Gwangju Biennale

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

BY Christine Han | 03 APR 23

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

BY Andrew Maerkle | 31 MAR 23

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

BY Lisa Yin Zhang | 29 MAR 23

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

BY Hayoung Chung | 27 MAR 23

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 | 06 JUL 22

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 | 10 MAY 21

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 | 15 OCT 18

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

03 APR 18

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

01 DEC 17

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

15 SEP 17

Agnes Gund awards USD$500,000 to New York’s Parrish Art Museum; Istanbul’s Rampa gallery closes; Gwangju Biennale announces new president

18 JUL 17

A quick response detailing the highlights from this year’s biennale, ‘The Eighth Climate (What does art do?)’

BY Harry Thorne | 02 SEP 16

The penultimate installment of our five part series: the frieze editors select the most significant shows from the past 25 years

30 AUG 16

With 'Burning Down the House', Jessica Morgan proves her though and testing nature

BY Paul Teasdale | 31 OCT 14

Architecture, whimsy and the Gwangju Biennale

BY Joseph Grima | 20 MAR 14

‘10,000 Lives’ was a fascinating examination of the role of photography in contemporary culture

BY Christy Lange | 01 JAN 11

Cuba, performance and society’s relationship to its history

BY Jonathan Griffin | 01 OCT 08

Photography, Africa, dystopian fantasies and ‘the present as a screen’

BY Sean O'Toole | 09 SEP 08