Gwangju Biennale

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Nicolas Bourriaud’s theme of ‘pansori’ suggests an opera you can walk through – but this only begins to take form at the Gwangju Biennale

BY Jeppe Ugelvig |

The artist discusses their exchange with the late director and the mythology behind their presentation at the 15th Gwangju Biennale

BY Lara Mimosa Montes AND Na Mira |

This year’s Artistic Director explains how he was inspired by sonic metaphors, including the Korean musical tradition of pansori

The country’s contemporary and historical artists from Seoul, Busan, Gwangju and Daegu are strongly represented at this year’s fair

How the artist’s family photo albums trace her ancestral history

BY Allie Biswas |

Created as a memorial to suffering, this year’s iteration sees a shift in both the exhibition and the city toward a new historiography

With Remember A River, the artist reveals the complexity of wetlands amid urban settings at Gwangju Bienniale

BY Christine Han |

In the Tokyo-based artist's works, everyday objects are animated by electric motors and chance elements

BY Andrew Maerkle |

The artist shares her Zen-like approach to using Korean hanji paper

BY Lisa Yin Zhang |

The artist's photographic series documents remnants of Gwangju’s colonial legacies in buildings

BY Hayoung Chung |

From the rise of sculpture to the return of landmark art events, three frieze editors discuss the year in art



 

The Tate Modern curator speaks to Marko Gluhaich about the stories she’s bringing to the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational and the 2023 Gwangju Biennale

BY Marko Gluhaich AND Sook-Kyung Lee |

Curated by Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala, this year’s edition explores transnational kinships and inherited healing practices to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gwangju May Uprising

BY Hayoung Chung |

This year’s edition acts as a house of mirrors reflecting the promises of globalization and the ‘intensification and erosion of nationalism’

BY Amy Sherlock |

Many assume that the greatest challenges facing Cuban artists come from within Cuba – often they don't

In further news: Laura Owens’s 356 Mission space closes; John Baldessari guest-stars in The Simpsons

In further news: initiative for museum staff diversity; Gwangju Biennale's 2018 curators; Jens Hoffmann clarifies Front Triennial departure

Documenta curatorial team respond to financial mismanagement report; Gwangju Biennale announces 2018 theme