Arts & performancePohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Pohang Steel Art Festival 2026 in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

포항스틸아트페스티벌 2026

Oct – Nov2026
24 –15
Sat–Sun Tuesday–Saturday 10:00–21:00
Happening now

24 October 2026 to 15 November 2026 · Tuesday–Saturday 10:00–21:00; Sunday 10:00–18:00 (KTO listing; Monday hours not listed)

Not yet confirmed for the 2026 edition: opening hours or show times. Check the organizer's page before you go.

Venue this year. Unlike 2023–2025, the main sites are around the Dongbin inner harbour and Songdo Beach rather than Yeongildae Beach.

Dates24 Oct – 15 Nov 2026
HoursTuesday–Saturday 10:00–21:00; Sunday 10:00–18:00 (KTO listing; Monday hours not listed)
VenueDongbin Culture Warehouse 1969, Songdo Beach, Art436 and downtown Pohang경상북도 포항시 북구 선착로 78 (동빈1가)
AdmissionEntry: Free
Previous edition2025: 25 Oct – 23 Nov 2025
Next edition2027: Autumn 2027 if the yearly pattern holds: every edition checked opened on a Saturday between 1 and 25 October and ran until late October or November. Nothing announced as of 18 October 2026.

Program

  • 'Steel Wall Narrative Pohang' (철벽서사 포항): exhibition around Songdo Beach, including a large new steel work made for this edition, 24 Oct–15 Nov
  • 'Public Photo Pohang' (퍼블릭포토포항): exhibition at Dongbin Culture Warehouse 1969, 24 Oct–15 Nov
  • 'Friend of Yeongil Bay' (영일만 친구): sculpture and photography at Art436 and around Songdo Beach, 24 Oct–15 Nov
  • 'Public Architecture Pohang' (퍼블릭아키텍처포항): temporary pavilions and street furniture along the Jungang-ro stream (중앙로 실개천) in the downtown central shopping area (중앙상가), with Handong Global University's School of Spatial Environment System Engineering, 24 Oct–15 Nov
  • Steel Culture Planning Group (철문화기획단) programmes across Pohang, 15 Aug–15 Nov: lab, citizens' travel agency, academy, play+ground, citizen poetry and seminars

Prices

ItemPriceNote
EntryFreeFree for all ages (KTO listing)

Notes on the 2026 edition

15th edition by sequence (the 2025 edition was the 14th). Theme 탁마 (polishing by mutual friction), 'Iron sharpens iron, Potatoes sharpen potatoes'. KTO lists Pohang City as host and the Pohang Culture Foundation as the organizing body. Kyungbuk Maeil (19 Oct 2026) reported the dates, theme and programmes, naming the Pohang Culture Foundation as organizer and adding sites at Kkumteul-ro (꿈틀로) and in Guryongpo; it gave no opening-ceremony time or daily hours.

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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