Busan Biennale 2014 will take place from September 20 to November 22, 2014 showcasing a notable number of exhibitions and events.

Olivier Kaeppelin (director of Fondation Maeght in France) leads the main exhibition that presents a new vision on functions and roles of art in a today’s precarious world. Moreover, two different special exhibitions will show potential of Korean contemporary art to the visitors. Biennale Archive exhibition will display a history of Korean contemporary arts’ expansion abroad and its meaning. The other Asian curatorial exhibition, curated by young Asian curators from the cities with similar environments to Busan such as Yokohama, Shanghai, and Singapore and so on, will offer an opportunity to meet creative enterprises.

Along with the exhibitions above, various programs are prepared for this biennale. Academic events such as forums and panel discussions etc., international interchange programs such as conference of Asian biennials’ representatives and the Asian editors meeting etc. and citizen participation programs will also take place in the frame of Busan Biennale 2014.

Participating artists

Main exhibition

Adrian Paci  / Adrien Missika / Alain Fleischer / Ange Leccia / Angelika Markul / Anish Kapoor / Art Orienté Objet / Assan Smati / Bernard Moninot / Chan Kai-Yuen / Chien Chi Chang / Chiharu Shiota / Christian Bonnefoi / Claire-Jeanne Jezequel / Damien Cabanes / Damien Deroubaix / Darren Almond / David Claerbout / Denis Castellas / Djamel Tatah / Elias Crespin / Fabrice Hybert / Farsen-Schöllhammer / Gerard Garouste / Gilles Barbier / Gloria Friedmann / Ha, Suk Won / Han Kyungwoo / Han Soonja / Hannes Van Severen / Henk Visch / Huang Yong Ping / Humberto Duque / Jaume Plensa / Jean-Luc Moulene / Jitish Kallat / Jonathan Lasker / Julien Berthier / Kim Meongbeom / Kim Sooja / Ksenija Tur?i? / Kwon Hayoun / La Toya Ruby Frazier / Lawrence Carroll / Le Fresnoy / Lee Bae / Lee Changwon / Lucy & Jorge Orta / Maike Freess / Mariana Vassileva / Masayuki Koorida / Meschac Gaba / Myriam Mihindou / Nathalie Elemento / Not Vital / Oleg Kulik / Pascal Convert / Pascal Pinaud / Peter Soriano / Philippe Cognée / Pierre Laniau / Pilar Albarracín / Recycle Group / Richard Deacon / Ronald Ophuis / Stefan Rohrer / Sui JianGuo / Su-Mei Tse / Trine Lise Nedreaas / Vik Muniz / Vincent Corpet / Wang Luyan / Wolfgang Gafgen / Yazid Oulab / Yee Sookyung / Yoon young hwa / Yoseph Dadoune

Biennale archive exhibition

Ahn Kyu-Chul / Bae Young Whan / Cho Duck Hyun / Choe U-Ram / Choi Jeong Hwa / Choi Man-Lin / Chun Kwang Young / Kyungwoo Chun / Suejin Chung / Cody Choi / Osang Gwon / Ham Jin / Jheon Soo Cheon / Ju Tae Seok / Jung Yeon-doo / Kang Airan / Kim Byung Jong / Kim Gi-lin / Kim Soo Ja / Kim Tschang-Yeul / Kim Young Won / Koo Bohnchang / Kwak Hoon / Lee Bann / Lee Gilwoo / Lee Kunyong / Kang So Lee / Myoung Ho Lee / Lee Sang-Nam / Lee Sukju / Lee Yeul / Lee Young Hak / Moon Beom / Noh Sang-Kyoon / Hein-Kuhn Oh / Won-Bae Oh / Park Seo-bo / Kibong Rhee / You Hee-Young / Shin Ki Woun / Shin Sangho / Song Young Bang / Suh Seung-Won / Hyun-Mi Yoo / Yook Keun-Byung / Yoon Dongchun / Youn Myeung-Ro / Yun Suknam

Asian curatorial exhibition

Alexander Ugay / Bruce Quek / Charles Lim / Chiaki Wada, Unasaka Nakamura, Ryuichi Sakazaki / Cui Ming / Dennis Tan / Dong Yuan / Erika Tan / Geng Xue / He Xiangyu / Huang Haobin / Industrial Reserve Army / Japanese Yankees / Jennifer Mehigan / Jeong Chan Ho / Jeremy Sharma / Joyce Ho / Kent Chan / Kim Sajik / Korean Halmonis from Maechukji Village / Kum Soni / Lee Changwoon / Liu Liyun / Masayo Kajimura / Mou Boyan / Nadim Abbas / Natalya Dyu / Ng Joon Kiat / Oh Haji / Robert Zhao Renhui / Shaun Gladwell / Viktor Robertovich Tsoi / Wang Mai / Yan Bing / Ye Funa / Yu Hua

Venues: Busan Museum of Art, Busan Cultural Center, Kiswire Suyoung Factory

Host: Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, Busan Metropolitan City

Support: Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism

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