Introduction; Chapter 1. Biennial as the 'expanded field' or stage for global curating and biennial art; Chapter 2. From cultural hegemony to sites of residence (and back again): the social production of space and the heterodox agendas of the contemporary biennial in the age of global competition; Chapter 3. Guilt by association: (unfulfilled) promises of social engagement, activism; Conclusion. Where do we go from here? Mainstreaming the contemporary biennial: assimilation within the ecosystem and the market
