Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Folkestone Triennial is one of the UK’s leading exhibitions of contemporary art in public space. Every three years, artists from around the world are invited to make new work that responds to the town – its coastal landscapes, its stories and the people who live here.
From 19 July to 19 October 2025, the Triennial returns for its sixth edition with How Lies the Land? This year, 18 artists from more than 15 countries have created artworks exploring the ground beneath our feet – from its deep histories to the futures it holds.
Art has appeared in unexpected places across Folkestone, including old railway lines, empty buildings, coastal paths and everyday public spaces. Visitors can explore large-scale sculptures, sound installations, digital works and community collaborations that offer new ways of seeing the town – and the world – around us.
Whether you’re an art lover or just curious, How Lies the Land? is an open invitation to walk, listen, imagine and connect.
ABOUT CREATIVE FOLKESTONE
Creative Folkestone is a visionary arts charity and placemaking organisation dedicated to making Folkestone a great place to live, work, play, study and visit. Creative Folkestone believes in the power of art and creativity to encourage positive social change and should be open and accessible to all. Since 2002, Creative Folkestone have been transforming Folkestone through several key projects including Folkestone Artworks, Folkestone Book Festival, Creative Quarter, Folkestone Triennial and Quarterhouse. Through all these projects we enable people to get creative. In 2021, Creative Folkestone also became custodians of Prospect Cottage, the former home of Derek Jarman, following a successful campaign to save the property for the nation in partnership with Art Fund and Tate.
Film by Oliver Parkin
oliverparkin.com
instagram.com/oliver_filmmaker
Folkestone Triennial is one of the UK’s leading exhibitions of contemporary art in public space. Every three years, artists from around the world are invited to make new work that responds to the town – its coastal landscapes, its stories and the people who live here.
From 19 July to 19 October 2025, the Triennial returns for its sixth edition with How Lies the Land? This year, 18 artists from more than 15 countries have created artworks exploring the ground beneath our feet – from its deep histories to the futures it holds.
Art has appeared in unexpected places across Folkestone, including old railway lines, empty buildings, coastal paths and everyday public spaces. Visitors can explore large-scale sculptures, sound installations, digital works and community collaborations that offer new ways of seeing the town – and the world – around us.
Whether you’re an art lover or just curious, How Lies the Land? is an open invitation to walk, listen, imagine and connect.
ABOUT CREATIVE FOLKESTONE
Creative Folkestone is a visionary arts charity and placemaking organisation dedicated to making Folkestone a great place to live, work, play, study and visit. Creative Folkestone believes in the power of art and creativity to encourage positive social change and should be open and accessible to all. Since 2002, Creative Folkestone have been transforming Folkestone through several key projects including Folkestone Artworks, Folkestone Book Festival, Creative Quarter, Folkestone Triennial and Quarterhouse. Through all these projects we enable people to get creative. In 2021, Creative Folkestone also became custodians of Prospect Cottage, the former home of Derek Jarman, following a successful campaign to save the property for the nation in partnership with Art Fund and Tate.
Film by Oliver Parkin
oliverparkin.com
instagram.com/oliver_filmmaker
