Arts & performanceGwangju

Gwangju Biennale 2024 in Gwangju, South Korea

광주비엔날레 2024

Sep – Dec2024
7 –1
Sat–Sun
Past edition

7 September 2024 to 1 December 2024

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the Gwangju Biennale page (5 Sep – 15 Nov 2026).

Venue this year. Exhibition hall in Yongbong-dong plus nine spaces in Yangnim-dong; pavilions in 23 spaces around the city

Dates7 Sep – 1 Dec 2024
VenueGwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, plus pavilions around the city광주광역시 북구 비엔날레로 111 (용봉동)
AdmissionPaid. On-site tickets for the main exhibition cost ₩20,000 for adults, ₩10,000 for youths and ₩7,000 for children (advance ₩17,000, ₩8,000 and ₩5,000); children 3 and under enter free. Gallery 5, entered from Biennale Plaza, needs no ticket.
Previous edition2023: 7 Apr – 9 Jul 2023
Next edition2026: 5 Sep – 15 Nov 2026

Program

  • Theme 'Pansori, a Soundscape of the 21st Century' (판소리, 모두의 울림), directed by Nicolas Bourriaud
  • Main exhibition224 works by 72 artists from 30 countries at the exhibition hall and nine spaces in Yangnim-dong
  • Pavilions31 countries and institutions, the most ever, with more than 350 works by 206 artists or teams in 23 spaces across Gwangju

Notes on the 2024 edition

15th edition, 86 days, held in the biennale's 30th-anniversary year. About 700,000 visitors, about 35% more than the 14th edition.

About the festival

The Gwangju Biennale (광주비엔날레) is Korea's oldest contemporary art biennale, held since 1995, with its main exhibition at the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall in Buk-gu, Gwangju, and pavilions in museums and historic houses around the city. The 16th edition, 'You Must Change Your Life', directed by Ho Tzu Nyen, runs 5 September–15 November 2026, 10:00–18:00, closed on Mondays. On-site tickets cost ₩20,000 for adults, ₩10,000 for youths and ₩7,000 for children; the 17th edition is expected in autumn 2028.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Gwangju Biennale page, which covers every edition.

Source

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21 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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