Arts & performancePohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Pohang Steel Art Festival 2023 in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

포항스틸아트페스티벌 2023

Oct2023
7 –21
Sat–Sat
Past edition

7 October 2023 to 21 October 2023

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2023 festival offered. The current information is on the Pohang Steel Art Festival page (24 Oct – 15 Nov 2026).

Venue this year. Yeongildae Beach and the former Suhyup (fisheries cooperative) cold-storage warehouse, among other sites.

Dates7–21 Oct 2023
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.
Previous edition2016: 1–30 Oct 2016
Next edition2024: 19–27 Oct 2024

Program

  • 12th edition, theme 'Steel Wave – Pohang's Dream' (Steel Wave–포항의 꿈)
  • 48 works26 by established sculptors, 17 by Pohang steel companies and 5 made with citizens, including 3 by overseas artists
  • Resident docent tours, a self-guided stamp tour, three app-based tour courses and a night tour with the '불빛사람' light-costume performance
  • Weekend and holiday metalwork workshops (스틸 공작소) and an indie-band and DJ concert at the old warehouse

Notes on the 2023 edition

Maeil Shinmun reported about 1.5 million visitors in total since 2012, and 191 works from the previous 11 years still installed around Pohang.

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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