Arts & performancePohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Pohang Steel Art Festival 2012 in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

포항스틸아트페스티벌 2012

Oct – Nov2012
13 –11
Sat–Sun
Past edition

13 October 2012 to 11 November 2012

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2012 festival offered. The current information is on the Pohang Steel Art Festival page (24 Oct – 15 Nov 2026).

Dates13 Oct – 11 Nov 2012
VenueDongbin Culture Warehouse 1969, Songdo Beach, Art436 and downtown Pohang경상북도 포항시 북구 선착로 78 (동빈1가)
AdmissionFree for all ages, according to the KTO listing; no paid ticket was documented for any 2026 exhibition.
Next edition2016: 1–30 Oct 2016

Program

  • First edition50 steel sculptures by 24 artists, plus works from the city art museum's collection, along a 4 km 'Artway' from Hwanho Park past North Beach to the Dongbin inner harbour
  • Closing 'Good-bye' event on the North Beach main stage on 11 Nov

About the festival

The Pohang Steel Art Festival (포항스틸아트페스티벌, PSAF) is a free public-art festival in Pohang, Korea's steel city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, showing sculpture, photography and architecture made with or about steel. The 2026 edition runs 24 October–15 November 2026 at Dongbin Culture Warehouse 1969, Songdo Beach, Art436 and downtown Pohang; KTO lists 10:00–21:00 Tuesday to Saturday and 10:00–18:00 on Sunday. Entry is free; from Seoul take the KTX to Pohang Station (about 2 h 20 m–2 h 30 m), then a taxi or city bus to the Dongbin harbour area.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Pohang Steel Art Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
22 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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