Gwangju Biennale’s new president eyes next 30 years

Gwangju Biennale’s new president eyes next 30 years

The Gwangju Biennale, which debuted in 1995 as Asia’s first contemporary art biennial, now marks its 30th year. Reflecting on its journey, Youn Bum-mo, the new president of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, laid out his vision for the road ahead — from refining the event’s distinct identity to launching year-round programming to keep it more in the cultural present. “I served on the founding executive committee for the Biennale’s inaugural editio…