Chinese artist Ai Weiwei headlines 3rd Vancouver Biennale

Ai Weiwei, Jonathan Borofsky, and Brazilian twins Os Gemeos are among the major international artists taking part in the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale.

The organization celebrates art of all disciplines in publicspaces andover the next two years will install30 public works of art throughout the Lower Mainland.

In 2010, the biennale brought Yue Minjun'sA-mazing Laughter 14 bronze sculptures of men laughing to Vancouver as a temporary installation; it later became a permanent installation in English Bay after a$1.5 million donation by Lululemon founder Chip Wilson.

Art enthusiasts will also have a chance to check out work from the 92 artists-in-residents who will spend four to six weeks in Vancouver, creating pieces on the theme of Open Borders/Vancouver Crossroads.

One of the artists, Brazil's MarceloMoscheta, along withBiennalefounder BarrieMowattspoke with CBC Radio's RickCluffon The Early Editionabout the new residency program.

"I work with landscapes, and when I started researching what Vancouver was, I got very excited to get into this landscape and make this relationship," said Moscheta.

Moschetaand five otherartists from Brazilare currently working on art to go on display in the Brazilian pavilion in North Vancouver.