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Gwangju Biennale should not adopt an open call for artistic director (KOR)

A former top curator argues that open recruitment for the Gwangju Biennale artistic director risks weakening artistic excellence, transparency and global standing.

2026.7.14

Gwangju Biennale should not adopt an open call for artistic director

A former top curator argues that open recruitment for the Gwangju Biennale artistic director risks weakening artistic excellence, transparency and global standing.

2026.7.13

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Visitors take part in the VIP opening of Frieze Seoul 2023 on Sept. 6, 2023, at Coex convention hall in southern Seoul. Frieze Seoul ran until Sept. 9 in tandem with KIAF, or the Korea International Art Fair, also in COEX. [YONHAP]

Culture Minister Yu In-chon gears up for Korea Art Festival

Culture Minister Yu In-chon visited the Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival, or Asyaaf, in preparation for the upcoming Korea Art Festival the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is hosting this fall.

2024.8.14

Nicolas Bourriaud, artistic director of the 15th edition of Gwangju Biennale, which will open next year, explains the theme of the edition in Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]

Upcoming Gwangju Biennale to focus on space, inspired by 'pansori'

Next year’s Gwangju Biennale will focus on the theme of space in sociopolitical and environmental contexts in the “operatic” format inspired by traditional Korean musical storytelling performance pansori, its artistic director Nicolas Bourriaud...

2023.6.28

Lee Sook-kyung, the artistic director for the 14th Gwangju Biennale slated for April 2023 [GWANGJU BIENNALE FOUNDATION]

14th Gwangju Biennale to be centered on the city's spirit

The 14th Gwangju Biennale will be centered around the spirit of Gwangju, its artistic director Lee Sook-kyung said in a press conference on Monday. It is Lee’s first visit to Seoul after being appointed as the new artistic director for the 14th...

2022.2.28

Lee Sook-kyung, senior curator of international art at Tate Modern in London, will be the new artistic director of the 14th Gwangju Biennale. [GWANGJU BIENNALE FOUNDATION]

Lee Sook-kyung appointed artistic director of 14th Gwangju Biennale

Lee Sook-kyung, senior curator of international art at Tate Modern in London, has been appointed as the artistic director of the 14th Gwangju Biennale which is slated for April, 2023. “As the 30th anniversary of the foundation approaches, we hope...

2021.12.21

“Foremother’s Hat of Pride” by Eeva-Kristiina Harlin and Outi Pieski is part of the main exhibition “Minds Rising, Spirit Turning” of the 13th Gwangju Biennale, which runs through May 9.[MOON SO-YOUNG]

[REVIEW] Gwangju Biennale presents visually rich but conventional postcolonial discourses

The 13th edition of the Gwangju Biennale, postponed two times due to the pandemic, kicked off last Thursday. Directed by Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala, the main exhibition has the theme “Minds Rising, Spirits Turning.” It is about the “extended...

2021.4.5

Kim Seong-bok's ’Let the wind blow, we must go“ [PLAS2020]

2020.6.12 Museums & Galleries

PLAS 2020 Contemporary Art Show COEX Hall B, Gangnam District From June 17 to June 21: The fifth Plastic Art Seoul (PLAS) will be held on the first floor of southern Seoul’s Coex exhibition center, featuring some 2,000 pieces of artwork by...

2020.6.12

Art celebrates anniversary of Gwangju democracy uprising

The Asia Culture Center kicked off a special multimedia art exhibition titled “Beyond The Movement” on May 8, featuring works by the directors of two multimedia art production companies ? You Jae-hun of Youjam Studio and Jung Hae-woon of Dotmill

2020.5.8