border territories”.