Review of the 12th Istanbul Biennial

Kaelen Wilson-Goldie is a writer and critic based in Beirut. She is a contributing editor for the magazine Bidoun, writes a column for frieze, contributes regularly to Artforum, and covers contemporary art and culture for the Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star. She has contributed essays to numerous journals, anthologies, monographs, and exhibition catalogues, including The Future of Tradition—The Tradition of Future (2010); Untitled Tracks: On Alternative Music in Beirut (2009); Foreword, the catalogue accompanying Lebanon's first and only national pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2007); and Out of Beirut (2006).