The Tirana Biennial has so far made little news, despite its turbulent history. Ann Demeester, a curator for the second exhibition, writes about the unsavoury methods used by Flash Art to make money at the expense of the fledgling biennial.

In this reportage we look back at a manifestation which, due to all the publicity for the Istanbul Biennial, has got little attention: The Tirana Biennial. The following is a short interview in which the Albanian artist Edi Muka outlines the chief ideas behind its recently concluded third edition.