What is FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art?

FRONT International is a free, summer-long, public art festival that takes place across Northeast Ohio every three years.

Launched in 2018, FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art is a free, public, contemporary art exhibition comprising artist commissions, performances, films, and public programs.

The American Library by Yinka Shonibare MBEFRONT International

FRONT International:Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art

FRONT is a collaboration with museums, civic institutions, and alternative spaces across Cleveland, Akron, and Oberlin that showcases an ambitious roster of artistic projects and programs.

The American Library, Yinka Shonibare MBE, From the collection of: FRONT International
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FRONT 2018: An American City, From the collection of: FRONT International
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FRONT launched its first exhibition in July 2018, An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises, teaming up with all of Cleveland and the region’s most renowned arts and cultural institutions, making it unique in the world for the scope of its collaboration.

Judy's Hand Pavilion by Tony TassetFRONT International

FRONT 2018 was on view from July 14 – September 30, 2018.

The End of Signature, Agnieszka Kurant, From the collection of: FRONT International
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The Dispossessed, A.K. Burns, From the collection of: FRONT International
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FRONT brings together international, national, and regional artists, curators, and scholars.

Womb Tomb Room: Painted, Drawn and Collaged Closets of Virgie Ezelle Patton, Julie Ezelle Patton, From the collection of: FRONT International
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Night Coming Tenderly, Black, Dawoud Bey, From the collection of: FRONT International
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FRONT focuses on process, research, collaboration, and long-term engagement with Cleveland and Northeast Ohio to provide an expansive stage to create and share new artwork that is inspired by and engaged with the social, political, cultural, ecological and economic issues of our time.

Modular shelter: kitty, alien, piggy, robot, bird, fish, Ad Minoliti, From the collection of: FRONT International
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Brutalismo-Cleveland, Marlon de Azambuja, From the collection of: FRONT International
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Its inaugural edition An American City, which was curated by Artistic Director Michelle Grabner, generated over 90,000 visitors from more than 25 countries and brought $31 million in new economic activity to the region.

FRONT 2022FRONT International

Join us July 16–October 2, 2022 for the next FRONT!

Please visit www.frontart.org/go to plan your visit.

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