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Gwangju Biennale

A wide installation view of the 16th Gwangju Biennale showing paintings, sculptures and a sprawling translucent orange floor installation across a large industrial gallery.

Intentionally Smaller and Slower, the 16th Gwangju Biennale Traces a Path of Change

Artistic director Ho Tzu Nyen argues that art's influence operates on a longer timescale than the political controversies that dominated the opening press conference.
By Elisa Carollo
Visitors listen during a gallery talk, with a woman in a brown hat at center and artworks visible on the walls behind them.

Taiwan’s Gallerists Are Rerouting Their Ambitions Away From the Mainland

Despite a broader art market correction and mounting regional geopolitical friction, Taiwanese galleries are steadily expanding their international footprints.
By Hok-hang Cheung
KiafFrieze Seoul 2025

As South Korea’s Creative Industries Converge, Fine Art Is Riding the Wave

"The global success of Korean entertainment created greater market confidence domestically. Korean artists and creators are now developing work for both Korean and international audiences from the beginning," DRX CEO Can Yang tells Observer.
By John Scott Lewinski
An abstract painting in pink, green, red and yellow, combining biomorphic forms, plant-like shapes, floating orbs and a simplified human figure within a fluid, dreamlike ecosystem.

The Exhibitions Not to Miss in Seoul

By Elisa Carollo
A man in black clothing and round glasses stands outdoors against a railing, with the Gwangju Biennale building and its Korean and English signage behind him.

Ho Tzu Nyen Wants the Gwangju Biennale to Honor the Past, Not Relive It

By Elisa Carollo
An indoor garden installation fills a gallery with soil, rocks, trees and plants.

Global Art Biennials: Renovation, Revelation—or Repetition?

By Paco Barragán
17th International Architecture Exhibition Opening

The Most Important Art Biennials of 2026

By Elisa Carollo

Observer’s 2025 Art Power Index: The Art Market’s Most Influential People

By The Editors, Christa Terry, Dan Duray, Elisa Carollo, Farah Abdessamad and Merin Curotto
Image of a young asian girl dancing

The First American Pavilion in the Gwangju Biennale Questions Notions of National Identity

By Elisa Carollo
Portrait of a grey hair men with a blue jacked and green shirt in front of a museum.

Nicolas Bourriaud Discusses the Curatorial Approach of the 2024 Gwangju Biennale

By Elisa Carollo
Image of people attending the fair's preview.

Frieze and Kiaf Open in Seoul: First Impressions and Early Sales

By Elisa Carollo

The 51 Artists, Curators, Directors and Dealers Changing the Art World in 2018

By Margaret Carrigan, Juliet Helmke and Guelda Voien
Opaque, a film from Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz, in their installation at the 2016 Gwangju Biennale.

South Korea Needs Political Art…and the 11th Annual Gwangju Biennale Delivers It

By Guelda Voien
An actor takes a selfie at a museum. (Photo courtesy Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: Museums Will Take Away Your Power to Selfie, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Monet. (Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Morning Links: Happy Birthday Impressionism Edition

By Nate Freeman
Morgan. (Courtesy Gwangju Biennale)

2014 Gwangju Biennale Releases Full 105-Artist List

By Gallerist

Gwangju Biennale Taps Six Women to Direct 2012 Edition

By Andrew Russeth
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