And as the capital of a newborn country recreating itself after a war in large part founded on conflicting historical and cultural narratives, Pristina is the ideal host city for the nomadic European biennial.

Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increasing global political and social instability, the central theme of this year’s Manifesta biennial, exploring how we create stories and share them across cultures and communities, has never felt more urgent.

And as the capital of a newborn country recreating itself after a war in large part founded on conflicting historical and cultural narratives, Pristina is the ideal host city for the nomadic European biennial.

For Kosovo, whose citizens are only able to travel to four countries without a visa, Manifesta is no small matter, bringing collectors, artists, journalists, and art lovers from around the world and offering the tantalizing promise that their homeland can become an integrated part of the European and global community.