The 12th Gwangju Biennale will see 165 artists from 43 different countries participate in a series of seven exhibitions and the GB Commission exploring the political, cultural, physical and emotional concepts of borders in today’s global community. For this edition of the Gwangju Biennale, a collective of 11 curators from around the world will devise a program of thematic exhibitions, in addition to a monumental new program, the GB Commission and a series of Pavilion Projects taking place … more

We are now living in times when everyone talks about and freely discusses cultural issues. That the Korean national government has defined ‘cultural promotion’ as one of the four basic national policies confirms that the whole country gives cultural matters priority over other issues. When we consider other basic policies such as ‘economic development,’ ‘citizens’ well-being’ and the ‘building of a foundation for peaceful unification,’ it is … more